thumb|350px|Missouri Pacific Locomotive number 1123, n.d.
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Common freight carriers
- Arkansas and Missouri Railroad (AM)
- Affton Terminal Services Railroad (AT)
- Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad (BGKX)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY)
- Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) through subsidiary Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME)
- Central Midland Railway (CMR) operates Missouri Central Railroad (MOC)
- Columbia Terminal Railroad (CT)
- FTRL Railway (FTRL)
- Kansas City Terminal Railway (KCT)
- Kaw River Railroad (KAW)
- Missouri North Central Railroad (MNC)
- Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Ozark Valley Railroad (OVRR)
- Pemiscot County Port Railroad (PCPA)
- SEMO Port Railroad (SE)
- South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL)
- Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP) including subsidiary Southern Illinois and Missouri Bridge Company
- West Belt Railroad (WBRW)
Private freight carriers
- TransitAmerica Services
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad
- Branson Scenic Railway
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Defunct railroads
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!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
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|Adair County Railroad
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|CB&Q
|1904
|1911
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
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|Alexandria and Bloomfield Railroad
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|CB&Q
|1857
|1866
|Alexandria and Nebraska City Railroad
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|Alexandria, Canton, La Grange and West Quincy Railroad
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|CB&Q
|1865
|1870
|Mississippi and Missouri River Air Line Railroad
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|Alexandria and Nebraska City Railroad
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|CB&Q
|1866
|1870
|Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railway
|-
|Alton Railroad
|A
|GM&O
|1931
|1947
|Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Arkansas Railroad
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|SLSF
|1901
|1901
|Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad
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|Arkansas and Ozarks Railway
|
|
|1950
|1961
|N/A
|-
|Atchison Branch of the Chicago and South Western Railway
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|RI
|1870
|1871
|Chicago and South Western Railway
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|Atchison and Eastern Bridge Company
|
|
|1898
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|Atchison and Nebraska Railroad<!--any predecessors of this?-->
|
|CB&Q
|1871
|1908
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Atchison and St. Joseph Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1855
|1867
|Missouri Valley Railroad
|-
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
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|ATSF
|1875<!--this is when it leased the Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad-->
|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<!--began operating the B&OSW-->
|1987
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|-
|Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
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|B&O
|1899
|1900<!--leased to the B&O; since it didn't own anything in Missouri it was out of the state-->
|Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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|Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
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|B&O
|1893
|1899
|Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
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|Bellevue Valley Railroad
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|
|
|
|
|-
|Bennett and Cook Southeastern Railroad
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|
|
|
|
|-
|Bevier and Southern Railroad
|BV&S, BVS
|
|1914
|<!--not sure-->
|N/A
|-
|Blytheville, Leachville and Arkansas Southern Railroad
|
|SSW
|1908
|1929
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
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|Boone County and Boonville Railway
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|WAB
|1873
|1902
|Columbia and St. Louis Railroad
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|Boone County and Jefferson City Railroad
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|WAB
|1857
|1873
|Boone County and Boonville Railway
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|Boonville Railroad Bridge Company
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|MKT
|1870
|1925
|Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
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|Boonville, St. Louis and Southern Railway
|
|MP
|1878
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Brownville and Nodaway Valley Railway
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|CB&Q
|1872
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
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|Brownwood and Northwestern Railway
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|SLSF
|1886
|1898
|Cape Girardeau, Bloomfield and Southern Railway
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|Brunswick and Chillicothe Railroad
|
|WAB
|1873
|1924<!--http://books.google.com/books?id=nMM7AAAAMAAJ&q=%22deed+to+Wabash+Ry.-->
|Wabash Railway
|-
|Burlington Northern Inc.
