List of South Dakota railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of South Dakota.

Current freight carriers[]

Passenger carriers[]

Defunct railroads[]

Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes
GN 1886 1886 St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway
Belle Fourche Valley Railway CNW 1909 1920 Chicago and North Western Railway
CB&Q 1881 1882 Black Hills and Fort Pierre Railroad
Black Hills and Fort Pierre Railroad CB&Q 1882 1932 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
1904 1904
Buffalo Ridge Railroad BFRR 1988 1992 N/A
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway BCRN RI 1880 1903 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Burlington Northern Inc. BN 1970 1981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN 1981 1996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls and Northwestern Railway CRIN RI 1880 1902 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
CDRC IC 1887 1888
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad CB&Q CB&Q 1886 1970 Burlington Northern Inc.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway CB&Q 1901 1907 N/A Leased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway MILW 1909 1912 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway CMSP MILW 1879 1928 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
MILW 1906 1908
MILW 1908 1909 Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad MILW MILW 1928 1982 Burlington Northern Railroad, Dakota Rail, Inc., Dakota Southern Railway, D&I Railroad
Chicago and North Western Railway CNW CNW 1879 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 1947 1972 N/A
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway RI RI 1903 1948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway CMO CNW 1881 1972 Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
CNW 1879 1900 Winona and St. Peter Railroad
MILW 1883 1886 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Dakota Rail, Inc. DAKR 1982 1987 Sisseton Southern Railway
DAKS 2001 2003 N/A
MILW 1872 1879
1891 1903
Deadwood Central Railroad DCRX CB&Q 1888 1936 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
DSCR IC 1888 1946 Illinois Central Railroad
GN 1885 1907 Great Northern Railway
Fairmount and Veblen Railway SOO 1912 1915 Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
FSRC MILW 1881 1885 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Forest City and Gettysburg Railroad 1900 1904 N/A
1888 1896 Forest City and Gettysburg Railroad
Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad CNW 1886 1903 Chicago and North Western Railway
Grand Island and Wyoming Central Railroad CB&Q 1886 1897 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Great Northern Railway GN GN 1890 1970 Burlington Northern Inc.
Illinois Central Railroad IC IC 1887 1972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ICG 1972 1982 N/A
CNW 1909 1920 Chicago and North Western Railway
Minnesota Southern Railway EE 2001 2017

Ellis and Eastern Company

Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad MSTL 1894 1944 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway MSTL MSTL 1944 1960 Chicago and North Western Railway
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway MSTL 1884 1894 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad SOO SOO 1944 1961 Soo Line Railroad
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway SOO SOO 1901 1944 Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
MSTL 1905 1912 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
CNW 1899 1900 Winona and St. Peter Railroad
1904 1909 Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad
Mound City and Eastern Railway 1927 1940 N/A
CNW 1905 1920 Chicago and North Western Railway
CNW 1905 1920 Chicago and North Western Railway
Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad 1909 1948 N/A
CNW 1891 1905
CNW 1876 1878
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway GN 1886 1907 Great Northern Railway
CNW 1879 1881 Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
MILW 1879 1881 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
GN 1887 1900 Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway
MILW 1876 1879
GN 1902 1903 South Dakota Central Railway
GN 1890 1900 Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway
GN 1889 1893 Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway
Sisseton Southern Railway SSOR 1987 1989 Sisseton Milbank Railroad
South Dakota Central Railway GN 1903 1916
CNW 1890 1891 Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad
GN 1888 1890
MILW 1878 1880 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
MILW 1878 1880
Union Pacific Railroad UP 1995 1996 Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
GN 1916 1928 Great Northern Railway
MILW 1905 1910 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway GN 1886 1907 Great Northern Railway
Winona and St. Peter Railroad CNW 1878 1900 Chicago and North Western Railway
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railroad MSTL 1894 1899 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
MSTL 1883 1894 Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railroad
CNW 1878 1879
1895 1924
1924 1927 N/A
CNW/ MILW 1890

Notes[]

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

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