List of South Dakota railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of South Dakota.

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Current freight carriers


Passenger carriers

Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Aberdeen, Fergus Falls and Pierre Railroad GN 18861886 St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway
Belle Fourche Valley Railway CNW 19091920 Chicago and North Western Railway
Black Hills Railroad CB&Q 18811882 Black Hills and Fort Pierre Railroad
Black Hills and Fort Pierre Railroad CB&Q 18821932 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Black Hills and Missouri River Railroad 19041904 Missouri River and North Western Railway
Buffalo Ridge Railroad BFRR19881992N/A
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway BCRN RI 18801903 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Burlington Northern Inc. BN19701981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN19811996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls and Northwestern Railway CRIN RI 18801902 Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
Cherokee and Dakota Railroad CDRC IC 18871888 Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad CB&QCB&Q18861970 Burlington Northern Inc.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway CB&Q 19011907N/ALeased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway MILW 19091912 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway CMSP MILW 18791928 Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of South Dakota MILW 19061908 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington MILW 19081909 Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad MILWMILW19281982 Burlington Northern Railroad, Dakota Rail, Inc., Dakota Southern Railway, D&I Railroad
Chicago and North Western Railway CNWCNW18791972 Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company CNWCNW19721995 Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad RI, ROCKRI19471972N/A
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway RIRI19031948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway CMO CNW 18811972 Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
Dakota Central Railway CNW 18791900 Winona and St. Peter Railroad
Dakota and Great Southern Railway MILW 18831886 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Dakota Rail, Inc. DAKR19821987 Sisseton Southern Railway
Dakota Short Line, Inc. DAKS20012003N/A
Dakota Southern Railroad MILW 18721879 Sioux City and Dakota Railroad
Dakota, Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad 18911903 Black Hills and Missouri River Railroad
Deadwood Central Railroad DCRX CB&Q 18881936 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad DSCR IC 18881946 Illinois Central Railroad
Duluth, Watertown and Pacific Railway GN 18851907 Great Northern Railway
Fairmount and Veblen Railway SOO 19121915 Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
Fargo and Southern Railway FSRC MILW 18811885 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Forest City and Gettysburg Railroad 19001904N/A
Forest City and Sioux City Railroad 18881896 Forest City and Gettysburg Railroad
Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad CNW 18861903 Chicago and North Western Railway
Grand Island and Wyoming Central Railroad CB&Q 18861897 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Great Northern Railway GNGN18901970 Burlington Northern Inc.
Illinois Central Railroad ICIC18871972 Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ICG19721982N/A
James River Valley and North Western Railway CNW 19091920 Chicago and North Western Railway
Minnesota Southern Railway EE 20012017

Ellis and Eastern Company

Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad MSTL 18941944 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway MSTLMSTL19441960 Chicago and North Western Railway
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway MSTL 18841894 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad SOOSOO19441961 Soo Line Railroad
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway SOOSOO19011944 Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
Minnesota, Dakota and Pacific Railway MSTL 19051912 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Minnesota and South Dakota Railway CNW 18991900 Winona and St. Peter Railroad
Missouri River and North Western Railway 19041909 Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad
Mound City and Eastern Railway 19271940N/A
Pierre and Fort Pierre Bridge Railway CNW 19051920 Chicago and North Western Railway
Pierre, Rapid City and North-Western Railway CNW 19051920 Chicago and North Western Railway
Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad 19091948N/A
Rapid City, Missouri River and St. Paul Railroad CNW 18911905 Pierre, Rapid City and North-Western Railway
St. Paul and Dakota Railroad CNW 18761878 Worthington and Sioux Falls Railroad
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway GN 18861907 Great Northern Railway
St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad CNW 18791881 Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
Sioux City and Dakota Railroad MILW 18791881 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Sioux City and Northern Railroad GN 18871900 Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway
Sioux City and Pembina Railway MILW 18761879 Sioux City and Dakota Railroad
Sioux Falls and Manitoba Railway GN 19021903 South Dakota Central Railway
Sioux Falls Terminal Railroad GN 18901900 Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway
Sioux Falls, Yankton and South Western Railway GN 18891893 Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway
Sisseton Southern Railway SSOR19871989 Sisseton Milbank Railroad
South Dakota Central Railway GN 19031916 Watertown and Sioux Falls Railway
South Dakota Western Railway CNW 18901891 Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad
South Sioux Falls Railroad and Rapid Transit Company GN 18881890 Sioux Falls Terminal Railroad
Southern Minnesota Railway MILW 18781880 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Southern Minnesota Railway Extension Company MILW 18781880 Southern Minnesota Railway
Union Pacific Railroad Company UP19951996 Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
Watertown and Sioux Falls Railway GN 19161928 Great Northern Railway
White River Valley Railway MILW 19051910 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway GN 18861907 Great Northern Railway
Winona and St. Peter Railroad CNW 18781900 Chicago and North Western Railway
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railroad MSTL 18941899 Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railway MSTL 18831894 Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railroad
Worthington and Sioux Falls Railroad CNW 18781879 St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad
Wyoming and Missouri River Railroad 18951924 Wyoming and Missouri River Railway
Wyoming and Missouri River Railway 19241927N/A
Yankton and Western Railway CNW/ MILW 1890

Notes

  1. ↑ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

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