List of Missouri railroads explained

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Missouri.

Common freight carriers

Private freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Defunct railroads

NameMarkSystem[1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Adair County RailroadCB&Q19041911Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Alexandria and Bloomfield RailroadCB&Q18571866Alexandria and Nebraska City Railroad
Alexandria, Canton, La Grange and West Quincy RailroadCB&Q18651870Mississippi and Missouri River Air Line Railroad
Alexandria and Nebraska City RailroadCB&Q18661870Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railway
Alton RailroadAGM&O19311947Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Arkansas RailroadSLSF19011901Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad
Arkansas and Ozarks Railway19501961N/A
Atchison Branch of the Chicago and South Western RailwayRI18701871Chicago and South Western Railway
Atchison and Eastern Bridge Company1898
Atchison and Nebraska RailroadCB&Q18711908Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Atchison and St. Joseph RailroadCB&Q18551867Missouri Valley Railroad
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RailroadATSF18751895Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RailwayATSFATSF18951996BNSF Railway
Atlantic and Pacific RailroadSLSF18661878St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
Baltimore and Ohio RailroadB&O, BOB&O19001987Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern RailroadB&O18991900Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern RailwayB&O18931899Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Bellevue Valley Railroad
Bennett and Cook Southeastern Railroad
Bevier and Southern RailroadBV&S, BVS1914N/A
Blytheville, Leachville and Arkansas Southern RailroadSSW19081929St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Boone County and Boonville RailwayWAB18731902Columbia and St. Louis Railroad
Boone County and Jefferson City RailroadWAB18571873Boone County and Boonville Railway
Boonville Railroad Bridge CompanyMKT18701925Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Boonville, St. Louis and Southern RailwayMP18781956Missouri Pacific Railroad
Brownville and Nodaway Valley RailwayCB&Q18721901Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Brownwood and Northwestern RailwaySLSF18861898Cape Girardeau, Bloomfield and Southern Railway
Brunswick and Chillicothe RailroadWAB18731924Wabash Railway
Burlington Northern Inc.BN19701981Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern RailroadBN19811996Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Burlington and Southwestern RailwayCB&Q18711880Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railway
Butler County RailroadBLCSLSF19051950St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Cairo, Arkansas and Texas RailroadMP18721874St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Cairo and Fulton RailroadMP18541866Cairo, Arkansas and Texas Railroad
Campbell and St. Francis Valley Railway
Canton and Bloomfield RailroadCB&Q18511860Mississippi and Missouri River Air Line Railroad
Cape Girardeau RailwaySLSF18801881Cape Girardeau Southwestern Railway
Cape Girardeau, Bloomfield and Southern RailwaySLSF18871902St. Louis and Gulf Railway
Cape Girardeau and Chester Railroad19021913Cape Girardeau Northern Railway
Cape Girardeau and Northern RailroadSLSF19011902St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
Cape Girardeau Northern Railway19131937N/A
Cape Girardeau Southwestern RailwaySLSF18811891St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Fort Smith Railway
Cape Girardeau and State Line RailwaySLSF18691880Cape Girardeau Railway
Cape Girardeau and Thebes Bridge Terminal Railroad19021913Cape Girardeau Northern Railway
Carthage, Joplin and Short Creek RailwayMP18811883Missouri Pacific Railway
Carthage and Western RailwayMP19021910Missouri Pacific Railway
Cassville and Exeter Railway19191956N/A
Cassville and Western Railroad19131919Cassville and Exeter Railway
Cassville and Western Railway18961913Cassville and Western Railroad
Central Railway of MissouriRI18811883St. Louis and Central Missouri Railway
Central Missouri RailwayMKT18851888Cleveland, St. Louis and Kansas City Railway
Central North Missouri Branch of the St. Joseph and Iowa RailroadCB&Q18711871Linneus Branch of the Burlington and Southwestern Railway
Chariton and Randolph RailroadWAB18581864North Missouri Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayCO19871987CSX Transportation
Chester, Perryville and Ste. Genevieve Railway18991913Cape Girardeau Northern Railway
Chester, Perryville, Ste. Genevieve and Farmington Railroad18941899Chester, Perryville and Ste. Genevieve Railway
Chicago and Alton RailroadC&AGM&O18701931Alton Railroad
Chicago and Atchison Bridge Company1898Atchison and Eastern Bridge Company
Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City RailwayCB&Q18811901Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadCB&Q, CBQCB&Q18691970Burlington Northern Inc.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailwayCB&Q19011907N/AOperated the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad under lease, but did not own any railroad
Chicago and Eastern Illinois RailroadC&EI, CEIC&EI19401976Missouri Pacific Railroad
Chicago and Eastern Illinois RailroadC&EI19041922Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway
Chicago and Eastern Illinois RailwayC&EIC&EI19221940Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Chicago Great Western RailroadCGWCGW19091941Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago Great Western RailwayCGWCGW19411968Chicago and North Western Railway
Chicago Great Western RailwayCGW18921909Chicago Great Western Railroad
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska RailwayRI18861891Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Chicago, Kansas City and Texas RailwayCB&Q18871893Kansas City and Atlantic Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul RailwayMILW18741928Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific RailroadMILWMILW19281985The Milwaukee Road, Inc.
