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The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway (CK&N) was formed in 1885 and Marcus Low, a former attorney for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, was its president. [1] The CRI&P advanced the CK&N about twenty-five million dollars to begin construction in exchange for nearly all of the CK&N's stock.
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, Iowa and Kansas Railroad: CB&Q: 1883 1884 Chicago, Nebraska and Kansas Railroad: Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway: RI: 1886 1891 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway: Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad: ATSF: 1886 1901 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: Chicago, Kansas and Western Railway: ATSF: 1885 1886 Chicago, Kansas ...
The Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway (reporting mark NKCR), formerly the Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet, is based in Grant, Nebraska, and operates about 509 miles (819 km) of track in southwestern Nebraska, northern Kansas and northeastern Colorado.
The Omaha Belt Line was a 15-mile (24 km) long railroad that circumnavigated the city starting in 1885. Carrying passengers and cargo, the rail was operated by the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The railroad also had branches into Lincoln, Wahoo and Nebraska City. [7] The line was discontinued in the early 1960s. [8]
"A Macro-scale Look at Railroad History." Railroad History (Fall/Winter 2012), Issue 207, pp 78–89. Riegel, Robert Edgar. The Story of the Western Railroads (1926) online; Saunders, Richard. Main lines: Rebirth of the North American railroads, 1970–2002 (Northern Illinois UP, 2003). Stover, John. History of the Illinois Central Railroad ...
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The Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway (reporting mark OLB), "The Big Red Line", was founded in 1903 as an attempt to carry passengers between the three Nebraska cities. [1] Although it never extended outside Lincoln, the OL&B currently exists as a Class III switching railroad in Lincoln. It has been owned by NEBCO, Inc. [2] since 1929.