List of Missouri Railroads

Railroad Name Start Date End Date
Adair County Railroad 1904 1911
Alexandria and Bloomfield Railroad 1857 1866
Alexandria and Nebraska City Railroad 1866 1870
Alexandria, Canton, La Grange and West Quincy Railroad 1865 1870
Arkansas Railroad 1901 1959
Atchison Branch of the Chicago and South Western Railway 1870 1871
Atchison and Eastern Bridge Company 1898 Unknown
Atchison and Nebraska Railroad 1869 1908
Atchison and St. Joseph Railroad 1855 1867
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 1863 1895
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1890 1996
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad 1865 1897
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1827 1987
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad 1889 1949
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway 1893 1899
Bevier and Southern Railroad 1914 Unknown
Blytheville, Leachville and Arkansas Southern Railroad 1908 1929
Boone County and Boonville Railway 1873 1902
Boone County and Jefferson City Railroad 1857 1873
Boonville Railroad Bridge Company 1870 1925
Boonville, St. Louis and Southern Railway 1878 1956
Brownville and Nodaway Valley Railway 1872 1901
Brownwood and Northwestern Railway 1886 1898
Brunswick and Chillicothe Railroad 1873 1924
Burlington and Southwestern Railway 1869 1880
Butler County Railroad 1905 1950
Cairo and Fulton Railroad 1853 1874
Cairo, Arkansas and Texas Railroad 1872 1874
Canton and Bloomfield Railroad 1851 1860
Cape Girardeau Northern Railway 1913 1937
Cape Girardeau Railway 1880 1881
Cape Girardeau Southwestern Railway 1881 1891
Cape Girardeau and Chester Railroad 1902 1913
Cape Girardeau and Northern Railroad 1901 1902
Cape Girardeau and State Line Railway 1869 1880
Cape Girardeau and Thebes Bridge Terminal Railroad 1902 1913
Cape Girardeau, Bloomfield and Southern Railway 1887 1902
Carthage and Western Railway 1902 1910
Carthage, Joplin and Short Creek Railway 1881 1883
Cassville and Exeter Railway 1919 1956
Cassville and Western Railroad 1913 1919
Cassville and Western Railway 1896 1913
Central Missouri Railway 1885 1888
Central North Missouri Branch of the St. Joseph and Iowa Railroad 1871 1871
Central Railway of Missouri 1881 1883
Chariton and Randolph Railroad 1858 1864
Chester, Perryville and Ste. Genevieve Railway 1899 1913
Chester, Perryville, Ste. Genevieve and Farmington Railroad 1894 1899
Chicago Great Western Railroad 1909 1941
Chicago Great Western Railway 1892 1909
Chicago and Alton Railroad 1861 1931
Chicago and Atchison Bridge Company Unknown 1898
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad 1877 1922
Chicago and South Western Railway 1869 1878
Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railway 1880 1901
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1855 1970
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway 1901 1907
Chicago, Kansas City and Texas Railway 1887 1893
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway 1886 1891
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway 1872 1928
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway 1880 1948
Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway 1886 1900
Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway of Iowa 1886 1887
Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway 1886 1893
Chillicothe and Brunswick Railroad 1864 1873
Chillicothe and Omaha Railroad 1869 1870
City Terminal Railway 1899 1905
Clarinda and St. Louis Railroad 1879 1879
Clarksville and Western Railroad 1870 1873
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway 1889 1976
Cleveland, St. Louis and Kansas City Railway 1888 1890
Columbia and St. Louis Railroad 1902 1902
Consolidated Terminal Railway of Kansas City 1891 1892
Council Bluffs and St. Louis Railroad 1878 1879
Crawford County Midland Railroad 1904 1907
Crystal City Railway 1878 1881
Crystal Railway 1880 1902
Current River Railroad 1887 1901
Deering Southwestern Railway 1903 1929
Dent and Phelps Railroad 1877 1881
Des Moines and Kansas City Railway 1888 1898
Des Moines, Osceola and Southern Railroad 1879 1887
Doniphan Branch Railway 1882 1884
Edgewater Terminal Railroad 1900 Unknown
Eureka Springs Railway 1880 1899
Excelsior Springs Railroad 1893 1897
Forest Park and Central Railroad 1877 1884
Fort Scott and Carthage Railroad 1881 1882
Fort Scott, South Eastern and Memphis Railroad 1874 1888