Chicago, Missouri and Western RailwayCMNW19871990Gateway Western Railway
Chicago and North Western RailwayCNWCNW19681972Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
Chicago and North Western Transportation CompanyCNWCNW19721995Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific RailroadRI, ROCKRI19481980Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific RailwayRIRI18801948Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City RailwayCGW18861893Chicago Great Western Railway
Chicago, Santa Fe and California RailwayATSF18871900Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway of IowaATSF18861887Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway
Chicago and South Western RailwayRI18691878Iowa Southern and Missouri Northern Railroad
Chillicothe and Brunswick RailroadWAB18641873Brunswick and Chillicothe Railroad
Chillicothe–Brunswick Rail Maintenance AuthorityCBRM19862007Missouri North Central Railroad
Chillicothe and Des Moines City Railroad
Chillicothe and Omaha RailroadWAB18691870St. Louis, Council Bluffs and Omaha Railroad
Chillicothe Southern RailroadCHSR19861986Chillicothe–Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority
City Terminal RailwayCGW18991905Chicago Great Western Railway
Clarinda and St. Louis RailroadWAB18791879St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway
Clarksville and Western RailroadCB&Q18701873Mississippi Valley and Western Railway
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis RailwayNYC18891930New York Central Railroad
Cleveland, St. Louis and Kansas City RailwayMKT18881890Missouri, Kansas and Eastern Railway
Columbia and St. Louis RailroadWAB19021902Wabash Railroad
Consolidated Rail CorporationCR19761999CSX Transportation
Consolidated Terminal Railway of Kansas CityKCS18911892Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad
Council Bluffs and St. Louis RailroadWAB18781879St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway
Crawford County Midland RailroadSLSF19041905St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Crystal RailwaySLSF18801902St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
Crystal City RailwaySLSF18781881Crystal Railway
Current River RailroadSLSF18871901Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
Deering Southwestern RailwayDSWSSW19031929St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Dent and Phelps RailroadSLSF18771881St. Louis, Salem and Little Rock Railroad
Des Moines and Kansas City RailwayCB&Q18881898Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railway
Des Moines, Osceola and Southern RailroadCB&Q18791887Des Moines and Kansas City Railway
Des Peres Valley Railway
Doniphan Branch RailwayMP18821884St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Edgewater Terminal RailroadMP1900
Eureka Springs Railway18821899St. Louis and North Arkansas Railway
Excelsior Springs RailroadWAB18931897Kansas City, Excelsior Springs and Northern Railway
Forest Park and Central RailroadRI18771884St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad
Fort Scott and Carthage RailroadSLSF18811882Kansas and Missouri Railroad
Fort Scott, South Eastern and Memphis RailroadSLSF18801888Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad
Gateway Western RailwayGWWR19902001Kansas City Southern Railway
Gideon and North Island RailroadSSW19081930St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Grant City and Southern RailroadCB&Q18981901Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Gray's Point Terminal RailwaySSW18961958St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Greenfield RailroadSLSF18841886Greenfield and Northern Railroad
Greenfield and Northern RailroadSLSF18861895Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio RailroadGM&O19401972Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Hamilton and Kingston Railroad
Hannibal Bridge CompanyWAB18691937Wabash – Hannibal Bridge Company
Hannibal Connecting RailroadHC19021965N/A
Hannibal and Central Missouri RailroadMKT18671873Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Hannibal and St. Joseph RailroadCB&Q18471901Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Hannibal Union Depot CompanyCB&Q18811953Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Higginsville Switch Company
Houck's Missouri and Arkansas RailroadSLSF18931902St. Louis and Gulf Railway
Illinois Central RailroadICIC19021972Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Illinois Central Gulf RailroadICG1972
Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company18681878St. Louis Bridge Company
Illinois Southern RailwayMP19031920Missouri–Illinois Railroad
I&M Rail LinkIMRL19972002Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad
Iron County Central Railroad1912