|BN
|
|1970
|1981
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|-
|Burlington Northern Railroad
|BN
|
|1981
|1996
|Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Burlington and Southwestern Railway<!--did any predecessors start building in Missouri?-->
|
|CB&Q
|1871
|1880
|Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railway
|-
|Butler County Railroad
|BLC
|SLSF
|1905
|1950
|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
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|Cairo, Arkansas and Texas Railroad
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|MP
|1872
|1874
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Cairo and Fulton Railroad
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|MP
|1854
|1866
|Cairo, Arkansas and Texas Railroad
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|Campbell and St. Francis Valley Railway
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|
|
|
|
|-
|Canton and Bloomfield Railroad
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|CB&Q
|1851
|1860
|Mississippi and Missouri River Air Line Railroad
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|Cape Girardeau Railway
|
|SLSF
|1880
|1881
|Cape Girardeau Southwestern Railway
|-
|Cape Girardeau, Bloomfield and Southern Railway
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|SLSF
|1887
|1902
|St. Louis and Gulf Railway
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|Cape Girardeau and Chester Railroad
|
|
|1902
|1913
|Cape Girardeau Northern Railway
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|Cape Girardeau and Northern Railroad
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|SLSF
|1901
|1902
|St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
|-
|Cape Girardeau Northern Railway
|
|
|1913
|1937<!--??-->
|N/A
|-
|Cape Girardeau Southwestern Railway
|
|SLSF
|1881
|1891
|St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Fort Smith Railway
|-
|Cape Girardeau and State Line Railway
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|SLSF
|1869
|1880
|Cape Girardeau Railway
|-
|Cape Girardeau and Thebes Bridge Terminal Railroad
|
|
|1902
|1913
|Cape Girardeau Northern Railway
|-
|Carthage, Joplin and Short Creek Railway
|
|MP
|1881
|1883
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|Carthage and Western Railway
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|MP
|1902
|1910
|Missouri Pacific Railway
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|Cassville and Exeter Railway
|
|
|1919
|1956
|N/A
|-
|Cassville and Western Railroad
|
|
|1913<!--?-->
|1919
|Cassville and Exeter Railway
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|Cassville and Western Railway
|
|
|1896
|1913
|Cassville and Western Railroad
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|Central Railway of Missouri
|
|RI
|1881
|1883
|St. Louis and Central Missouri Railway
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|Central Missouri Railway
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|MKT
|1885
|1888
|Cleveland, St. Louis and Kansas City Railway
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|Central North Missouri Branch of the St. Joseph and Iowa Railroad
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|CB&Q
|1871
|1871
|Linneus Branch of the Burlington and Southwestern Railway
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|Chariton and Randolph Railroad
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|WAB
|1858
|1864
|North Missouri Railroad
|-
|Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
|CO
|
|1987
|1987
|CSX Transportation
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|Chester, Perryville and Ste. Genevieve Railway
|
|
|1899
|1913
|Cape Girardeau Northern Railway
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|Chester, Perryville, Ste. Genevieve and Farmington Railroad
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|
|1894
|1899
|Chester, Perryville and Ste. Genevieve Railway
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|Chicago and Alton Railroad
|C&A
|GM&O
|1870<!--when it leased the Louisiana and Missouri River Railroad-->
|1931
|Alton Railroad
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|Chicago and Atchison Bridge Company
|
|
|<!--not sure - it existed by 1872-->
|1898<!--?-->
|Atchison and Eastern Bridge Company
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|Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1881
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|CB&Q, CBQ
|CB&Q
|1869<!--this is when it jointly leased the Quincy Railroad Bridge Company - but was this the first?-->
|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<!--??? this is when the trackage rights contract existing in the late 1910s dated from, but there may have been an earlier one-->
|1922
|Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
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|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<!--trackage rights into St. Joseph-->
|1891
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|Chicago, Kansas City and Texas Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1887
|1893
|Kansas City and Atlantic Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
|MILW
|1874<!--not sure if this is the best year to put - it built into Missouri in 1887; did the state have to authorize it?-->
|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<!--Atchison-Rushville-->, Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|-
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway<!--I don't think its predecessors entered Missouri, unless the Rock leased the Chicago and South Western-->
|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
|-
|Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway of Iowa
|
|ATSF
|1886
|1887
|Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway
|-
|Chicago and South Western Railway
|
|RI
|1869
|1878
|Iowa Southern and Missouri Northern Railroad
|-
|Chillicothe and Brunswick Railroad
|
|WAB
|1864
|1873
|Brunswick and Chillicothe Railroad
|-
|Chillicothe–Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority
|CBRM
|
|1986
|2007<!--?-->
|Missouri North Central Railroad
|-
|Chillicothe and Des Moines City Railroad
|
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|
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|-
|Chillicothe and Omaha Railroad
|
|WAB
|1869
|1870
|St. Louis, Council Bluffs and Omaha Railroad
|-
|Chillicothe Southern Railroad
|CHSR
|
|1986
|1986
|Chillicothe–Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority
|-
|City Terminal Railway
|
|CGW
|1899
|1905
|Chicago Great Western Railway
|-
