List of South Dakota railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
Current freight carriers[]
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through subsidiaries Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME) and Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
- D&I Railroad (DAIR)
- Dakota, Missouri Valley and Western Railroad (DMVW)
- Dakota Southern Railway (DSRC)
- Ellis and Eastern Company (EE)
- Sisseton Milbank Railroad (SMRR) - subsidiary of Twin Cities and Western Railroad
- Sunflour Railroad (SNR)
- Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad (RCPE)
Passenger carriers[]
Defunct railroads[]
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Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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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 | |||
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[]
- ^ 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 South Dakota (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005.
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