Iowa, Chicago and Eastern RailroadICE20022008Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
Iowa and St. Louis RailwayCB&Q19011903Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Iowa Southern and Missouri Northern RailroadRI18761880Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Jackson Branch RailroadMP18831885St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Jefferson City, Lebanon and Southwestern RailwayMP18711883Missouri Pacific Railway
Joplin RailroadSLSF18741882Joplin Railway
Joplin RailwaySLSF18821882St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
Joplin and Galena RailwaySLSF18801882Joplin Railway
Joplin Union Depot CompanyATSF/ KCS/ MKT1908Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway, Kansas City Southern Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad
Joplin and Western RailwayMP18901910Missouri Pacific Railway
Kansas City and Atlantic RailroadCB&Q18931897Kansas City and Northern Connecting Railroad
Kansas City Belt Railway18821910Kansas City Terminal Railway
Kansas City Bridge and Terminal RailwayCB&Q18891893Kansas City and Atlantic Railroad
Kansas City and Cameron RailroadCB&Q18661870Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield RailroadSLSF18841885Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway
Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield RailwaySLSF18851928St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Kansas City Connecting RailroadKCC19141983N/A
Kansas City and Eastern RailwayMP18781880Missouri Pacific Railway
Kansas City, Eldorado and Southern RailwayMKT18921899Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Kansas City, Excelsior Springs and Northern RailwayWAB18971933N/A
Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Gulf RailroadSLSF18791888Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis RailroadSLSF18881901Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis RailwayKansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis RailwaySLSF19011928St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield RailroadSLSF18881888Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
Kansas City, Fort Smith and Southern RailroadKCS18871897Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
Kansas City, Galveston, and Lake Superior RailroadCB&Q18571866Kansas City and Cameron Railroad
Kansas City and Grandview RailwayKCS19261943Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas City and Independence Air LineKCS18911902Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison RailwayMP18801880Missouri Pacific Railway
Kansas City and Memphis RailroadSLSF18721879Springfield and Western Missouri Railroad
Kansas City, Memphis and Mobile RailroadSLSF18711880Kansas City and Southern Railway
Kansas City, Nevada and Fort Smith RailroadKCS18891893Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
Kansas City and Northern Connecting RailroadCB&Q18951901Kansas City, Peoria and Chicago Railway
Kansas City, Osceola and Southern RailwaySLSF18911900St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Kansas City, Ozark and Southern Railway19081935N/A
Kansas City, Peoria and Chicago RailwayCB&Q19011902Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf RailroadKCS18931900Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas City, Rich Hill and Southern RailroadKCS18871890Kansas City, Nevada and Fort Smith Railroad
Kansas City Rock Island RailwayRI19021905Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Kansas City, St. Joseph and Burlington RailwayCB&Q18811881Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railway
Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs RailroadCB&Q18701901Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago RailroadGM&O18771949Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Kansas City and Southern RailwaySLSF18801891Kansas City, Osceola and Southern Railway
Kansas City and Southwestern Railway of MissouriMP18861909Missouri Pacific Railway
Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis RailroadSLSF18811888Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad
Kansas City Suburban Belt RailroadKCS18871902Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas City and Topeka RailwayRI18871889Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Kansas City, Topeka and Western RailroadATSF18751899Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas and Missouri RailroadSLSF18821888Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad
Kansas and Neosho Valley RailroadSLSF18651868Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad
Kansas Pacific RailwayUP18691880Union Pacific Railway
Kansas and Texas Coal Company18981902Missouri and Louisiana Railroad
Kennett and Osceola RailroadSLSF18961902St. Louis and Gulf Railway