|Clarinda and St. Louis Railroad
|
|WAB
|1879
|1879
|St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway
|-
|Clarksville and Western Railroad
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|CB&Q
|1870
|1873
|Mississippi Valley and Western Railway
|-
|Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
|
|NYC
|1889<!--this is when it entered St. Louis over the Eads Bridge?-->
|1930<!--leased to NYC; since it only entered Missouri through trackage rights, it was no longer in the state-->
|New York Central Railroad
|-
|Cleveland, St. Louis and Kansas City Railway
|
|MKT
|1888
|1890
|Missouri, Kansas and Eastern Railway
|-
|Columbia and St. Louis Railroad
|
|WAB
|1902
|1902
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|CR
|
|1976
|1999
|CSX Transportation<!--not NS; all the TRRA rights went to CSX only-->
|-
|Consolidated Terminal Railway of Kansas City
|
|KCS
|1891
|1892
|Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad
|-
|Council Bluffs and St. Louis Railroad
|
|WAB
|1878
|1879
|St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway
|-
|Crawford County Midland Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1904
|1905
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
|-
|Crystal Railway
|
|SLSF
|1880
|1902
|St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
|-
|Crystal City Railway
|
|SLSF
|1878
|1881
|Crystal Railway
|-
|Current River Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1887
|1901
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
|-
|Deering Southwestern Railway
|DSW
|SSW
|1903
|1929
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|-
|Dent and Phelps Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1877
|1881
|St. Louis, Salem and Little Rock Railroad
|-
|Des Moines and Kansas City Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1888
|1898
|Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railway
|-
|Des Moines, Osceola and Southern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1879
|1887
|Des Moines and Kansas City Railway
|-
|Des Peres Valley Railway
|
|
|
|
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|-
|Doniphan Branch Railway
|
|MP
|1882
|1884
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|-
|Edgewater Terminal Railroad
|
|MP
|1900
|<!--early 1920s??-->
|<!--Mopac??-->
|-
|Eureka Springs Railway
|
|
|1882
|1899
|St. Louis and North Arkansas Railway
|-
|Excelsior Springs Railroad
|
|WAB
|1893
|1897
|Kansas City, Excelsior Springs and Northern Railway
|-
|Forest Park and Central Railroad
|
|RI
|1877
|1884
|St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad
|-
|Fort Scott and Carthage Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1881
|1882
|Kansas and Missouri Railroad
|-
|Fort Scott, South Eastern and Memphis Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1880
|1888
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad
|-
|Gateway Western Railway
|GWWR
|
|1990
|2001
|Kansas City Southern Railway
|-
|Gideon and North Island Railroad
|
|SSW
|1908
|1930
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|-
|Grant City and Southern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1898
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Gray's Point Terminal Railway
|
|SSW
|1896
|1958
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|-
|Greenfield Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1884
|1886
|Greenfield and Northern Railroad
|-
|Greenfield and Northern Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1886
|1895
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad
|-
|Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|GM&O
|
|1940
|1972
|Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|-
|Hamilton and Kingston Railroad
|
|
|
|
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|-
|Hannibal Bridge Company
|
|WAB
|1869
|1937
|Wabash – Hannibal Bridge Company
|-
|Hannibal Connecting Railroad
|HC
|
|1902
|1965
|N/A
|-
|Hannibal and Central Missouri Railroad
|
|MKT
|1867
|1873
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1847
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Hannibal Union Depot Company
|
|CB&Q
|1881
|1953<!--??-->
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Higginsville Switch Company
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Houck's Missouri and Arkansas Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1893
|1902
|St. Louis and Gulf Railway
|-
|Illinois Central Railroad
|IC
|IC
|1902<!--this is when it entered St. Louis over the Eads Bridge?-->
|1972
|Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|-
|Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|ICG
|
|1972
|<!--would this be 1987, with the CM&W sale, or did they still use the TRRA into St. Louis? The IC definitely entered St. Louis in the 1910s-->
|
|-
|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
|-
|Iron County Central Railroad
|
|
|1912
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|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
|-
|Iowa Southern and Missouri Northern Railroad
|
|RI
|1876
|1880
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|Jackson Branch Railroad
|
|MP
|1883
|1885
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|-
|Jefferson City, Lebanon and Southwestern Railway
|
|MP
|1871
|1883
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|Joplin Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1874
|1882
|Joplin Railway
|-
|Joplin Railway
|
|SLSF
|1882
|1882
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
|-
|Joplin and Galena Railway
|
|SLSF
|1880
|1882
|Joplin Railway
|-
|Joplin Union Depot Company
|
|ATSF/ KCS/ MKT<!--and M&NA-->
|1908
|
|
|Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway, Kansas City Southern Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Joplin and Western Railway
|
|MP
|1890
|1910
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|Kansas City and Atlantic Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1893
|1897
|Kansas City and Northern Connecting Railroad
|-
|Kansas City Belt Railway
|
|
|1882
|1910
|Kansas City Terminal Railway
|-
|Kansas City Bridge and Terminal Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1889
|1893<!--?-->
|Kansas City and Atlantic Railroad
|-
|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
|-
|Kansas City Connecting Railroad
|KCC
|
|1914
|1983
|N/A<!--?-->
|-
|Kansas City and Eastern Railway
|
|MP
|1878
|1880
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|Kansas City, Eldorado and Southern Railway
|
|MKT
|1892
|1899
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Kansas City, Excelsior Springs and Northern Railway
|
|WAB
|1897