Gideon and North Island Railroad 1908 1930
Grant City and Southern Railroad 1898 1901
Gray's Point Terminal Railway 1896 1958
Greenfield Railroad 1884 1886
Greenfield and Northern Railroad 1886 1895
Hannibal Bridge Company 1869 1937
Hannibal Connecting Railroad 1902 1965
Hannibal Union Depot Company 1881 1953
Hannibal and Central Missouri Railroad 1867 1873
Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad 1847 1901
Houck's Missouri and Arkansas Railroad 1893 1902
Illinois Central Railroad 1851 1972
Illinois Southern Railway 1900 1920
Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company 1867 1878
Iowa Southern and Missouri Northern Railroad 1876 1880
Iowa and St. Louis Railway 1901 1903
Iron County Central Railroad 1912 Unknown
Jackson Branch Railroad 1883 1885
Jefferson City, Lebanon and Southwestern Railway 1871 1883
Joplin Railroad 1874 1882
Joplin Railway 1882 1882
Joplin Union Depot Company 1908 Unknown
Joplin and Galena Railway 1880 1882
Joplin and Western Railway 1890 1910
Kansas City Belt Railway 1882 1910
Kansas City Bridge and Terminal Railway 1889 1893
Kansas City Connecting Railroad 1914 1983
Kansas City Rock Island Railway 1902 1905
Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad 1887 1902
Kansas City and Atlantic Railroad 1893 1897
Kansas City and Cameron Railroad 1866 1870
Kansas City and Eastern Railway 1878 1880
Kansas City and Independence Air Line 1891 1902
Kansas City and Memphis Railroad 1872 1879
Kansas City and Northern Connecting Railroad 1895 1901
Kansas City and Southern Railway 1880 1891
Kansas City and Southwestern Railway of Missouri 1886 1909
Kansas City and Topeka Railway 1887 1889
Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railroad 1884 1885
Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway 1885 1928
Kansas City, Eldorado and Southern Railway 1892 1899
Kansas City, Excelsior Springs and Northern Railway 1897 1933
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad 1879 1888
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad 1888 1901
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway 1901 1928
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad 1888 1888
Kansas City, Fort Smith and Southern Railroad 1887 1897
Kansas City, Galveston, and Lake Superior Railroad 1857 1866
Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway 1880 1880
Kansas City, Memphis and Mobile Railroad 1871 1880
Kansas City, Nevada and Fort Smith Railroad 1889 1893
Kansas City, Osceola and Southern Railway 1891 1900
Kansas City, Ozark and Southern Railway 1908 1935
Kansas City, Peoria and Chicago Railway 1901 1902
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad 1893 1900
Kansas City, Rich Hill and Southern Railroad 1887 1890
Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad 1881 1888
Kansas City, St. Joseph and Burlington Railway 1881 1881
Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad 1870 1901
Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad 1877 1949
Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad 1875 1899
Kansas Pacific Railway 1869 1880
Kansas and Missouri Railroad 1882 1888
Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad 1865 1868
Kansas and Texas Coal Company 1898 1902
Kennett and Osceola Railroad 1896 1902
Keokuk and Kansas City Railway 1873 1875
Keokuk and Western Railroad 1886 1901
Laclede and Creve Coeur Lake Railroad 1880 1883
Lawrence and Pleasant Hill Railway 1869 1870
Lead Belt Railway 1898 Unknown
Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company 1892 1940
Leavenworth and Des Moines Railway 1867 1869
Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge Company 1888 1892
Leavenworth and St. Joseph Railway 1890 1892
Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway 1897 1908
Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad 1855 1863
Leon, Mount Ayr and Southwestern Railroad 1878 1901
Lexington and Southern Railway 1879 1880
Lexington and St. Louis Railroad 1859 1877
Lexington, Chillicothe and Gulf Railroad 1869 1870
Lexington, Lake and Gulf Railroad 1870 1879
Linneus Branch of the Burlington and Southwestern Railway 1871 1880
Little River Valley and Arkansas Railroad 1876 1881
Louisiana Bridge Company 1873 1873
Louisiana and Missouri River Railroad 1859 1949
Louisville and Nashville Railroad 1850 1983
Memphis and St. Louis Railroad 1899 1901
Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad 1871 1877
Middlebrook, Graniteville and Belleview Railroad 1903 Unknown
Mill Springs, Current River and Barnesville Railroad 1884 1886
Mineral Belt Railroad 1886 1901
Mississippi River Bridge Company 1873 1895
Mississippi River and Bonne Terre Railway 1888 1945
Mississippi Valley Railroad 1871 1873
Mississippi Valley Railway 1904 Unknown
Mississippi Valley and Western Railway 1871 1875
Mississippi and Missouri River Air Line Railroad 1857 1871
Missouri Central Railway 1871 1881
Missouri Midland Railway 1898 1901
Missouri Pacific Railroad 1917 1997
Missouri Pacific Railway 1876 1917
Missouri River Railroad 1865 1880
Missouri River Valley Railroad 1859 1864
Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad 1868 1879
Missouri Southeastern Railway 1891 1898
Missouri Southern Railroad 1886 1941
Missouri Valley Railroad 1867 1870
Missouri and Arkansas Railroad of Missouri 1880 1882
Missouri and Illinois Bridge and Belt Railroad 1904 1966
Missouri and Louisiana Railroad 1902 1914
Missouri and Mississippi Railroad 1865 1873
Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad 1906 1922
Missouri and Western Railway 1875 1879
Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railway 1870 1886
Missouri, Kansas and Eastern Railway 1892 1896
Missouri, Kansas and Northwestern Railroad 1900 1902
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway 1870 1923
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Terminal Company of Kansas City 1905 1906
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Terminal Company of St. Louis 1909 1925
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway 1904 1919
Mobile and Ohio Railroad 1848 1940
Morley and Morehouse Railroad 1897 1902
Nevada and Girard Railway 1882 1885
Nevada and Minden Railway 1885 1909
Nodaway Valley Railroad 1879 1900
North Missouri Railroad 1851 1871
Northern Railroad[disambiguation needed] 1898 1898
Ohio and Mississippi Railway 1861 1893
Omaha and St. Louis Railroad 1896 1901
Omaha and St. Louis Railway 1887 1896
Omaha, Kansas City and Eastern Railroad 1896 1902
Oregon Interurban Railway 1907 Unknown
Osage Valley and Southern Kansas Railroad 1857 1881
Pacific Railroad 1849 1876
Paragould Southeastern Railway 1893 1958
Paragould and Buffalo Island Railway 1887 1893
Pemiscot Railroad 1892 1895
Pemiscot Southern Railroad 1900 1902
Pierce City and Kansas Railroad 1875 1875
Pike County Short Line Railroad 1871 1872
Pilot Knob, Cape Girardeau and Belmont Railroad 1859 1869
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad 1917 1956
Platte City and Fort Des Moines Railroad 1864 1867
Platte Country Railroad 1863 1864
Platte County Railroad 1853 1863
Platte County and Fort Des Moines Railroad 1860 1864
Pleasant Hill Division of the Lexington, Chillicothe and Gulf Railroad 1870 1870
Pleasant Hill and De Soto Railroad 1877 1885
Pleasant Hill and Lawrence Branch of the Pacific Railroad Unknown 1870
Poplar Bluff and Dan River Railway 1906 Unknown
Quincy Bridge Company 1866 1866
Quincy Railroad Bridge Company 1866 1903
Quincy and Palmyra Railroad 1856 1867
Quincy, Missouri and Pacific Railroad 1869 1888
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad 1897 1939
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railway 1887 1897
Rich Hill Railroad 1880 1888
Rock Island 1906 1957
Rock Port, Langdon and Northern Railway 1889 1945
Salem, Winona and Southern Railroad 1908 1928
Saline Valley Railroad 1904 1913
Salisbury and Glasgow Railroad 1877 1877
Sedalia, Warsaw and South Western Railway 1891 1910
Sedalia, Warsaw and Southern Railway 1879 1891
Shelby County Railway 1906 1938
Shelby Northwestern Railway 1911 1938
Short Creek and Joplin Railroad 1879 1888
Sibley Bridge Company 1887 1900
Sligo Furnace Railroad 1880 1881
Sligo and Eastern Railroad 1902 1929
South Pacific Railroad 1868 1870
Southern Missouri Railway 1900 1903
Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad 1899 1902
Southern Railway 1894 1990
Southwest Pacific Railroad 1866 1868
Springfield Connecting Railway 1886 1926
Springfield Southwestern Railway 1903 1909
Springfield Western and Southern Railroad of Missouri 1875 1877
Springfield and Northern Railway 1884 1885
Springfield and Southern Railway 1882 1885
Springfield and Western Missouri Railroad 1877 1888
St. Charles Bridge Company 1868 1878
St. Clair, Madison and St. Louis Belt Railroad 1890 1904