Keokuk and Kansas City RailwayWAB18731875Salisbury and Glasgow Railroad
Keokuk and Western RailroadCB&Q18861901Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Laclede and Creve Coeur Lake RailroadMP18801883Missouri Pacific Railway
Lawrence and Pleasant Hill RailwaySLSF18691870St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad
Lead Belt Railway1898
Leavenworth and Des Moines RailwayRI18671869Chicago and South Western Railway
Leavenworth, Kansas and Western RailwayUP18971908Union Pacific Railroad
Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western RailroadUP18551863Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division
Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge CompanyCGW18881892Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company
Leavenworth and St. Joseph RailwayCGW18901892Chicago Great Western Railway
Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge CompanyCGW18921940Chicago Great Western Railroad
Leon, Mount Ayr and Southwestern RailroadCB&Q18781901Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Lexington, Chillicothe and Gulf RailroadMP18691870Lexington, Lake and Gulf Railroad
Lexington, Lake and Gulf RailroadMP18701879Lexington and Southern Railway
Lexington and St. Louis RailroadMP18591877St. Louis and Lexington Railroad
Lexington and Southern RailwayMP18791880Missouri Pacific Railway
Linneus Branch of the Burlington and Southwestern RailwayCB&Q18711880Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railway
Little River Valley and Arkansas RailroadSSW18761881Texas and St. Louis Railway
Louisiana Bridge CompanyGM&O18731873Mississippi River Bridge Company
Louisiana and Missouri River RailroadGM&O18591949Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Louisville and Nashville RailroadL&N, LNL&N18891983Seaboard System Railroad
Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern RailroadSLSF18711875Missouri and Western Railway
Memphis and St. Louis RailroadSLSF18991901St. Louis and Memphis Railway
Middlebrook, Graniteville and Belleview Railroad1903
Mill Springs, Current River and Barnesville Railroad18841886Missouri Southern Railroad
The Milwaukee Road, Inc.MILWMILW19851986Soo Line Railroad
Mineral Belt RailroadSLSF18861901Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
Mississippi and Missouri River Air Line RailroadCB&Q18571871Mississippi Valley and Western Railway
Mississippi River and Bonne Terre RailwayMP18881945Missouri–Illinois Railroad
Mississippi River Bridge CompanyGM&O18731895Louisiana and Missouri River Railroad
Mississippi Valley RailroadCB&Q18711873Mississippi Valley and Western Railway
Mississippi Valley Railway1904
Mississippi Valley and Western RailwayCB&Q18711875St. Louis, Keokuk and North Western Railway
Missouri and Arkansas Railroad of Missouri18801882Eureka Springs Railway
Missouri and Arkansas RailwayMAR, MA19351950Arkansas and Ozarks Railway
Missouri Central Railroad
Missouri Central RailwayRI18711881Central Railway of Missouri
Missouri–Illinois RailroadMIMP19211978Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri and Illinois Bridge and Belt RailroadCB&Q19041966Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska RailwayCB&Q18701886Keokuk and Western Railroad
Missouri, Kansas and Eastern RailwayMKT18921896Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Missouri, Kansas and Northwestern RailroadMKT19001902Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Missouri–Kansas–Texas RailroadM-K-T, MKTMKT19231989Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri, Kansas and Texas RailwayMK&TMKT18721923Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Terminal Company of Kansas CityMKT19051906Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Terminal Company of St. LouisMKT19091925Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Missouri and Louisiana Railroad19021914Bevier and Southern Railroad
Missouri Midland RailwayMKT18981901Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Missouri and Mississippi RailroadWAB18651873Keokuk and Kansas City Railway
Missouri and North Arkansas RailroadM&NA19061922Missouri and North Arkansas Railway
Missouri and North Arkansas RailwayM&NA19221935Missouri and Arkansas Railway
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf RailwayMP19131919N/A
Missouri Pacific RailroadMPMP19171997Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific RailwayMP18761917Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri River RailroadMP18651880Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway
Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf RailroadSLSF18681879Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Gulf Railroad
Missouri River Valley RailroadWAB18591864North Missouri Railroad
Missouri Southeastern RailwaySLSF18911898Cape Girardeau, Bloomfield and Southern Railway
