List of Missouri railroads

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Missouri Pacific Locomotive number 1123, n.d.

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Missouri.

Common freight carriers[]

Private freight carriers[]

Passenger carriers[]


Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes
CB&Q 1904 1911 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CB&Q 1857 1866
CB&Q 1865 1870
CB&Q 1866 1870
Alton Railroad A GM&O 1931 1947 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
SLSF 1901 1901
1950 1961 N/A
RI 1870 1871
1898
Atchison and Nebraska Railroad CB&Q 1871 1908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CB&Q 1855 1867
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad ATSF 1875 1895 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ATSF ATSF 1895 1996 BNSF Railway
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad SLSF 1866 1878 St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad B&O, BO B&O 1900 1987 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad B&O 1899 1900 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B&O 1893 1899 Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Bevier and Southern Railroad BV&S, BVS 1914 N/A
SSW 1908 1929 St. Louis Southwestern Railway
WAB 1873 1902
WAB 1857 1873
MKT 1870 1925 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Boonville, St. Louis and Southern Railway MP 1878 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
CB&Q 1872 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
SLSF 1886 1898
WAB 1873 1924 Wabash Railway
Burlington Northern Inc. BN 1970 1981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN 1981 1996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
CB&Q 1871 1880
BLC SLSF 1905 1950 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
MP 1872 1874 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
MP 1854 1866
CB&Q 1851 1860
SLSF 1880 1881
SLSF 1887 1902
1902 1913
SLSF 1901 1902
1913 1937 N/A
SLSF 1881 1891
SLSF 1869 1880
1902 1913
MP 1881 1883 Missouri Pacific Railway
MP 1902 1910 Missouri Pacific Railway
1919 1956 N/A
1913 1919
1896 1913
RI 1881 1883
MKT 1885 1888
CB&Q 1871 1871
WAB 1858 1864
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway CO 1987 1987 CSX Transportation
1899 1913
1894 1899
Chicago and Alton Railroad C&A GM&O 1870 1931 Alton Railroad
1898
CB&Q 1881 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad CB&Q, CBQ CB&Q 1869 1970 Burlington Northern Inc.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway CB&Q 1901 1907 N/A Operated the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad under lease, but did not own any railroad
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad C&EI, CEI C&EI 1940 1976 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad C&EI 1904 1922 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway C&EI C&EI 1922 1940 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Chicago Great Western Railroad CGW CGW 1909 1941 Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago Great Western Railway CGW CGW 1941 1968 Chicago and North Western Railway
Chicago Great Western Railway CGW 1892 1909 Chicago Great Western Railroad
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway RI 1886 1891 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
CB&Q 1887 1893
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway MILW 1874 1928 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad MILW MILW 1928 1985 The Milwaukee Road, Inc.
Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway CMNW 1987 1990 Gateway Western Railway
Chicago and North Western Railway CNW CNW 1968 1972 Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company CNW CNW 1972 1995 Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad RI, ROCK RI 1948 1980 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway RI RI 1880 1948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway CGW 1886 1893 Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway ATSF 1887 1900 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
ATSF 1886 1887 Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway
RI 1869 1878
WAB 1864 1873
Chillicothe–Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority CBRM 1986 2007
WAB 1869 1870
CHSR 1986 1986 Chillicothe–Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority
CGW 1899 1905 Chicago Great Western Railway
WAB 1879 1879
CB&Q 1870 1873 Mississippi Valley and Western Railway
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway NYC 1889 1930 New York Central Railroad
MKT 1888 1890
WAB 1902 1902 Wabash Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation CR 1976 1999 CSX Transportation
