Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway or Omaha Road (reporting mark CMO) was a railroad in the U.S. states of Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota. It was incorporated in 1880 as a consolidation of the Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis Railway and the North Wisconsin Railway,.[1] The Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) gained control in 1882. The C&NW leased the Omaha Road in 1957 and merged the company into itself in 1972.[2]
At the end of 1956 CStPM&O operated 1616 miles of road and 2396 miles of track; that year it reported 2115 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 65 million passenger-miles.
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (CStPM&O) 4-4-0 locomotive #278
Disposition of lines
The following main lines were part of the Omaha Road:[3]
| Division | Notes |
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| Eastern Division: Elroy, Wisconsin (junction with C&NW towards Chicago) to Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota | Now mostly part of the Union Pacific Railroad's Wyeville and Altoona Subdivisions |
| Northern Division: Northline (junction with Eastern Division towards Minneapolis-St. Paul) to Bayfield, Wisconsin | Now abandoned |
| Eau Claire (Eastern Division) to Spooner, Wisconsin (Northern Division main line) | Now a Union Pacific Railroad branch line south of Cameron Between Spooner and Trego, Wisconsin is used by the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad. |
| Trego, Wisconsin (Northern Division main line) to Duluth, Minnesota | Now abandoned, known as the Wild Rivers Trail |
| St. Paul and Sioux City Division: Minneapolis-St. Paul to Sioux City, Iowa | Now the Union Pacific Railroad's Mankato and Worthington Subdivisions |
| Org, Minnesota (SP&SC Division main line) to Mitchell, South Dakota | Now the Minnesota Southern Railway east of Manley |
| Nebraska Division: Sioux City to Omaha, Nebraska | Now abandoned |
| Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway |
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References
- ↑ Interstate Commerce Commission, Valuation Docket No. 549: Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company, 1928
- ↑ Chicago & North Western Historical Society, Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha - A Capsule History
- ↑ P. F. Collier and Son, New World Atlas and Gazetteer, 1922: Chicago and North Western Railway
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