Missouri Southern RailroadMS18861941N/A
Missouri Valley RailroadCB&Q18671870Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
Missouri Valley Park RailroadMVP20032010
Missouri and Western RailwaySLSF18751879St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
Mobile and Ohio RailroadGM&O1940Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Morley and Morehouse RailroadSLSF18971902St. Louis and Gulf Railway
Nevada and Girard RailwayMP18821885Nevada and Minden Railway
Nevada and Minden RailwayMP18851909Missouri Pacific Railway
New York Central RailroadNYCNYC19301968Penn Central Transportation Company
New York, Chicago and St. Louis RailroadNKPNKP19231964Norfolk and Western Railway
Nodaway Valley RailroadCB&Q18791900Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
Norfolk and Western RailwayNW19641998Norfolk Southern Railway
North Missouri RailroadWAB18511871St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway
North Missouri Central Railroad
Northern RailroadCB&Q18981898Kansas City and Northern Connecting Railroad
Ohio and Mississippi RailwayB&O18891893Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway
Omaha, Kansas City and Eastern RailroadCB&Q18961902Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
Omaha and St. Louis RailroadWAB18961901Wabash Railroad
Omaha and St. Louis RailwayWAB18871896Omaha and St. Louis Railroad
Oregon Interurban Railway1907
Osage Valley and Southern Kansas RailroadMP18571881Boonville, St. Louis and Southern Railway
Ozark Southern Railway
Ozark Valley Railway
Pacific RailroadMP18491876Missouri Pacific Railway
Paragould and Buffalo Island RailwaySSW18871893Paragould Southeastern Railway
Paragould–Memphis Railroad
Paragould and Memphis Railway
Paragould Southeastern RailwaySSW18931958St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Pemiscot RailroadSLSF18921895St. Louis, Kennett and Southern Railroad
Pemiscot Southern RailroadSLSF19001902St. Louis and Gulf Railway
Penn Central Transportation CompanyPC19681976Consolidated Rail Corporation
Pennsylvania RailroadPRRPRR19211968Penn Central Transportation Company
Pierce City and Kansas RailroadSLSF18751875Missouri and Western Railway
Pike County Short Line Railroad18711872St. Louis and Keokuk Railroad
Pilot Knob, Cape Girardeau and Belmont RailroadSLSF18591869Cape Girardeau and State Line Railway
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis RailroadPRR19171921Pennsylvania Railroad
Platte City and Fort Des Moines RailroadRI18641867Leavenworth and Des Moines Railway
Platte Country RailroadCB&Q18631864Atchison and St. Joseph Railroad, Weston and Atchison Railroad
Platte County RailroadCB&Q18531863Platte Country Railroad
Platte County and Fort Des Moines RailroadRI18601864Platte City and Fort Des Moines Railroad
Pleasant Hill and De Soto RailroadSLSF18771885Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway
Pleasant Hill Division of the Lexington, Chillicothe and Gulf RailroadMP18701870Lexington, Lake and Gulf Railroad
Pleasant Hill and Lawrence Branch of the Pacific RailroadSLSF1870St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad
Poplar Bluff and Dan River Railway1906
Quincy Bridge CompanyCB&Q18661866Quincy Railroad Bridge Company
Quincy, Missouri and Pacific RailroadCB&Q18691888Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City RailwayCB&Q18871897Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City RailroadCB&Q18971939Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Quincy and Palmyra RailroadCB&Q18561867Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
Quincy Railroad Bridge CompanyCB&Q18661903Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Railroad Switching Service of MissouriRSM19892005N/A
Rich Hill RailroadSLSF18801888Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad
Rock Island – Frisco Terminal RailwayRI/ SLSF19061957Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Rock Port, Langdon and Northern Railway18891945N/A
St. Charles Bridge CompanyWAB18681878St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway
St. Clair, Madison and St. Louis Belt RailroadCB&Q18901904Missouri and Illinois Bridge and Belt Railroad
St. Francois Valley RailroadSLSF18981902St. Louis and Gulf Railway
St. Joseph Belt RailwaySJB1908
St. Joseph and Central Branch RailwayMP1905
St. Joseph and Council Bluffs RailroadCB&Q18671870Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
St. Joseph and Des Moines RailroadCB&Q18771901Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
St. Joseph and Grand Island RailwaySJGIUP18981936Union Pacific Railroad
St. Joseph and Iowa RailroadRI18571888Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
St. Joseph and Nebraska RailroadCB&Q18821901Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
