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 Kansas City (CPKC)
- Manning Rail (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
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad
- Omaha Zoo Railroad
Defunct railroads
<!--Iowa Railroad? Great Northern? Wabash?-->
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Mark
!System
!From
!To
!Successor
!Notes
|-
|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<!--leased the Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad-->
|1996
|Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Brandon Corporation
|BRAN
|
|1978
|2006
|Brandon Railroad
|-
|Brownville, Fort Kearney (aka. Kearny) and Pacific Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1867
|1875
|Nebraska Railway
|-
|Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska
|
|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
|-
|Burlington and Southwestern 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<!--not sure - did the Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad own anything in Nebraska?-->
|1909
|Chicago Great Western Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Iowa and Kansas Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1883
|1884
|Chicago, Nebraska and Kansas Railroad
|-
|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
|-
|Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad
|
|ATSF
|1888<!--opened to the state line, where it had trackage rights over the C&NW (FE&MV) into Superior-->
|1890<!--leased to the AT&SF-->
|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
|-
|Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
|MILW
|1890<!--this is when the trackage rights over the UP dated from-->
|1928
|Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|MILW
|MILW
|1928
|1982<!--?-->
|N/A<!--it was all trackage rights?-->
|-
|Chicago, Nebraska and Kansas Railroad
|
|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<!--or had they leased the St. Joseph and Iowa Railroad?-->
|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
|Sioux City and Nebraska Railroad
|-
|Fillmore Western Railway
|FWRY
|
|1996
|1999
|N/A
|-
|Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad
|
|CNW
|1869
|1903
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Grand Island, Hastings and Southeastern Railroad
|
|UP
|1896
|1897
|St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway
|-
|Grand Island and Marysville Railroad
|
|UP
|1885
|1885
|St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad
|-
|Grand Island and Wyoming Central Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1886
|1897
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Hastings and Grand Island Railroad
|
|UP
|1879
|1880
|St. Joseph and Western Railroad
|-
|Hastings and Northwestern Railroad
|
|UP
|1912
|1917
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Illinois Central Railroad
|IC
|IC
|1899<!--over the Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company - or was there anything earlier?-->
|1972
|Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|-
|Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|ICG
|
|1972
|1985
|Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad
|-
|Inter State Bridge and Street Railway Company
|
|IC
|1890
|1892
|Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company
|-
|Kansas City and Beatrice Railroad
|
|MP
|1889
|1894
|Kansas City Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Kansas City Northwestern Railroad
|
|
|1917
|1919<!--ceased operations then; succeeded by KCNW Railway in 1925-->
|Kansas City Northwestern Railway
|-
|Kansas City Northwestern Railroad
|
|MP
|1893
|1910
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|Kansas City Northwestern Railway
|
|
|1925<!--?-->
|1925<!--??-->
|N/A
|-
|Kansas City and Omaha Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1886
|1896
|Kansas City and Omaha Railway
|-
|Kansas City and Omaha Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1896
|1908
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railroad
|
|MP
|1889<!--operated the Kansas City and Beatrice Railroad-->
|1894
|Kansas City Northwestern Railroad
|-
|Kansas and Nebraska Railway
|
|UP
|1876
|1877
|St. Joseph and Western Railroad
|-
|Kearney and Black Hills Railway
|
|UP
|1889
|1898
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Lincoln and Black Hills Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1887
|1908
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Lincoln and North Western Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1879
|1908
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Midland Pacific Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1868
|1875
|Nebraska Railway
|-
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|MP
|MP
|1917
|1997
|Union Pacific Railroad
|-
|Missouri Pacific Railroad in Nebraska
|
|MP
|1917
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|-
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|
|MP
|1882<!--or earlier through leases?-->
|1917
|Kansas City Northwestern Railroad, Missouri Pacific Railroad in Nebraska
|-
|Missouri Pacific Railway of Nebraska
|
|MP
|1881
|1882
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|Missouri Valley and Blair Railway and Bridge Company
|
|CNW
|1882<!--or later in Nebraska?-->
|1920
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Nebraska Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1875
|1908
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Nebraska and Colorado 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
|-
|Nebraska and Western Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1889
|1891
|Sioux City, O'Neill and Western Railway
|-
|Nebraska, Wyoming and Western Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1899
|1908
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|North-Eastern Nebraska 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
|-
|Omaha Bridge and Terminal Railway Company
|
|IC
|1892
|1946
|Illinois Central Railroad
|-
|Omaha, Niobrara and Black Hills Railroad
|
|UP
|1879
|1886
|Omaha and Republican Valley Railway
|-
|Omaha and North Platte Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1886
|1908
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Omaha and Northern Nebraska Railway
|
|CNW
|1878
|1880
|Sioux City and Nebraska Railroad
|-
|Omaha and Northwestern Railroad
|
|CNW
|1869
|1878
|Omaha and Northern Nebraska Railway
|-
|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
|-
|Oxford and Kansas Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1887
|1908
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Pacific Railway in Nebraska
|
|MP
|1887
|1910
|Missouri Pacific Railway
|-
|Randolph and Northeastern Nebraska Railroad
|
|CNW
|1890
|1890
|Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
|-
|Republican Valley Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1878
|1888
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Republican Valley and Kansas Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1885
|1886
|Republican Valley, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad
|-
|Republican Valley, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1886
|1908
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Republican Valley and Wyoming Railroad
|
|CB&Q
|1887
|1908
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|Rock Island Omaha Terminal Railway
|
|RI
|1914
|1948
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|-
|St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad
|
|UP
|1866<!--authorized to enter Nebraska, August 11, 1866-->
|1876
|Kansas and Nebraska Railway
|-
|St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad
|
|UP
|1885
|1897
|Grand Island, Hastings and Southeastern Railroad
|-
|St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway
|SJGI
|UP
|1897
|<!--no idea-->
|
|-
|St. Joseph and Iowa Railroad
|
|RI
|1886<!--leased the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway-->
|1888
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|-
|St. Joseph and Western Railroad
|
|UP
|1877
|1885
|Grand Island and Marysville Railroad
|-
|St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad
|
|CNW
|1880<!--or earlier in Nebraska? it operated the Sioux City and Nebraska Railroad from opening-->
|1881
|Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
|-
|Sioux City Bridge Company
|
|CNW
|1889<!--it was incorporated in Nebraska in 1889, but construction began before that-->
|1956
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Sioux City and Nebraska Railroad
|
|CNW
|1879
|1883
|Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad
|-
|Sioux City, O'Neill and Western Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1891
|1899
|Sioux City and Western Railway
|-
|Sioux City and Pacific Railroad
|
|CNW
|1868
|1901
|Chicago and North Western Railway
|-
|Sioux City and Western Railway
|
|CB&Q
|1899
|1908
|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|-
|South Omaha Terminal Railway
|SOT
|
|1927
|1978<!--?-->
|Brandon Corporation
|-
|South Omaha and Western Railroad
|
|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
- Atkinson and Northern Railroad
Notes
References
- Association of American Railroads (2003), Railroad Service in Nebraska (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2005.