On May 23, 2011, the railroad announced that the North Central Iowa Rail Corridor LLC planned to purchase about  of trackage from the Union Pacific Railroad between Forest City and Belmond, Iowa, that it would access via trackage rights on the Canadian Pacific Railway.
The railroad announced on May 23, 2011, that the North Central Iowa Rail Corridor LLC was going to purchase roughly a fraction of tracks from the Union Pacific Railroad between Forest City and Belmond, Iowa, utilizing trackage privileges on the Canadian Pacific Railway.