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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.
The following main lines were part of the Omaha Road:[3]
Des Moines, Iowa, Davenport, Iowa, Dubuque, Iowa, Iowa State University, University of Iowa
Lincoln, Nebraska, Kansas, Great Plains Athletic Conference, Iowa, Missouri River
Duluth, Minnesota, Anishinaabe, Science, Rochester, Minnesota, University of Minnesota
New England, Iowa, Madison, Wisconsin, Green Bay, Wisconsin, American Civil War
North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Minnesota, Nebraska
Pennsylvania Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Missouri Pacific Railroad, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Southern Railway (U.S.)
Amtrak, Illinois Central Railroad, Iowa, Reporting mark, Kansas City, Kansas
Canadian Pacific Railway, Soo Line Railroad, Chicago, American Locomotive Company, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
2-8-0, Omaha, Nebraska, Western Pacific Railroad, Missouri Pacific Railroad, 4-8-8-4
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