Union Stockyards Railroad Company

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The Union Stockyards Railroad Company in Omaha, Nebraska was established as an independent line built to accommodate the Union Stockyards. It was a subsidiary of the Union Stockyards Company.

[edit] History

The Unions Stockyards Company needed a separate line to run cattle to and from the Union Pacific mainline in downtown Omaha. After establishing the Union Stockyards Railroad Company and building the line, in 1904 the Union Stockyards Railroad Company was involved in a U.S. Supreme Court case against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad entitled Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha v. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The case addressed liability issues after a defective freight car injured a worker.^[1] In 1927 Union Stock Yards Company's rails became the South Omaha Railroad.

[edit] References

^ (1925) "Right of Indemnitors of Co-Tortfeasors to Contribution from Each Other." The Yale Law Journal. 45(1) November, pp. 151-156.

v • d • e Omaha Stockyards

Related entities	Union Stockyards Company · Union Stockyards Bank · Union Stockyards Railroad Company · Union Trust Company · South Omaha Land Syndicate · South Omaha Land Company

Related places	South Omaha · Livestock Exchange Building · Union Stockyards · Packer's National Bank Building · South 24th Street · Syndicate Park · Greek Town

Related people	Alexander Swan · William A. Paxton · Herman Kountze · John A. Creighton · John A. Smiley

v • d • e Railroads in Omaha

Depots	34th Street Station • Amtrak Station • Burlington Station• Florence Depot • Gibson Station • Omaha Quartermaster Depot • Ralston Station • Union Station • Webster Street Station

Major carriers	The Union Pacific • The Burlington • The North Western • The Missouri Pacific • The Rock Island • The Milwaukee • The Illinois Central • The Great Western • The Wabash

Minor carriers	Union Stockyards Railroad Company • Brandon Corporation • Amtrak • Omaha Traction Company • Omaha Belt Line • Omaha Zoo Railroad • Omaha Road • Kansas, Nebraska and Omaha Railway • Omaha and Republican Valley Railway • Omaha, Abilene and Wichita Railway • South Omaha Railroad • Omaha Southern Railroad • Chicago Great Western Railway • Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice Railway

Facilities	First Transcontinental Railroad • Original Union Pacific Headquarters • Union Pacific Center • Union Pacific Harriman Dispatch Center • Union Pacific Shops • Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District • Kenefick Park • Burlington Headquarters Building

Public transportation	Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway • Omaha Cable Tramway Company • Omaha Horse Railway Company • Omaha Traction Company

Manufacturing	McKeen Motor Car Company • Nebraska Rail Car