St. Francois Valley Railroad 1898 1902
St. Joseph Belt Railway 1908 Unknown
St. Joseph Terminal Company 1886 1887
St. Joseph Terminal Railroad 1887 Unknown
St. Joseph Union Depot Company 1880 1962
St. Joseph and Central Branch Railway 1905 Unknown
St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad 1867 1870
St. Joseph and Des Moines Railroad 1877 1901
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway 1897 1936
St. Joseph and Iowa Railroad 1857 1888
St. Joseph and Nebraska Railroad 1882 1901
St. Joseph and Santa Fe Railroad 1887 1888
St. Joseph and St. Louis Railroad 1874 1888
St. Joseph, St. Louis and Santa Fe Railway 1888 1900
St. Louis Belt and Terminal Railway 1902 Unknown
St. Louis Bridge Company 1878 Unknown
St. Louis Merchants Bridge Company 1886 1920
St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway 1887 Unknown
St. Louis Southwestern Railway 1891 1997
St. Louis Terminal Railway 1892 Unknown
St. Louis Transfer Railway 1884 Unknown
St. Louis Tunnel Railroad 1872 1878
St. Louis and Central Missouri Railway 1883 1886
St. Louis and Fort Scott Railroad 1870 1871
St. Louis and Gulf Railway 1902 1904
St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad 1917 1944
St. Louis and Hannibal Railway 1885 1917
St. Louis and Illinois Bridge Company 1864 1868
St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad 1851 1874
St. Louis and Kansas City Railway 1895 1895
St. Louis and Keokuk Railroad 1857 1872
St. Louis and Lexington Railroad 1877 1880
St. Louis and Memphis Railroad 1898 1901
St. Louis and Memphis Railway 1901 1902
St. Louis and Missouri Southern Railway 1910 Unknown
St. Louis and North Arkansas Railway 1899 1906
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad 1896 1916
St. Louis and San Francisco Railway 1876 1896
St. Louis and Santa Fe Railroad, Missouri Division 1869 1872
St. Louis and St. Joseph Railroad 1868 1874
St. Louis 1916 1980
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway 1880 1891
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Terminal Railway 1888 1888
St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Fort Smith Railway 1891 1899
St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Southern Railroad 1900 1902
St. Louis, Caruthersville and Memphis Railroad 1897 1901
St. Louis, Chillicothe and Omaha Railroad 1868 1869
St. Louis, Council Bluffs and Omaha Railroad 1870 1924
St. Louis, Hannibal and Kansas City Railway 1891 1893
St. Louis, Hannibal and Keokuk Railroad 1872 1885
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway 1874 1917
St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad 1884 1905
St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway 1872 1879
St. Louis, Kansas and Arizona Railway 1879 1880
St. Louis, Kennett and Southeastern Railroad 1906 1950
St. Louis, Kennett and Southern Railroad 1890 1902
St. Louis, Keokuk and North Western Railway 1875 1887
St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad 1887 1901
St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad 1865 1874
St. Louis, Lawrence and Western Railroad 1874 1877
St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad 1902 1907
St. Louis, Morehouse and Southern Railroad 1899 1904
St. Louis, Oak Hill and Carondelet Railway 1886 1910
St. Louis, Salem and Arkansas Railway 1887 1897
St. Louis, Salem and Little Rock Railroad 1871 1887
St. Paul and Kansas City Short Line Railroad 1911 1948
Tarkio Valley Railroad 1880 1900
Tebo and Neosho Railroad 1860 1872
Terminal Railroad of St. Louis 1880 1889
Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad 1865 1905
Texas and St. Louis Railway 1881 1886
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad 1900 1923
Tunnel Railroad of St. Louis 1878 1988
Union Belt Line 1882 1882
Union Depot Company 1872 1976
Union Depot Company of St. Louis 1874 1889
Union Pacific Railway 1880 1898
Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division 1863 1869
Union Railway and Transit Company of St. Louis 1874 1889
Union Terminal Railway 1900 1910
Union Transit Company 1880 1884
Vandalia Railroad 1905 1917
Wabash Railroad 1851 1915
Wabash Railway 1876 1942
Wabash Western Railway 1887 1889
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway 1879 1886
Weston and Atchison Railroad 1859 1867
Williamsville, Greenville and St. Louis Railway 1894 Unknown
Wyandotte, Kansas City and Northwestern Railway 1872 1878