|1933<!--http://books.google.com/books?id=nMM7AAAAMAAJ&q=%22deed+to+Wabash+Ry.-->
|N/A
|-
|Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Gulf Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1879
|1888
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad
|-
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad
|
|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
|-
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1888
|1888
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
|-
|Kansas City, Fort Smith and Southern Railroad
|
|KCS
|1887
|1897
|Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
|-
|Kansas City, Galveston, and Lake Superior Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1857
|1866
|Kansas City and Cameron Railroad
|-
|Kansas City and Grandview Railway
|
|KCS
|1926<!--??-->
|1943
|Kansas City Southern Railway
|-
|Kansas City and Independence Air Line
|
|KCS
|1891
|1902
|Kansas City Southern Railway
|-
|Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway
|
|MP
|1880
|1880
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|Kansas City and Memphis Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1872
|1879
|Springfield and Western Missouri Railroad
|-
|Kansas City, Memphis and Mobile Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1871
|1880
|Kansas City and Southern Railway
|-
|Kansas City, Nevada and Fort Smith Railroad
|
|KCS
|1889
|1893
|Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
|-
|Kansas City and Northern Connecting Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1895
|1901
|Kansas City, Peoria and Chicago Railway
|-
|Kansas City, Osceola and Southern Railway
|
|SLSF
|1891
|1900
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
|-
|Kansas City, Ozark and Southern Railway
|
|
|1908
|1935
|N/A
|-
|Kansas City, Peoria and Chicago Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1901
|1902
|Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
|-
|Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
|
|KCS
|1893
|1900
|Kansas City Southern Railway
|-
|Kansas City, Rich Hill and Southern Railroad
|
|KCS
|1887
|1890
|Kansas City, Nevada and Fort Smith Railroad
|-
|Kansas City Rock Island Railway
|
|RI
|1902
|1905
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|Kansas City, St. Joseph and Burlington Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1881
|1881
|Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railway
|-
|Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1870
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad
|
|GM&O
|1877
|1949
|Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Kansas City and Southern Railway
|
|SLSF
|1880
|1891
|Kansas City, Osceola and Southern Railway
|-
|Kansas City and Southwestern Railway of Missouri
|
|MP
|1886
|1909
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1881
|1888
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad
|-
|Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad
|
|KCS
|1887
|1902
|Kansas City Southern Railway
|-
|Kansas City and Topeka Railway
|
|RI
|1887
|1889
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1875<!--this is when it was incorporated, and when it built in Missouri, but did either predecessor have the right to build in Missouri?-->
|1899
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Kansas and Missouri Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1882
|1888
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad
|-
|Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1865
|1868
|Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad
|-
|Kansas Pacific Railway
|
|UP
|1869
|1880
|Union Pacific Railway
|-
|Kansas and Texas Coal Company
|
|
|1898
|1902
|Missouri and Louisiana Railroad
|-
|Kennett and Osceola Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1896
|1902
|St. Louis and Gulf Railway
|-
|Keokuk and Kansas City Railway
|
|WAB
|1873
|1875
|Salisbury and Glasgow Railroad
|-
|Keokuk and Western Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1886
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Laclede and Creve Coeur Lake Railroad
|
|MP
|1880
|1883
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|Lawrence and Pleasant Hill Railway
|
|SLSF
|1869
|1870
|St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad
|-
|Lead Belt Railway
|
|
|1898
|
|
|-
|Leavenworth and Des Moines Railway
|
|RI
|1867
|1869
|Chicago and South Western Railway
|-
|Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway<!--over MP trackage rights from Leavenworth; supposedly its predecessor, Kansas Central Railroad, began running into Kansas City in October 1896?-->
|
|UP
|1897
|1908
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad
|
|UP
|1855
|1863
|Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division
|-
|Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge Company
|
|CGW
|1888
|1892
|Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company
|-
|Leavenworth and St. Joseph Railway
|
|CGW
|1890
|1892
|Chicago Great Western Railway
|-
|Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company
|
|CGW
|1892
|1940
|Chicago Great Western Railroad
|-
|Leon, Mount Ayr and Southwestern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1878
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Lexington, Chillicothe and Gulf Railroad
|
|MP
|1869
|1870
|Lexington, Lake and Gulf Railroad
|-
|Lexington, Lake and Gulf Railroad
|
|MP
|1870
|1879
|Lexington and Southern Railway
|-
|Lexington and St. Louis Railroad
|
|MP
|1859
|1877
|St. Louis and Lexington Railroad
|-
|Lexington and Southern Railway
|
|MP
|1879
|1880
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|Linneus Branch of the Burlington and Southwestern Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1871
|1880
|Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railway
|-
|Little River Valley and Arkansas Railroad
|
|SSW
|1876
|1881
|Texas and St. Louis Railway
|-
|Louisiana Bridge Company
|
|GM&O
|1873
|1873
|Mississippi River Bridge Company
|-
|Louisiana and Missouri River Railroad
|
|GM&O
|1859
|1949<!--?-->
|Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Louisville and Nashville Railroad
|L&N, LN
|L&N
|1889<!--this is when it entered St. Louis over the Eads Bridge?-->
|1983
|Seaboard System Railroad
|-
|Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1871
|1875
|Missouri and Western Railway
|-
|Memphis and St. Louis Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1899
|1901
|St. Louis and Memphis Railway
|-
|Middlebrook, Graniteville and Belleview Railroad
|
|
|1903
|
|
|-
|Mill Springs, Current River and Barnesville Railroad
|
|
|1884
|1886
|Missouri Southern Railroad
|-
|The Milwaukee Road, Inc.
