| Name
|
Mark
|
System[nb 1]
|
From
|
To
|
Successor
|
Notes
|
| Aberdeen, Fergus Falls and Pierre Railroad
|
|
GN
|
1886
|
1886
|
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway
|
| Belle Fourche Valley Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1909
|
1920
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Black Hills Railroad
|
|
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
|
| Black Hills and Missouri River Railroad
|
|
|
1904
|
1904
|
Missouri River and North Western Railway
|
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
|
| Cherokee and Dakota Railroad
|
CDRC
|
IC
|
1887
|
1888
|
Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
|
| 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
|
| Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of South Dakota
|
|
MILW
|
1906
|
1908
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington
|
| Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington
|
|
MILW
|
1908
|
1909
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
|
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|
MILW
|
MILW
|
1928
|
1982
|
|
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
|
| Dakota Central Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1879
|
1900
|
Winona and St. Peter Railroad
|
| Dakota and Great Southern Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1883
|
1886
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
Dakota Rail, Inc.
|
DAKR
|
|
1982
|
1987
|
Sisseton Southern Railway
|
| Dakota Short Line, Inc.
|
DAKS
|
|
2001
|
2003
|
N/A
|
| Dakota Southern Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1872
|
1879
|
Sioux City and Dakota Railroad
|
| Dakota, Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad
|
|
|
1891
|
1903
|
Black Hills and Missouri River Railroad
|
| Deadwood Central Railroad
|
DCRX
|
CB&Q
|
1888
|
1936
|
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
|
| Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
|
DSCR
|
IC
|
1888
|
1946
|
Illinois Central Railroad
|
| Duluth, Watertown and Pacific Railway
|
|
GN
|
1885
|
1907
|
Great Northern Railway
|
| Fairmount and Veblen Railway
|
|
SOO
|
1912
|
1915
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
|
| Fargo and Southern Railway
|
FSRC
|
MILW
|
1881
|
1885
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
| Forest City and Gettysburg Railroad
|
|
|
1900
|
1904
|
N/A
|
| Forest City and Sioux City Railroad
|
|
|
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
|
| James River Valley and North Western Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1909
|
1920
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Minnesota Southern Railway
|
|
EE
|
2001
|
2017
|
Ellis and Eastern Company
|
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
|
| Minnesota, Dakota and Pacific Railway
|
|
MSTL
|
1905
|
1912
|
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
|
| Minnesota and South Dakota Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1899
|
1900
|
Winona and St. Peter Railroad
|
| Missouri River and North Western Railway
|
|
|
1904
|
1909
|
Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad
|
| Mound City and Eastern Railway
|
|
|
1927
|
1940
|
N/A
|
| Pierre and Fort Pierre Bridge Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1905
|
1920
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Pierre, Rapid City and North-Western Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1905
|
1920
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
| Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad
|
|
|
1909
|
1948
|
N/A
|
| Rapid City, Missouri River and St. Paul Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1891
|
1905
|
Pierre, Rapid City and North-Western Railway
|
| St. Paul and Dakota Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1876
|
1878
|
Worthington and Sioux Falls Railroad
|
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway
|
|
GN
|
1886
|
1907
|
Great Northern Railway
|
| St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1879
|
1881
|
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
|
| Sioux City and Dakota Railroad
|
|
MILW
|
1879
|
1881
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
| Sioux City and Northern Railroad
|
|
GN
|
1887
|
1900
|
Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway
|
| Sioux City and Pembina Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1876
|
1879
|
Sioux City and Dakota Railroad
|
| Sioux Falls and Manitoba Railway
|
|
GN
|
1902
|
1903
|
South Dakota Central Railway
|
| Sioux Falls Terminal Railroad
|
|
GN
|
1890
|
1900
|
Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway
|
| Sioux Falls, Yankton and South Western 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
|
Watertown and Sioux Falls Railway
|
| South Dakota Western Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1890
|
1891
|
Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad
|
| South Sioux Falls Railroad and Rapid Transit Company
|
|
GN
|
1888
|
1890
|
Sioux Falls Terminal Railroad
|
| Southern Minnesota Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1878
|
1880
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
| Southern Minnesota Railway Extension Company
|
|
MILW
|
1878
|
1880
|
Southern Minnesota Railway
|
| Union Pacific Railroad
|
UP
|
|
1995
|
1996
|
Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
|
| Watertown and Sioux Falls Railway
|
|
GN
|
1916
|
1928
|
Great Northern Railway
|
| White River Valley 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
|
| Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railway
|
|
MSTL
|
1883
|
1894
|
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railroad
|
| Worthington and Sioux Falls Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1878
|
1879
|
St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad
|
| Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad
|
|
|
1895
|
1924
|
Wyoming and Missouri River Railway
|
| Wyoming and Missouri River Railway
|
|
|
1924
|
1927
|
N/A
|
| Yankton and Western Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1890
|
|
|
