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A mile-long bridge was built over the valley of the Little Sioux River at Sioux Rapids, Iowa. Its sister railroad, the Iowa Central Railway began in Iowa in 1866 and merged with Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway in 1901. Even as far back as 1870, the company looked immediately to the Iowa Central as a natural ally to capture the Iowa wheat ...
A freight house was constructed in St. Paul at the foot of Robert Street. The name of the company changed on April 7, 1869, to the St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad The railroad had reached Mankato at the bend of the Minnesota river, and exited the river valley to reach Lake Crystal, Minnesota. [8]
Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad (FEVR), a 17-mile tourist railroad running between Fremont and Hooper, a segment of former FE&MV line abandoned by the C&NW in 1982. Sorenson Parkway , a modern roadway located along 5-miles of former FE&MV line in North Omaha .
The Frisco Silver Dollar Line is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad and amusement park attraction located in the Silver Dollar City amusement park in Branson, Missouri. The railroad opened on May 27, 1962, making it the oldest operating ride at Silver Dollar City. [ 1 ]
The Mississippi Valley and Western Railway (MV&W) was the name of three different shortline railroads which operated in the U.S. states of Iowa and Missouri.The first company was formed on January 25, 1871, and existed for just five days before merging with a much larger road (itself the product of the merger with three other railroads).
Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Gulf Railroad: Missouri River Valley Railroad: WAB: 1859 1864 North Missouri Railroad: Missouri Southeastern Railway: SLSF: 1891 1898 Cape Girardeau, Bloomfield and Southern Railway: Missouri Southern Railroad: MS 1886 1941 N/A Missouri Valley Railroad: CB&Q: 1867 1870 Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
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Earlier Northern Electric Railway, Northern Electric Railway—Marysville and Colusa Branch, Oakland, Antioch and Eastern Railway, and San Francisco–Sacramento Railroad: Sacramento Valley Electric Railroad [2] 1915 1917 San Diego Electric Railway [1] San Diego Southern Railway [1] San Francisco Municipal Railway: 1903 1949 [3]