|MILW
|MILW
|1985
|1986
|Soo Line Railroad
|-
|Mineral Belt Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1886
|1901
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
|-
|Mississippi and Missouri River Air Line Railroad<!--it apparently was "Air-Line" from 1870 to 1871-->
|
|CB&Q
|1857
|1871
|Mississippi Valley and Western Railway
|-
|Mississippi River and Bonne Terre Railway
|
|MP
|1888
|1945
|Missouri–Illinois Railroad
|-
|Mississippi River Bridge Company
|
|GM&O
|1873
|1895
|Louisiana and Missouri River Railroad
|-
|Mississippi Valley Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1871
|1873
|Mississippi Valley and Western Railway
|-
|Mississippi Valley Railway
|
|
|1904
|
|
|-
|Mississippi Valley and Western Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1871
|1875
|St. Louis, Keokuk and North Western Railway
|-
|Missouri and Arkansas Railroad of Missouri
|
|
|1880
|1882
|Eureka Springs Railway
|-
|Missouri and Arkansas Railway
|MAR, MA
|
|1935
|1950
|Arkansas and Ozarks Railway
|-
|Missouri Central Railroad<!--Laclede to Sumner-->
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Missouri Central Railway
|
|RI
|1871
|1881
|Central Railway of Missouri
|-
|Missouri–Illinois Railroad
|MI
|MP
|1921
|1978
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Missouri and Illinois Bridge and Belt Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1904
|1966
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1870
|1886
|Keokuk and Western Railroad
|-
|Missouri, Kansas and Eastern Railway
|
|MKT
|1892
|1896
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Missouri, Kansas and Northwestern Railroad
|
|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<!--or earlier through lease or trackage rights? it got into Kansas City over the Frisco in 1894-->
|1923
|Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
|-
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Terminal Company of Kansas City
|
|MKT
|1905
|1906
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Terminal Company of St. Louis
|
|MKT
|1909
|1925
|Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
|-
|Missouri and Louisiana Railroad
|
|
|1902
|1914
|Bevier and Southern Railroad
|-
|Missouri Midland Railway
|
|MKT
|1898
|1901
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Missouri and Mississippi Railroad
|
|WAB
|1865
|1873
|Keokuk and Kansas City Railway
|-
|Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
|M&NA
|
|1906
|1922
|Missouri and North Arkansas Railway
|-
|Missouri and North Arkansas Railway
|M&NA
|
|1922
|1935
|Missouri and Arkansas Railway
|-
|Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
|
|MP
|1913<!--got trackage rights from Baxter Springs to Joplin?-->
|1919<!--?-->
|N/A<!--or did it pass to the Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway?-->
|-
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|MP
|MP
|1917
|1997
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|
|MP
|1876
|1917
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Missouri River Railroad
|
|MP
|1865<!--did this enter Missouri from the beginning?-->
|1880
|Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway
|-
|Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1868
|1879
|Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Gulf Railroad
|-
|Missouri River Valley Railroad
|
|WAB
|1859
|1864
|North Missouri Railroad
|-
|Missouri Southeastern Railway
|
|SLSF
|1891
|1898
|Cape Girardeau, Bloomfield and Southern Railway
|-
|Missouri Southern Railroad
|MS
|
|1886
|1941
|N/A
|-
|Missouri Valley Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1867
|1870
|Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
|-
|Missouri Valley Park Railroad
|MVP
|
|2003
|2010
|
|-
|Missouri and Western Railway
|
|SLSF
|1875
|1879
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
|-
|Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|
|GM&O
|<!--no idea when it entered St. Louis-->
|1940
|Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
|-
|Morley and Morehouse Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1897
|1902
|St. Louis and Gulf Railway
|-
|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<!--leased the Big Four-->
|1968
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|-
|New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|NKP
|NKP
|1923
|1964
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|-
|Nodaway Valley Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1879
|1900
|Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
|-
|Norfolk and Western Railway
|NW
|
|1964
|1998
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|North Missouri Railroad
|
|WAB
|1851
|1871
|St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway
|-
|North Missouri Central Railroad<!--Laclede to Linneus-->
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Northern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1898
|1898
|Kansas City and Northern Connecting Railroad
|-
|Ohio and Mississippi Railway
|
|B&O
|1889<!--this is when it entered St. Louis over the Eads Bridge?-->
|1893
|Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
|-
|Omaha, Kansas City and Eastern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1896
|1902
|Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
|-
|Omaha and St. Louis Railroad
|
|WAB
|1896
|1901
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Omaha and St. Louis Railway
|
|WAB
|1887
|1896
|Omaha and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Oregon Interurban Railway