KCS 1891 1892 Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad
WAB 1878 1879
Crawford County Midland Railroad SLSF 1904 1905 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
SLSF 1880 1902
SLSF 1878 1881
SLSF 1887 1901 Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
DSW SSW 1903 1929 St. Louis Southwestern Railway
SLSF 1877 1881
CB&Q 1888 1898
CB&Q 1879 1887
MP 1882 1884 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
MP 1900
1882 1899
WAB 1893 1897
RI 1877 1884
SLSF 1881 1882
SLSF 1880 1888
Gateway Western Railway GWWR 1990 2001 Kansas City Southern Railway
SSW 1908 1930 St. Louis Southwestern Railway
CB&Q 1898 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
SSW 1896 1958 St. Louis Southwestern Railway
SLSF 1884 1886
SLSF 1886 1895
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad GM&O 1940 1972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
WAB 1869 1937
HC 1902 1965 N/A
MKT 1867 1873 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad CB&Q 1847 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CB&Q 1881 1953 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
SLSF 1893 1902
Illinois Central Railroad IC IC 1902 1972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ICG 1972
Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company 1868 1878 St. Louis Bridge Company
Illinois Southern Railway MP 1903 1920 Missouri–Illinois Railroad
I&M Rail Link IMRL 1997 2002 Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad
1912
Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad ICE 2002 2008 Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
Iowa and St. Louis Railway CB&Q 1901 1903 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
RI 1876 1880 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
MP 1883 1885 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
MP 1871 1883 Missouri Pacific Railway
SLSF 1874 1882
SLSF 1882 1882 St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
SLSF 1880 1882
ATSF/ KCS/ MKT 1908 Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway, Kansas City Southern Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad
MP 1890 1910 Missouri Pacific Railway
CB&Q 1893 1897
1882 1910 Kansas City Terminal Railway
CB&Q 1889 1893
Kansas City and Cameron Railroad CB&Q 1866 1870 Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railroad SLSF 1884 1885 Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway
Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway SLSF 1885 1928 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
KCC 1914 1983 N/A
MP 1878 1880 Missouri Pacific Railway
MKT 1892 1899 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
WAB 1897 1933 N/A
SLSF 1879 1888
SLSF 1888 1901 Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway SLSF 1901 1928 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
SLSF 1888 1888
KCS 1887 1897 Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
CB&Q 1857 1866 Kansas City and Cameron Railroad
KCS 1926 1943 Kansas City Southern Railway
KCS 1891 1902 Kansas City Southern Railway
MP 1880 1880 Missouri Pacific Railway
SLSF 1872 1879
SLSF 1871 1880
KCS 1889 1893 Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
CB&Q 1895 1901
SLSF 1891 1900 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
1908 1935 N/A
CB&Q 1901 1902
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad KCS 1893 1900 Kansas City Southern Railway
KCS 1887 1890
RI 1902 1905 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
CB&Q 1881 1881
CB&Q 1870 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
GM&O 1877 1949 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
SLSF 1880 1891
MP 1886 1909 Missouri Pacific Railway
SLSF 1881 1888
Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad KCS 1887 1902 Kansas City Southern Railway
RI 1887 1889 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
ATSF 1875 1899 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
SLSF 1882 1888
SLSF 1865 1868
Kansas Pacific Railway UP 1869 1880 Union Pacific Railway
1898 1902
SLSF 1896 1902
WAB 1873 1875
CB&Q 1886 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
MP 1880 1883 Missouri Pacific Railway
SLSF 1869 1870
1898
RI 1867 1869
UP 1897 1908 Union Pacific Railroad
Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad UP 1855 1863 Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division
CGW 1888 1892
CGW 1890 1892 Chicago Great Western Railway
CGW 1892 1940 Chicago Great Western Railroad
CB&Q 1878 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
MP 1869 1870
MP 1870 1879
MP 1859 1877
MP 1879 1880 Missouri Pacific Railway
