List of Minnesota Railroads

Railroad Name Start Date End Date
Albert Lea and Southern Railroad 1899 1908
Austin and Mankato Railroad 1880 1881
Barnesville and Moorhead Railway 1880 1880
Big Fork and International Falls Railway 1908 1923
Big Fork and Northern Railway 1905 1942
Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railway 1892 1901
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway 1876 1903
Caledonia and Mississippi Railway 1873 1880
Caledonia, Mississippi and Western Railroad 1879 1880
Canadian Northern Railway 1901 1923
Cannon River Improvement Company 1872 1878
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls and Northwestern Railway 1880 1902
Central Railroad of Minnesota 1872 1879
Chatfield Railroad 1878 1881
Cherokee and Dakota Railroad 1887 1888
Chicago Great Western Railroad 1909 1941
Chicago Great Western Railway 1892 1909
Chicago and Dakota Railway 1879 1881
Chicago and North Western Railway 1859 1972
Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad 1885 1899
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1855 1970
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway 1901 1907
Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad 1878 1880
Chicago, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad 1871 1877
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway 1872 1928
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway 1880 1948
Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway 1886 1893
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway 1880 1972
Cuyuna Iron Range Railway 1908 1910
Cuyuna Northern Railway 1911 1914
Des Moines Valley Railway of Minnesota 1899 1900
Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad 1877 1878
Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad 1860 1946
Duluth Short Line Railway 1886 1898
Duluth Terminal Railway 1887 1928
Duluth Transfer Railroad 1902 1902
Duluth Transfer Railway 1890 1902
Duluth Union Depot Company 1889 1892
Duluth Union Depot and Transfer Company 1892 Unknown
Duluth and Iron Range Railroad 1874 1938
Duluth and Manitoba Railroad 1885 1898
Duluth and Manitoba Railway 1884 1885
Duluth and Northeastern Railroad 1898 2002
Duluth and Northern Minnesota Railway 1898 1921
Duluth and Superior Bridge Company 1894 Unknown
Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad 1878 1896
Duluth, Crookston and Northern Railroad 1889 1898
Duluth, Glencoe and Southwestern Railway 1888 1900
Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway 1891 1937
Duluth, Mississippi River and Northern Railroad 1892 1899
Duluth, Rainy Lake and Winnipeg Railway 1905 Unknown
Duluth, Red Wing and Southern Railroad 1886 1901
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway 1887 1949
Duluth, St. Cloud, Glencoe and Mankato Railway 1900 1910
Duluth, Superior and Western Railway 1896 1898
Duluth, Virginia and Rainy Lake Railway 1901 1905
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railroad 1909 Unknown
Eastern Railway of Minnesota 1887 1907
Electric Short Line Railroad 1908 1915
Electric Short Line Railway 1908 1924
Electric Short Line Terminal Company 1915 1956
Fargo and Southern Railway 1881 1885
Fargo and St. Louis Air Line Railroad 1883 1883
Grantsburgh, Rush City and St. Cloud Railroad 1878 1899
Great Northern Railway 1889 1970
Green Bay and Minnesota Railroad 1873 1881
Green Bay and Western Railroad 1896 1993
Green Bay, Winona and St. Paul Railroad 1881 1896
Hastings and Dakota Railway 1867 1880
Hastings, Minnesota River and Red River of the North Railroad 1857 1867
Hill City Railway 1915 1935
Illinois Central Railroad 1851 1972
International Bridge and Terminal Company 1902 1910
Iowa Central Railway 1888 1912
Iowa, Minnesota and Northwestern Railway 1898 1900
Kettle River Railroad 1886 1893
LaCrosse, Trempealeau and Prescott Railroad 1857 1877
Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad 1861 1877
Lake Superior and South Western Railway 1885 1888
Little Falls and Dakota Railroad 1879 1900
Little Falls and Southern Railroad 1890 1899
Mankato and New Ulm Railway 1899 1900
Mantorville Railway and Transfer Company 1895 1896
Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad 1881 1940
Mason City and Fort Dodge Railway 1902 1905
McGregor Western Railway 1863 1867
Mesabe Southern Railway 1894 Unknown
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway 1863 1874
Minneapolis Belt Line Company 1917 1928
Minneapolis Eastern Railway 1878 Unknown
Minneapolis Union Railway 1881 1907
Minneapolis Western Railway 1884 1928
Minneapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad 1856 1860
Minneapolis and Duluth Railroad 1871 1881
Minneapolis and Northern Railway 1912 1915
Minneapolis and Northwestern Railroad 1878 1883
Minneapolis and Pacific Railway 1884 1888
Minneapolis and Rainy River Railway 1904 1932
Minneapolis and St. Cloud Railroad 1856 1889