St. Joseph and St. Louis RailroadATSF18741888St. Joseph, St. Louis and Santa Fe Railway
St. Joseph, St. Louis and Santa Fe RailwayATSF18881900Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
St. Joseph and Santa Fe RailroadATSF18871888St. Joseph, St. Louis and Santa Fe Railway
St. Joseph Terminal CompanyATSF/ UP18861887St. Joseph Terminal Railroad
St. Joseph Terminal RailroadSJTATSF/ UP1887Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad
St. Joseph Union Depot CompanyATSF/ CB&Q/ CGW/ MP/ RI/ UP18801962N/A
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas RailwaySSW18861891St. Louis Southwestern Railway
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas RailwaySLSF18801882St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Terminal RailwaySSW18881888St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
St. Louis Belt and Terminal Railway1902Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
St. Louis Bridge Company1878Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Fort Smith RailwaySLSF18911899Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad
St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Southern Railroad19001902Cape Girardeau and Chester Railroad
St. Louis, Caruthersville and Memphis RailroadSLSF18971901St. Louis and Memphis Railway
St. Louis and Central Missouri RailwayRI18831886St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad
St. Louis, Chillicothe and Omaha RailroadWAB18681869Chillicothe and Omaha Railroad
St. Louis, Council Bluffs and Omaha RailroadWAB18701924Wabash Railway
St. Louis and Fort Scott RailroadRI18701871Missouri Central Railway
St. Louis and Gulf RailwaySLSF19021904St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
St. Louis and Hannibal RailroadSL&H, SLH19171944N/A
St. Louis and Hannibal Railway18851917St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad
St. Louis, Hannibal and Kansas City Railway18911893St. Louis, Hannibal and Keokuk Railroad
St. Louis, Hannibal and Keokuk Railroad18721885St. Louis and Hannibal Railway
St. Louis and Illinois Bridge Company18641868Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company
St. Louis and Iron Mountain RailroadMP18511874St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern RailwayMP18741917Missouri Pacific Railway
St. Louis, Kansas and Arizona RailwayMP18791880Missouri Pacific Railway
St. Louis and Kansas City RailwayMKT18951897Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado RailroadRI18841905Kansas City Rock Island Railway
St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern RailwayWAB18721879Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
St. Louis, Kennett and Southeastern RailroadSLSF19061950St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
St. Louis, Kennett and Southern RailroadSLSF18901902St. Louis and Gulf Railway
St. Louis and Keokuk Railroad18571872St. Louis, Hannibal and Keokuk Railroad
St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern RailroadCB&Q18871901Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
St. Louis, Keokuk and North Western RailwayCB&Q18751887St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad
St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver RailroadSLSF18701874St. Louis, Lawrence and Western Railroad
St. Louis, Lawrence and Western RailroadSLSF18741877Pleasant Hill and De Soto Railroad
St. Louis and Lexington RailroadMP18771880Missouri Pacific Railway
St. Louis and Memphis RailroadSLSF18981901St. Louis and Memphis Railway
St. Louis and Memphis RailwaySLSF19011902St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern RailroadSLSF19021907St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis Merchants Bridge Company18861920St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway
St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal RailwaySLMB1887Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
St. Louis and Missouri Southern Railway1910
St. Louis, Morehouse and Southern RailroadSLSF18991904St. Louis and Gulf Railway
St. Louis and North Arkansas Railway18991906Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
St. Louis, Oak Hill and Carondelet RailwayMP18861910Missouri Pacific Railway
St. Louis Railway and Dock Company
St. Louis and St. Joseph RailroadATSF18681874St. Joseph and St. Louis Railroad
St. Louis, Salem and Arkansas RailwaySLSF18871897St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis, Salem and Little Rock RailroadSLSF18711887St. Louis, Salem and Arkansas Railway
St. Louis and San Francisco RailroadSLSF18961916St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
St. Louis and San Francisco RailwaySLSF18761896St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis – San Francisco RailwaySLSFSLSF19161980Burlington Northern Inc.