|
|
|1907
|
|
|-
|Osage Valley and Southern Kansas Railroad
|
|MP
|1857
|1881
|Boonville, St. Louis and Southern Railway
|-
|Ozark Southern Railway
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Ozark Valley Railway
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Pacific Railroad
|
|MP
|1849
|1876
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|Paragould and Buffalo Island Railway
|
|SSW
|1887
|1893
|Paragould Southeastern Railway
|-
|Paragould–Memphis Railroad
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Paragould and Memphis Railway
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Paragould Southeastern Railway
|
|SSW
|1893
|1958
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|-
|Pemiscot Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1892
|1895
|St. Louis, Kennett and Southern Railroad
|-
|Pemiscot Southern Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1900
|1902
|St. Louis and Gulf Railway
|-
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|PC
|
|1968
|1976
|Consolidated Rail Corporation
|-
|Pennsylvania Railroad
|PRR
|PRR
|1921<!--leased the Panhandle-->
|1968
|Penn Central Transportation Company
|-
|Pierce City and Kansas Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1875
|1875
|Missouri and Western Railway
|-
|Pike County Short Line Railroad
|
|
|1871
|1872
|St. Louis and Keokuk Railroad
|-
|Pilot Knob, Cape Girardeau and Belmont Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1859
|1869
|Cape Girardeau and State Line Railway
|-
|Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|
|PRR
|1917
|1921<!--leased by PRR; its only entrance into Missouri was via trackage rights-->
|Pennsylvania Railroad
|-
|Platte City and Fort Des Moines Railroad
|
|RI
|1864
|1867
|Leavenworth and Des Moines Railway
|-
|Platte Country Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1863
|1864
|Atchison and St. Joseph Railroad, Weston and Atchison Railroad
|-
|Platte County Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1853
|1863
|Platte Country Railroad
|-
|Platte County and Fort Des Moines Railroad
|
|RI
|1860
|1864
|Platte City and Fort Des Moines Railroad
|-
|Pleasant Hill and De Soto Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1877
|1885
|Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway
|-
|Pleasant Hill Division of the Lexington, Chillicothe and Gulf Railroad
|
|MP
|1870
|1870
|Lexington, Lake and Gulf Railroad
|-
|Pleasant Hill and Lawrence Branch of the Pacific Railroad
|
|SLSF
|<!--?-->
|1870
|St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad
|-
|Poplar Bluff and Dan River Railway
|
|
|1906
|
|
|-
|Quincy Bridge Company
|
|CB&Q
|1866
|1866
|Quincy Railroad Bridge Company
|-
|Quincy, Missouri and Pacific Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1869
|1888
|Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
|-
|Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1887
|1897
|Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
|-
|Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1897
|1939
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Quincy and Palmyra Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1856
|1867
|Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
|-
|Quincy Railroad Bridge Company
|
|CB&Q
|1866
|1903
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Railroad Switching Service of Missouri
|RSM
|
|1989
|2005<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|Rich Hill Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1880
|1888
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad
|-
|Rock Island – Frisco Terminal Railway
|
|RI/ SLSF
|1906
|1957
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
|-
|Rock Port, Langdon and Northern Railway
|
|
|1889
|1945<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|St. Charles Bridge Company
|
|WAB
|1868
|1878
|St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway
|-
|St. Clair, Madison and St. Louis Belt Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1890
|1904
|Missouri and Illinois Bridge and Belt Railroad
|-
|St. Francois Valley Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1898
|1902
|St. Louis and Gulf Railway
|-
|St. Joseph Belt Railway
|SJB
|
|1908
|<!--no idea-->
|<!--Mopac??-->
|-
|St. Joseph and Central Branch Railway
|
|MP
|1905
|<!--early 1920s??-->
|<!--Mopac??-->
|-
|St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1867
|1870
|Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
|-
|St. Joseph and Des Moines Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1877
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway<!--operated to Kansas City over the AT&SF and CB&Q via Gower-->
|SJGI
|UP
|1898
|1936<!--leased by UP-->
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|St. Joseph and Iowa Railroad
|
|RI
|1857
|1888
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|St. Joseph and Nebraska Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1882
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|St. Joseph and St. Louis Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1874
|1888
|St. Joseph, St. Louis and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|St. Joseph, St. Louis and Santa Fe Railway
|
|ATSF
|1888
|1900
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|St. Joseph and Santa Fe Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1887
|1888
|St. Joseph, St. Louis and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|St. Joseph Terminal Company
|
|ATSF/ UP
|1886
|1887