CB&Q 1871 1880
SSW 1876 1881
GM&O 1873 1873
GM&O 1859 1949 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Louisville and Nashville Railroad L&N, LN L&N 1889 1983 Seaboard System Railroad
Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad SLSF 1871 1875 Missouri and Western Railway
SLSF 1899 1901
1903
1884 1886
The Milwaukee Road, Inc. MILW MILW 1985 1986 Soo Line Railroad
SLSF 1886 1901 Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
CB&Q 1857 1871 Mississippi Valley and Western Railway
Mississippi River and Bonne Terre Railway MP 1888 1945 Missouri–Illinois Railroad
GM&O 1873 1895
CB&Q 1871 1873 Mississippi Valley and Western Railway
1904
Mississippi Valley and Western Railway CB&Q 1871 1875
1880 1882
MAR, MA 1935 1950
Missouri Central Railroad
RI 1871 1881
Missouri–Illinois Railroad MI MP 1921 1978 Missouri Pacific Railroad
CB&Q 1904 1966 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CB&Q 1870 1886
MKT 1892 1896 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
MKT 1900 1902 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad M-K-T, MKT MKT 1923 1989 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway MK&T MKT 1872 1923 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
MKT 1905 1906 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
MKT 1909 1925 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
1902 1914 Bevier and Southern Railroad
MKT 1898 1901 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
WAB 1865 1873
Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad M&NA 1906 1922
M&NA 1922 1935
MP 1913 1919 N/A
Missouri Pacific Railroad MP MP 1917 1997 Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railway MP 1876 1917 Missouri Pacific Railroad
MP 1865 1880
SLSF 1868 1879
WAB 1859 1864
SLSF 1891 1898
MS 1886 1941 N/A
CB&Q 1867 1870
MVP 2003 2010
Missouri and Western Railway SLSF 1875 1879 St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
Mobile and Ohio Railroad GM&O 1940 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
SLSF 1897 1902
Nevada and Girard Railway MP 1882 1885 Nevada and Minden Railway
Nevada and Minden Railway MP 1885 1909 Missouri Pacific Railway
New York Central Railroad NYC NYC 1930 1968 Penn Central Transportation Company
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad NKP NKP 1923 1964 Norfolk and Western Railway
CB&Q 1879 1900
Norfolk and Western Railway NW 1964 1998 Norfolk Southern Railway
WAB 1851 1871
CB&Q 1898 1898
Ohio and Mississippi Railway B&O 1889 1893
CB&Q 1896 1902
Omaha and St. Louis Railroad WAB 1896 1901 Wabash Railroad
WAB 1887 1896 Omaha and St. Louis Railroad
1907
Osage Valley and Southern Kansas Railroad MP 1857 1881 Boonville, St. Louis and Southern Railway
Pacific Railroad MP 1849 1876 Missouri Pacific Railway
SSW 1887 1893
SSW 1893 1958 St. Louis Southwestern Railway
SLSF 1892 1895
SLSF 1900 1902
Penn Central Transportation Company PC 1968 1976 Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad PRR PRR 1921 1968 Penn Central Transportation Company
Pierce City and Kansas Railroad SLSF 1875 1875 Missouri and Western Railway
1871 1872
SLSF 1859 1869
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad PRR 1917 1921 Pennsylvania Railroad
RI 1864 1867
CB&Q 1863 1864 ,
CB&Q 1853 1863
RI 1860 1864
SLSF 1877 1885 Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway
MP 1870 1870
SLSF 1870
1906
Quincy Bridge Company CB&Q 1866 1866 Quincy Railroad Bridge Company
CB&Q 1869 1888
CB&Q 1887 1897
CB&Q 1897 1939 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CB&Q 1856 1867 Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
Quincy Railroad Bridge Company CB&Q 1866 1903 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
RSM 1989 2005 N/A
SLSF 1880 1888
RI/ SLSF 1906 1957 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
1889 1945 N/A
WAB 1868 1878
CB&Q 1890 1904
SLSF 1898 1902
SJB 1908
MP 1905
CB&Q 1867 1870
CB&Q 1877 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway SJGI UP 1898 1936 Union Pacific Railroad
RI 1857 1888 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
CB&Q 1882 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
ATSF 1874 1888
ATSF 1888 1900 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
ATSF 1887 1888
ATSF/ UP 1886 1887
SJT ATSF/ UP 1887 Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad
ATSF/ CB&Q/ CGW/ MP/ RI/ UP 1880 1962 N/A
SSW 1886 1891 St. Louis Southwestern Railway
SLSF 1880 1882 St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
SSW 1888 1888
1902 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
St. Louis Bridge Company 1878 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
SLSF 1891 1899
1900 1902