St. Louis and Santa Fe Railroad, Missouri DivisionMKT18691872Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
St. Louis Southwestern RailwaySSWSSW18911997Union Pacific Railroad
St. Louis Terminal Railway1892Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
St. Louis Transfer Railway1884Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
St. Louis Tunnel Railroad18721878Tunnel Railroad of St. Louis
St. Paul and Kansas City Short Line RailroadRI19111948Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Salem, Winona and Southern Railroad19081928N/A
Saline Valley Railroad19041913Cape Girardeau Northern Railway
Salisbury and Glasgow RailroadWAB18771877St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway
Seaboard System RailroadSBD19831986CSX Transportation
Sedalia, Warsaw and Southern RailwayMP18791891Sedalia, Warsaw and South Western Railway
Sedalia, Warsaw and South Western RailwayMP18911910Missouri Pacific Railway
Shelby County Railway19061938N/A
Shelby Northwestern Railway19111938N/A
Short Creek and Joplin RailroadSLSF18791888Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad
Sibley Bridge CompanyATSF18871900Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Sligo and Eastern RailroadSL&E19021929N/A
Sligo Furnace RailroadSLSF18801881St. Louis, Salem and Little Rock Railroad
Soo Line RailroadSOO19861997I&M Rail Link
South Pacific RailroadSLSF18681870Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Southeast Kansas RailroadSEKR19871999South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
Southern RailwaySOUSOU19021990Norfolk Southern Railway
Southern Missouri RailwayMP19001903Illinois Southern Railway
Southern Missouri and Arkansas RailroadSLSF18991902St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
Southwest Pacific RailroadSLSF18661868South Pacific Railroad
Springfield Connecting RailwaySLSF18861926St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Springfield and Northern RailwaySLSF18841885St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
Springfield and Southern RailwaySLSF18821885St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
Springfield Southwestern RailwayMP19031909St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Springfield and Western Missouri RailroadSLSF18771888Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad
Springfield Western and Southern Railroad of MissouriSLSF18751877Springfield and Western Missouri Railroad
Tarkio Valley RailroadCB&Q18801900Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
Tebo and Neosho RailroadMKT18601872Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Terminal Railroad of St. Louis18801889Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Terre Haute and Indianapolis RailroadPRR19021905Vandalia Railroad
Texas and St. Louis RailwaySSW18811886St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
Toledo, St. Louis and Western RailroadNKP1923New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Tunnel Railroad of St. Louis18781988City of St. Louis (for MetroLink)Owned by Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Union Belt Line18821882Kansas City Belt Railway
Union Depot Company18751910Kansas City Terminal Railway
Union Depot Company of St. Louis18741889Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Union Depot Bridge and Terminal Railroad
Union Pacific RailwayUP18801898Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railway, Eastern DivisionUP18631869Kansas Pacific Railway
Union Railway and Transit Company of St. Louis18741889Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Union Terminal RailwayUT1901
Union Transit Company18801884Kansas City Belt Railway
Vandalia RailroadPRR19051917Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Wabash RailroadWABWAB19421991Norfolk and Western Railway
Wabash RailroadWAB18891915Wabash Railway
Wabash RailwayWAB19151942Wabash Railroad
Wabash and Grand River RailwayWGRY19901993Chillicothe–Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority
Wabash – Hannibal Bridge CompanyWAB19371943Wabash Railroad
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific RailwayWAB18791886Omaha and St. Louis Railway, Wabash Western Railway
Wabash Western RailwayWAB18871889Wabash Railroad
Warrensburg and Pertle Springs Railroad
Western Cable Railway
Weston and Atchison RailroadCB&Q18591867Missouri Valley Railroad
Williamsville, Greenville and St. Louis Railway1894
Wyandotte, Kansas City and Northwestern RailwayMP18721878Kansas City and Eastern Railway
Electric railways and predecessors
Heritage railways

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