List of Nebraska railroads

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

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Common freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Nebraska train stations
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Omaha
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Lincoln
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Hastings
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Holdrege
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McCook
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Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Atchison, Lincoln and Columbus Railroad CB&Q 18711871 Atchison and Nebraska Railroad
Atchison and Nebraska Railroad CB&Q 18711908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ATSFATSF18901996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Brandon Corporation BRAN19782006 Brandon Railroad
Brownville, Fort Kearney (aka. Kearny) and Pacific Railroad CB&Q 18671875 Nebraska Railway
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska CB&Q 18691880 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Burlington Northern Inc. BN19701981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN19811996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Burlington and Southwestern Railway CB&Q 18691870 Atchison and Nebraska Railroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad CB&QCB&Q18801970 Burlington Northern Inc.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway CB&Q 19011907N/ALeased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago Great Western Railroad CGW 19091941 Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago Great Western Railway CGWCGW19411968 Chicago and North Western Railway
Chicago Great Western Railway CGW 19031909 Chicago Great Western Railroad
Chicago, Iowa and Kansas Railroad CB&Q 18831884 Chicago, Nebraska and Kansas Railroad
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railroad RI 18861886 Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway RI 18861891 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad ATSF 18881890 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway MILW 18901928 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad MILWMILW19281982N/A
Chicago, Nebraska and Kansas Railroad CB&Q 18841908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago and North Western Railway CNWCNW19011972 Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company CNWCNW19721995 Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad RI, ROCK19471980 Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway RIRI18881948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway CMO CNW 18811972 Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
Covington, Columbus and Black Hills Railroad CNW 18751879 Sioux City and Nebraska Railroad
Fillmore Western Railway FWRY19961999N/A
Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad CNW 18691903 Chicago and North Western Railway
Grand Island, Hastings and Southeastern Railroad UP 18961897 St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway
Grand Island and Marysville Railroad UP 18851885 St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad
Grand Island and Wyoming Central Railroad CB&Q 18861897 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Hastings and Grand Island Railroad UP 18791880 St. Joseph and Western Railroad
Hastings and Northwestern Railroad UP 19121917 Union Pacific Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad ICIC18991972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ICG19721985 Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad
Inter State Bridge and Street Railway Company IC 18901892 Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company
Kansas City and Beatrice Railroad MP 18891894 Kansas City Northwestern Railroad
Kansas City Northwestern Railroad 19171919 Kansas City Northwestern Railway
Kansas City Northwestern Railroad MP 18931910 Missouri Pacific Railway
Kansas City Northwestern Railway 19251925N/A
Kansas City and Omaha Railroad CB&Q 18861896 Kansas City and Omaha Railway
Kansas City and Omaha Railway CB&Q 18961908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railroad MP 18891894 Kansas City Northwestern Railroad
Kansas and Nebraska Railway UP 18761877 St. Joseph and Western Railroad
Kearney and Black Hills Railway UP 18891898 Union Pacific Railroad
Lincoln and Black Hills Railroad CB&Q 18871908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Lincoln and North Western Railroad CB&Q 18791908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Midland Pacific Railway CB&Q 18681875 Nebraska Railway
Missouri Pacific Railroad MPMP19171997 Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad in Nebraska MP 19171956 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railway MP 18821917 Kansas City Northwestern Railroad, Missouri Pacific Railroad in Nebraska
Missouri Pacific Railway of Nebraska MP 18811882 Missouri Pacific Railway
Missouri Valley and Blair Railway and Bridge Company CNW 18821920 Chicago and North Western Railway
Nebraska Railway CB&Q 18751908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Nebraska and Colorado Railroad CB&Q 18831908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet NKCR19962005 Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway
Nebraska Southern Railway MP 18861910 Missouri Pacific Railway
Nebraska and Western Railway CB&Q 18891891 Sioux City, O'Neill and Western Railway
Nebraska, Wyoming and Western Railroad CB&Q 18991908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
North-Eastern Nebraska Railroad CNW 18881888 Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
Northern Nebraska Air Line Railroad CNW 18671868 Sioux City and Pacific Railroad
Omaha Belt Railway MP 18831910 Missouri Pacific Railway
Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company IC 18921946 Illinois Central Railroad
Omaha, Niobrara and Black Hills Railroad UP 18791886 Omaha and Republican Valley Railway
Omaha and North Platte Railroad CB&Q 18861908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Omaha and Northern Nebraska Railway CNW 18781880 Sioux City and Nebraska Railroad
Omaha and Northwestern Railroad CNW 18691878 Omaha and Northern Nebraska Railway
Omaha and Republican Valley Railroad UP 18761886 Omaha and Republican Valley Railway
Omaha and Republican Valley Railway UP 18861898 Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha and South Western Railroad CB&Q 18691908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Omaha Southern Railway MP 18901910 Missouri Pacific Railway
Oxford and Kansas Railroad CB&Q 18871908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Pacific Railway in Nebraska MP 18871910 Missouri Pacific Railway
Randolph and Northeastern Nebraska Railroad CNW 18901890 Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
Republican Valley Railroad CB&Q 18781888 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Republican Valley and Kansas Railroad CB&Q 18851886 Republican Valley, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad
Republican Valley, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad CB&Q 18861908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Republican Valley and Wyoming Railroad CB&Q 18871908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Rock Island Omaha Terminal Railway RI 19141948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad UP 18661876 Kansas and Nebraska Railway
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad UP 18851897 Grand Island, Hastings and Southeastern Railroad
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway SJGI UP 1897
St. Joseph and Iowa Railroad RI 18861888 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
St. Joseph and Western Railroad UP 18771885 Grand Island and Marysville Railroad
St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad CNW 18801881 Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
Sioux City Bridge Company CNW 18891956 Chicago and North Western Railway
Sioux City and Nebraska Railroad CNW 18791883 Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad
Sioux City, O'Neill and Western Railway CB&Q 18911899 Sioux City and Western Railway
Sioux City and Pacific Railroad CNW 18681901 Chicago and North Western Railway
Sioux City and Western Railway CB&Q 18991908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
South Omaha Terminal Railway SOT19271978 Brandon Corporation
South Omaha and Western Railroad UP 19051908 Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad UP 18621880 Union Pacific Railway
Union Pacific Railway UP 18801897 Union Pacific Railroad
Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha 18831927 South Omaha Terminal Railway
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Notes

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

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