List of Nebraska railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Nebraska.
Common freight carriers[]
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiary Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad (CC)
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiary Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME)
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
- (MANR)
- Nebraska Central Railroad (NCRC)
- Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway (NKCR)
- Nebraska Northwestern Railroad (NNW)
- Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway (OLB)
- Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad (RCPE)
- Sidney and Lowe Railroad (SLGG)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Passenger carriers[]
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- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad
- Omaha Zoo Railroad
Defunct railroads[]
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Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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Atchison, Lincoln and Columbus Railroad | CB&Q | 1871 | 1871 | Atchison and Nebraska Railroad | ||
Atchison and Nebraska Railroad | CB&Q | 1871 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | ATSF | 1890 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway | |
Brandon Corporation | BRAN | 1978 | 2006 | Brandon Railroad | ||
CB&Q | 1867 | 1875 | ||||
CB&Q | 1869 | 1880 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
Burlington Northern Inc. | BN | 1970 | 1981 | Burlington Northern Railroad | ||
Burlington Northern Railroad | BN | 1981 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway | ||
CB&Q | 1869 | 1870 | Atchison and Nebraska Railroad | |||
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | CB&Q | CB&Q | 1880 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway | CB&Q | 1901 | 1907 | N/A | Leased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |
Chicago Great Western Railroad | 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 | 1903 | 1909 | Chicago Great Western Railroad | ||
CB&Q | 1883 | 1884 | ||||
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railroad | RI | 1886 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway | ||
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway | RI | 1886 | 1891 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | ||
ATSF | 1888 | 1890 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | |||
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | MILW | 1890 | 1928 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | ||
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | MILW | MILW | 1928 | 1982 | N/A | |
CB&Q | 1884 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
Chicago and North Western Railway | CNW | CNW | 1901 | 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 | 1947 | 1980 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | RI | RI | 1888 | 1948 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | |
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway | CMO | CNW | 1881 | 1972 | Chicago and North Western Transportation Company | |
Covington, Columbus and Black Hills Railroad | CNW | 1875 | 1879 | |||
Fillmore Western Railway | FWRY | 1996 | 1999 | N/A | ||
Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad | CNW | 1869 | 1903 | Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
UP | 1896 | 1897 | St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway | |||
UP | 1885 | 1885 | St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad | |||
Grand Island and Wyoming Central Railroad | CB&Q | 1886 | 1897 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
UP | 1879 | 1880 | ||||
UP | 1912 | 1917 | Union Pacific Railroad | |||
Illinois Central Railroad | IC | IC | 1899 | 1972 | Illinois Central Gulf Railroad | |
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad | ICG | 1972 | 1985 | Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad | ||
IC | 1890 | 1892 | ||||
MP | 1889 | 1894 | ||||
1917 | 1919 | |||||
MP | 1893 | 1910 | Missouri Pacific Railway | |||
1925 | 1925 | N/A | ||||
CB&Q | 1886 | 1896 | ||||
CB&Q | 1896 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
MP | 1889 | 1894 | ||||
UP | 1876 | 1877 | ||||
Kearney and Black Hills Railway | UP | 1889 | 1898 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
CB&Q | 1887 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1879 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
Midland Pacific Railway | CB&Q | 1868 | 1875 | |||
Missouri Pacific Railroad | MP | MP | 1917 | 1997 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
MP | 1917 | 1956 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | |||
Missouri Pacific Railway | MP | 1882 | 1917 | , | ||
MP | 1881 | 1882 | Missouri Pacific Railway | |||
CNW | 1882 | 1920 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
CB&Q | 1875 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1883 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet | NKCR | 1996 | 2005 | Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway | ||
Nebraska Southern Railway | MP | 1886 | 1910 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
CB&Q | 1889 | 1891 | ||||
CB&Q | 1899 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CNW | 1888 | 1888 | Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway | |||
Northern Nebraska Air Line Railroad | CNW | 1867 | 1868 | Sioux City and Pacific Railroad | ||
Omaha Belt Railway | MP | 1883 | 1910 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
IC | 1892 | 1946 | Illinois Central Railroad | |||
UP | 1879 | 1886 | Omaha and Republican Valley Railway | |||
CB&Q | 1886 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CNW | 1878 | 1880 | ||||
CNW | 1869 | 1878 | ||||
Omaha and Republican Valley Railroad | UP | 1876 | 1886 | Omaha and Republican Valley Railway | ||
Omaha and Republican Valley Railway | UP | 1886 | 1898 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Omaha and South Western Railroad | CB&Q | 1869 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Omaha Southern Railway | MP | 1890 | 1910 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
CB&Q | 1887 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
Pacific Railway in Nebraska | MP | 1887 | 1910 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
CNW | 1890 | 1890 | Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway | |||
CB&Q | 1878 | 1888 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1885 | 1886 | ||||
CB&Q | 1886 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
CB&Q | 1887 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
RI | 1914 | 1948 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | |||
UP | 1866 | 1876 | ||||
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad | UP | 1885 | 1897 | |||
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway | SJGI | UP | 1897 | |||
RI | 1886 | 1888 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | |||
UP | 1877 | 1885 | ||||
CNW | 1880 | 1881 | Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway | |||
CNW | 1889 | 1956 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |||
CNW | 1879 | 1883 | Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, | |||
CB&Q | 1891 | 1899 | ||||
Sioux City and Pacific Railroad | CNW | 1868 | 1901 | Chicago and North Western Railway | ||
CB&Q | 1899 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |||
South Omaha Terminal Railway | SOT | 1927 | 1978 | Brandon Corporation | ||
UP | 1905 | 1908 | Union Pacific Railroad | |||
Union Pacific Railroad | UP | 1862 | 1880 | Union Pacific Railway | ||
Union Pacific Railway | UP | 1880 | 1897 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha | 1883 | 1927 | South Omaha Terminal Railway |
- Not completed
Notes[]
- ^ 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 Nebraska (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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