The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Nebraska.
{{TOC right}}Name | Mark | System[1] | 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 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway |
Brandon Corporation | BRAN | 1978 | 2006 | Brandon Railroad |
Brownville, Fort Kearney 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 | 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 | 1890 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | MILW | 1890 | 1928 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad |
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | MILW | MILW | 1928 | 1982 | N/A |
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |
St. Joseph and Iowa Railroad | RI | 1886 | 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 | 1881 | Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway |
Sioux City Bridge Company | CNW | 1889 | 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 |
1. ^This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.