BREAKING NEWS 2
Published 12:00 am Friday, July 10, 2015
Batesville Mayor Jerry Autrey (left) and Alderman Stan Harrison (right) were waiting on the Public Square last week when (right from Autrey) Iowa Pacific Rail Holdings President Ed Ellis, track and bridge supervisor Layton Ezell and Iowa Pacific Vice President Engineering and Chief Engineer Steve Hill came riding through in a “high-roller” — a pickup outfitted with rail wheels.
The railroad men were making a survey trip along the 187-mile track that Iowa Pacific will operate at the Illinois Company Rail Road (ICRR).