|St. Joseph Terminal Railroad
|-
|St. Joseph Terminal Railroad
|SJT
|ATSF/ UP
|1887
|
|
|Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|St. Joseph Union Depot Company
|
|ATSF/ CB&Q/ CGW/ MP/ RI/ UP
|1880
|1962
|N/A<!--??-->
|-
|St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
|
|SSW
|1886
|1891
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|-
|St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
|
|SLSF
|1880
|1882
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
|-
|St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Terminal Railway
|
|SSW
|1888
|1888
|St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
|-
|St. Louis Belt and Terminal Railway
|
|
|1902
|<!--no idea-->
|Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|-
|St. Louis Bridge Company
|
|
|1878
|<!--no idea-->
|Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|-
|St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Fort Smith Railway
|
|SLSF
|1891
|1899
|Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Southern Railroad
|
|
|1900
|1902
|Cape Girardeau and Chester Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Caruthersville and Memphis Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1897
|1901
|St. Louis and Memphis Railway
|-
|St. Louis and Central Missouri Railway
|
|RI
|1883
|1886
|St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Chillicothe and Omaha Railroad
|
|WAB
|1868
|1869
|Chillicothe and Omaha Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Council Bluffs and Omaha Railroad
|
|WAB
|1870
|1924
|Wabash Railway
|-
|St. Louis and Fort Scott Railroad
|
|RI
|1870
|1871
|Missouri Central Railway
|-
|St. Louis and Gulf Railway
|
|SLSF
|1902
|1904
|St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
|-
|St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad
|SL&H, SLH
|
|1917
|1944<!--?-->
|N/A
|-
|St. Louis and Hannibal Railway
|
|
|1885
|1917
|St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Hannibal and Kansas City Railway
|
|
|1891
|1893
|St. Louis, Hannibal and Keokuk Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Hannibal and Keokuk Railroad
|
|
|1872
|1885
|St. Louis and Hannibal Railway
|-
|St. Louis and Illinois Bridge Company
|
|
|1864
|1868
|Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company
|-
|St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad<!--was the Arkansas Branch a separate company?-->
|
|MP
|1851
|1874
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|-
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|
|MP
|1874
|1917
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|St. Louis, Kansas and Arizona Railway
|
|MP
|1879
|1880
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|St. Louis and Kansas City Railway
|
|MKT
|1895
|1897
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|-
|St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad
|
|RI
|1884
|1905
|Kansas City Rock Island Railway
|-
|St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway
|
|WAB
|1872
|1879
|Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|-
|St. Louis, Kennett and Southeastern Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1906
|1950
|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
|-
|St. Louis, Kennett and Southern Railroad<!--was the Clarkton Branch a separate company?-->
|
|SLSF
|1890
|1902
|St. Louis and Gulf Railway
|-
|St. Louis and Keokuk Railroad
|
|
|1857
|1872
|St. Louis, Hannibal and Keokuk Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1887
|1901
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Keokuk and North Western Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1875
|1887
|St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1870
|1874
|St. Louis, Lawrence and Western Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Lawrence and Western Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1874
|1877
|Pleasant Hill and De Soto Railroad
|-
|St. Louis and Lexington Railroad
|
|MP
|1877
|1880
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|St. Louis and Memphis Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1898
|1901
|St. Louis and Memphis Railway
|-
|St. Louis and Memphis Railway
|
|SLSF
|1901
|1902
|St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1902
|1907
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
|-
|St. Louis Merchants Bridge Company
|
|
|1886
|1920
|St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway
|-
|St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway
|SLMB
|
|1887
|<!--no idea-->
|Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|-
|St. Louis and Missouri Southern Railway
|
|
|1910
|
|
|-
|St. Louis, Morehouse and Southern Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1899
|1904
|St. Louis and Gulf Railway
|-
|St. Louis and North Arkansas Railway
|
|
|1899
|1906
|Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Oak Hill and Carondelet Railway
|
|MP
|1886
|1910
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|St. Louis Railway and Dock Company
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|St. Louis and St. Joseph Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1868
|1874
|St. Joseph and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Salem and Arkansas Railway
|
|SLSF
|1887
|1897
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
|-
|St. Louis, Salem and Little Rock Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1871
|1887
|St. Louis, Salem and Arkansas Railway
|-
|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.