SLSF 1897 1901
RI 1883 1886
WAB 1868 1869
WAB 1870 1924 Wabash Railway
RI 1870 1871
SLSF 1902 1904
St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad SL&H, SLH 1917 1944 N/A
1885 1917 St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad
1891 1893
1872 1885
St. Louis and Illinois Bridge Company 1864 1868 Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company
St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad MP 1851 1874 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway MP 1874 1917 Missouri Pacific Railway
MP 1879 1880 Missouri Pacific Railway
MKT 1895 1897 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
RI 1884 1905
WAB 1872 1879 Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
SLSF 1906 1950 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
SLSF 1890 1902
1857 1872
CB&Q 1887 1901 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
CB&Q 1875 1887
SLSF 1870 1874
SLSF 1874 1877
MP 1877 1880 Missouri Pacific Railway
SLSF 1898 1901
SLSF 1901 1902
SLSF 1902 1907 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis Merchants Bridge Company 1886 1920
SLMB 1887 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
1910
SLSF 1899 1904
1899 1906 Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
MP 1886 1910 Missouri Pacific Railway
ATSF 1868 1874
SLSF 1887 1897 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
SLSF 1871 1887
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad SLSF 1896 1916 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
St. Louis and San Francisco Railway SLSF 1876 1896 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway SLSF SLSF 1916 1980 Burlington Northern Inc.
MKT 1869 1872 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
St. Louis Southwestern Railway SSW SSW 1891 1997 Union Pacific Railroad
1892 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
1884 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
1872 1878
RI 1911 1948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
1908 1928 N/A
1904 1913
WAB 1877 1877
Seaboard System Railroad SBD 1983 1986 CSX Transportation
MP 1879 1891
MP 1891 1910 Missouri Pacific Railway
1906 1938 N/A
1911 1938 N/A
SLSF 1879 1888
Sibley Bridge Company ATSF 1887 1900 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
SL&E 1902 1929 N/A
SLSF 1880 1881
Soo Line Railroad SOO 1986 1997 I&M Rail Link
South Pacific Railroad SLSF 1868 1870 Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Southern Railway SOU SOU 1902 1990 Norfolk Southern Railway
MP 1900 1903 Illinois Southern Railway
SLSF 1899 1902
Southwest Pacific Railroad SLSF 1866 1868 South Pacific Railroad
SLSF 1886 1926 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
SLSF 1884 1885 St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
SLSF 1882 1885 St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
MP 1903 1909 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
SLSF 1877 1888
SLSF 1875 1877
CB&Q 1880 1900
Tebo and Neosho Railroad MKT 1860 1872 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
1880 1889 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
PRR 1902 1905 Vandalia Railroad
SSW 1881 1886
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad NKP 1923 New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
1878 1988 City of St. Louis (for MetroLink) Owned by Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
1882 1882
1875 1910 Kansas City Terminal Railway
1874 1889 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Union Pacific Railway UP 1880 1898 Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division UP 1863 1869 Kansas Pacific Railway
1874 1889 Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
UT 1901
1880 1884
Vandalia Railroad PRR 1905 1917 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Wabash Railroad WAB WAB 1942 1991 Norfolk and Western Railway
Wabash Railroad WAB 1889 1915 Wabash Railway
Wabash Railway WAB 1915 1942 Wabash Railroad
Wabash and Grand River Railway WGRY 1990 1993 Chillicothe–Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority
WAB 1937 1943 Wabash Railroad
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway WAB 1879 1886 , Wabash Western Railway
Wabash Western Railway WAB 1887 1889 Wabash Railroad
CB&Q 1859 1867
1894
MP 1872 1878
Electric railways and predecessors
Heritage railways
  • Kansas City Railroad Museum

Notes[]

  1. ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References[]

  • Association of American Railroads (2003), "Railroad Service in Missouri" (PDF).. Retrieved May 11, 2005.
  • Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.

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