Minneapolis and St. Croix Railway 1883 1888
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad 1894 1944
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway 1870 1894
Minneapolis and St. Paul Terminal Railway 1903 1904
Minneapolis, Anoka and Cuyuna Range Railway 1915 1929
Minneapolis, Faribault and Cedar Valley Railroad 1862 1864
Minneapolis, New Ulm and Southwestern Railroad 1895 1899
Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway 1918 1986
Minneapolis, Red Lake and Manitoba Railway 1904 1938
Minneapolis, Rochester and Dubuque Traction Company Unknown 1907
Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railway 1883 1888
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway 1888 1944
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company 1907 1918
Minnesota Belt Line Railway and Transfer Company 1887 1898
Minnesota Central Railroad 1857 1883
Minnesota Central Railway 1864 1870
Minnesota Midland Railway 1876 1883
Minnesota Northern Railroad 1878 1881
Minnesota Northwestern Electric Railway 1913 1940
Minnesota Transfer Railway 1883 1987
Minnesota Valley Railroad 1864 1870
Minnesota Valley Railway 1876 1881
Minnesota Western Railroad 1853 1870
Minnesota Western Railway 1901 1902
Minnesota and Black Hills Railroad 1879 1879
Minnesota and Dakota Northern Railroad 1879 1883
Minnesota and Great Northern Railway 1904 1907
Minnesota and International Railway 1900 1941
Minnesota and Iowa Railway 1898 1900
Minnesota and Manitoba Railroad 1899 Unknown
Minnesota and North Wisconsin Railroad 1898 Unknown
Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad 1854 1894
Minnesota and Ontario Bridge Company 1899 Unknown
Minnesota and Pacific Railroad 1857 1860
Minnesota and South Dakota Railway 1899 1900
Minnesota, St. Croix and Wisconsin Railroad 1884 1888
Mississippi, Hill City and Western Railway 1908 1915
Moorhead and South Eastern Railway 1884 1891
Nebraska and Lake Superior Railroad 1857 1861
Northern Pacific Railroad 1864 1896
Northern Pacific Railway 1896 1970
Northern Pacific, Fergus and Black Hills Railroad 1881 1898
Northwestern Coal Railway 1892 1953
Park Rapids and Leech Lake Railway 1897 1907
Plainview Railroad 1877 1881
Railway Transfer Company of the City of Minneapolis 1883 1984
Red Lake Transportation Company 1897 1904
Red River Valley Railroad 1875 1914
Red River and Lake of the Woods Railway 1882 1883
Red River and Manitoba Railroad 1877 1879
Rochester and Northern Minnesota Railway 1877 1881
Root River Valley and Southern Minnesota Railroad 1855 1857
Sauk Center Northern Railway 1881 1883
Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad 1866 1879
South St. Paul Belt Railroad 1889 1903
Southern Minnesota Railroad 1857 1877
Southern Minnesota Railway 1877 1880
Southern Minnesota Railway Extension Company 1878 1880
Spirit Lake Transfer Railway 1907 1937
St. Cloud and Lake Traverse Railway 1880 1880
St. Cloud, Mankato and Austin Railroad 1865 1886
St. Croix Railway and Improvement Company 1872 1873
St. Paul Bridge and Terminal Railway 1908 Unknown
St. Paul Terminal and Transfer Company 1902 1903
St. Paul Union Depot Company 1879 Unknown
St. Paul and Chicago Railway 1867 1872
St. Paul and Dakota Railroad 1876 1878
St. Paul and Duluth Railroad 1877 1900
St. Paul and Northern Pacific Railway 1883 1896
St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 1862 1879
St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad 1870 1881
St. Paul and St. Croix Falls Railway 1885 1888
St. Paul and St. Croix Railroad 1884 1884
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway 1879 1907
St. Paul, Stillwater and Taylors Falls Railroad 1869 1880
Stillwater Street Railway and Transfer Company 1878 1881
Stillwater Union Depot and Transfer Company 1888 1896
Stillwater and Hastings Railway 1880 1882
Stillwater and St. Paul Railroad 1867 1899
Superior Belt Line and Terminal Railway 1891 1900
Superior Short Line Railway 1884 1895
Superior Terminal and Belt Line Railway 1890 1891
Taylors Falls and Lake Superior Railroad 1875 1898
Transit Railroad 1855 1860
Union Depot and Transfer Company of Stillwater 1896 1902
Union Depot, Street Railway and Transfer Company of Stillwater 1881 1888
Wadena and Park Rapids Railroad 1883 1891
Watonwan Valley Railway 1899 1899
Western Railroad of Minnesota 1874 1883
Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway 1886 1907
Winona Bridge Railway 1890 1985
Winona and La Crosse Railroad 1856 1872
Winona and Southwestern Railway 1872 1894
Winona and St. Peter Railroad 1862 1900
Winona and Western Railway 1894 1901
Winona, Mankato and New Ulm Railway 1870 1880
Wisconsin Central Company 1887 1899
Wisconsin Central Railway 1897 1954
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railroad 1894 1920
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railway 1883 1894
Worthington and Sioux Falls Railroad 1878 1879