|-
|St. Louis and Santa Fe Railroad, Missouri Division
|
|MKT
|1869
|1872
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|-
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|SSW
|SSW
|1891
|1997
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|St. Louis Terminal Railway
|
|
|1892
|<!--no idea-->
|Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|-
|St. Louis Transfer Railway
|
|
|1884
|<!--no idea-->
|Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|-
|St. Louis Tunnel Railroad
|
|
|1872
|1878
|Tunnel Railroad of St. Louis
|-
|St. Paul and Kansas City Short Line Railroad
|
|RI
|1911<!--this is when it was incorporated, but it was only in Iowa until about 1931 when it built Hickory Creek-Birmingham-->
|1948
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Salem, Winona and Southern Railroad
|
|
|1908
|1928<!--??-->
|N/A
|-
|Saline Valley Railroad
|
|
|1904
|1913
|Cape Girardeau Northern Railway
|-
|Salisbury and Glasgow Railroad
|
|WAB
|1877
|1877
|St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway
|-
|Seaboard System Railroad
|SBD
|
|1983
|1986
|CSX Transportation
|-
|Sedalia, Warsaw and Southern Railway
|
|MP
|1879
|1891
|Sedalia, Warsaw and South Western Railway
|-
|Sedalia, Warsaw and South Western Railway
|
|MP
|1891
|1910
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|Shelby County Railway
|
|
|1906
|1938
|N/A
|-
|Shelby Northwestern Railway
|
|
|1911
|1938
|N/A
|-
|Short Creek and Joplin Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1879
|1888
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad
|-
|Sibley Bridge Company
|
|ATSF
|1887
|1900
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Sligo and Eastern Railroad
|SL&E
|
|1902
|1929
|N/A
|-
|Sligo Furnace Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1880
|1881
|St. Louis, Salem and Little Rock Railroad
|-
|Soo Line Railroad
|SOO
|
|1986
|1997
|I&M Rail Link
|-
|South Pacific Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1868
|1870
|Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Southeast Kansas Railroad
|SEKR
|
|1987
|1999
|South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
|-
|Southern Railway
|SOU
|SOU
|1902<!--this is when it entered St. Louis over the Eads Bridge?-->
|1990
|Norfolk Southern Railway
|-
|Southern Missouri Railway
|
|MP
|1900
|1903
|Illinois Southern Railway
|-
|Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1899
|1902
|St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
|-
|Southwest Pacific Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1866
|1868
|South Pacific Railroad
|-
|Springfield Connecting Railway
|
|SLSF
|1886
|1926
|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
|-
|Springfield and Northern Railway
|
|SLSF
|1884
|1885
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
|-
|Springfield and Southern Railway
|
|SLSF
|1882
|1885
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
|-
|Springfield Southwestern Railway
|
|MP
|1903
|1909
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|-
|Springfield and Western Missouri Railroad
|
|SLSF
|1877<!--?-->
|1888
|Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad
|-
|Springfield Western and Southern Railroad of Missouri
|
|SLSF
|1875
|1877<!--?-->
|Springfield and Western Missouri Railroad
|-
|Tarkio Valley Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1880
|1900
|Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
|-
|Tebo and Neosho Railroad
|
|MKT
|1860
|1872
|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Terminal Railroad of St. Louis
|
|
|1880
|1889
|Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|-
|Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad
|
|PRR
|1902<!--this is when lessor St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute Railroad entered St. Louis over the Eads Bridge?-->
|1905
|Vandalia Railroad
|-
|Texas and St. Louis Railway
|
|SSW
|1881
|1886
|St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
|-
|Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
|
|NKP
|<!--no idea when this entered St. Louis-->
|1923
|New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
|-
|Tunnel Railroad of St. Louis
|
|
|1878
|1988
|City of St. Louis (for MetroLink)
|Owned by Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|-
|Union Belt Line
|
|
|1882
|1882
|Kansas City Belt Railway
|-
|Union Depot Company
|
|
|1875
|1910
|Kansas City Terminal Railway
|-
|Union Depot Company of St. Louis
|
|
|1874
|1889
|Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|-
|Union Depot Bridge and Terminal Railroad
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Union Pacific Railway
|
|UP
|1880
|1898<!--?-->
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division
|
|UP
|1863
|1869
|Kansas Pacific Railway
|-
|Union Railway and Transit Company of St. Louis
|
|
|1874
|1889
|Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
|-
|Union Terminal Railway
|UT
|
|1901
|<!--no idea-->
|<!--Mopac??-->
|-
|Union Transit Company
|
|
|1880
|1884
|Kansas City Belt Railway
|-
|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
|-
|Wabash – Hannibal Bridge Company
|
|WAB
|1937
|1943
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
|
|WAB
|1879
|1886
|Omaha and St. Louis Railway, Wabash Western Railway
|-
|Wabash Western Railway
|
|WAB
|1887
|1889
|Wabash Railroad
|-
|Warrensburg and Pertle Springs Railroad
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Western Cable Railway
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Weston and Atchison Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1859
|1867
|Missouri Valley Railroad
|-
|Williamsville, Greenville and St. Louis Railway
|
|
|1894
|
|
|-
|Wyandotte, Kansas City and Northwestern Railway
|
|MP
|1872
|1878
|Kansas City and Eastern Railway
|}
;Electric railways and predecessors
- Cape Girardeau – Jackson Interurban Railway
- East St. Louis and Suburban Railway
- Illinois Terminal Company
- Illinois Terminal Railroad (ITC)
- Interurban South Side Railway
- Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway
- Kansas City Interurban Railway
- Kansas City, Kaw Valley Railroad
- Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway<!--or Railroad?--> (KV&W, KVW)
- Kansas City Public Service Company
- Kansas City and Westport Belt Railway (KCWB)
- Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway
- St. Francois County Electric Railroad
- St. Francois County Railroad
- St. Francois County Railway
- St. Joseph and Savannah Interurban Railway
- St. Louis and Florissant Railroad
- St. Louis and Suburban Railway
- Southwest Missouri Railroad Company
- Union Railway (Missouri) (St. Louis)
- Union Railroad (Missouri) (St. Joseph)
- West End Narrow Gauge Railroad
;Heritage railways
- Kansas City Railroad Museum
Notes
References
- Association of American Railroads (2003), . Retrieved May 11, 2005.
External links
- Railroads in Missouri, a gallery of historic photos from the Missouri State Archives