Defunct Railroads
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Name | Mark | System | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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Adair County Railroad | CB&Q | 1904 | 1911 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Alexandria and Bloomfield Railroad | CB&Q | 1857 | 1866 | Alexandria and Nebraska City Railroad | ||
Alexandria, Canton, La Grange and West Quincy Railroad | CB&Q | 1865 | 1870 | Mississippi and Missouri River Air Line Railroad | ||
Alexandria and Nebraska City Railroad | CB&Q | 1866 | 1870 | Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railway | ||
Alton Railroad | A | GM&O | 1931 | 1947 | Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad | |
Arkansas Railroad | SLSF | 1901 | 1901 | Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad | ||
Arkansas and Ozarks Railway | 1950 | 1961 | N/A | |||
Atchison Branch of the Chicago and South Western Railway | RI | 1870 | 1871 | Chicago and South Western Railway | ||
Atchison and Eastern Bridge Company | 1898 | |||||
Atchison and Nebraska Railroad | CB&Q | 1871 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Atchison and St. Joseph Railroad | CB&Q | 1855 | 1867 | Missouri Valley Railroad | ||
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad | ATSF | 1875 | 1895 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | ATSF | 1895 | 1996 | BNSF Railway | |
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad | SLSF | 1866 | 1878 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway | ||
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | B&O, BO | B&O | 1900 | 1987 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad | B&O | 1899 | 1900 | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | ||
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway | B&O | 1893 | 1899 | Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad | ||
Bellevue Valley Railroad | ||||||
Bennett and Cook Southeastern Railroad | ||||||
Bevier and Southern Railroad | BV&S, BVS | 1914 | N/A | |||
Blytheville, Leachville and Arkansas Southern Railroad | SSW | 1908 | 1929 | St. Louis Southwestern Railway | ||
Boone County and Boonville Railway | WAB | 1873 | 1902 | Columbia and St. Louis Railroad | ||
Boone County and Jefferson City Railroad | WAB | 1857 | 1873 | Boone County and Boonville Railway | ||
Boonville Railroad Bridge Company | MKT | 1870 | 1925 | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | ||
Boonville, St. Louis and Southern Railway | MP | 1878 | 1956 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | ||
Brownville and Nodaway Valley Railway | CB&Q | 1872 | 1901 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Brownwood and Northwestern Railway | SLSF | 1886 | 1898 | Cape Girardeau, Bloomfield and Southern Railway | ||
Brunswick and Chillicothe Railroad | WAB | 1873 | 1924 | Wabash Railway | ||
Burlington Northern Inc. | BN | 1970 | 1981 | Burlington Northern Railroad | ||
Burlington Northern Railroad | BN | 1981 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Burlington and Southwestern Railway | CB&Q | 1871 | 1880 | Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railway | ||
Butler County Railroad | BLC | SLSF | 1905 | 1950 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | |
Cairo, Arkansas and Texas Railroad | MP | 1872 | 1874 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | ||
Cairo and Fulton Railroad | MP | 1854 | 1866 | Cairo, Arkansas and Texas Railroad | ||
Campbell and St. Francis Valley Railway | ||||||
Canton and Bloomfield Railroad | CB&Q | 1851 | 1860 | Mississippi and Missouri River Air Line Railroad | ||
Cape Girardeau Railway | SLSF | 1880 | 1881 | Cape Girardeau Southwestern Railway | ||
Cape Girardeau, Bloomfield and Southern Railway | SLSF | 1887 | 1902 | St. Louis and Gulf Railway | ||
Cape Girardeau and Chester Railroad | 1902 | 1913 | Cape Girardeau Northern Railway | |||
Cape Girardeau and Northern Railroad | SLSF | 1901 | 1902 | St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad | ||
Cape Girardeau Northern Railway | 1913 | 1937 | N/A | |||
Cape Girardeau Southwestern Railway | SLSF | 1881 | 1891 | St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Fort Smith Railway | ||
Cape Girardeau and State Line Railway | SLSF | 1869 | 1880 | Cape Girardeau Railway | ||
Cape Girardeau and Thebes Bridge Terminal Railroad | 1902 | 1913 | Cape Girardeau Northern Railway | |||
Carthage, Joplin and Short Creek Railway | MP | 1881 | 1883 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
Carthage and Western Railway | MP | 1902 | 1910 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
Cassville and Exeter Railway | 1919 | 1956 | N/A | |||
Cassville and Western Railroad | 1913 | 1919 | Cassville and Exeter Railway | |||
Cassville and Western Railway | 1896 | 1913 | Cassville and Western Railroad | |||
Central Railway of Missouri | RI | 1881 | 1883 | St. Louis and Central Missouri Railway | ||
Central Missouri Railway | MKT | 1885 | 1888 | Cleveland, St. Louis and Kansas City Railway | ||
Central North Missouri Branch of the St. Joseph and Iowa Railroad | CB&Q | 1871 | 1871 | Linneus Branch of the Burlington and Southwestern Railway | ||
Chariton and Randolph Railroad | WAB | 1858 | 1864 | North Missouri Railroad | ||
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | CO | 1987 | 1987 | CSX Transportation | ||
Chester, Perryville and Ste. Genevieve Railway | 1899 | 1913 | Cape Girardeau Northern Railway | |||
Chester, Perryville, Ste. Genevieve and Farmington Railroad | 1894 | 1899 | Chester, Perryville and Ste. Genevieve Railway | |||
Chicago and Alton Railroad | C&A | GM&O | 1870 | 1931 | Alton Railroad | |
Chicago and Atchison Bridge Company | 1898 | Atchison and Eastern Bridge Company | ||||
Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railway | CB&Q | 1881 | 1901 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | CB&Q, CBQ | CB&Q | 1869 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway | CB&Q | 1901 | 1907 | N/A | Operated the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad under lease, but did not own any railroad | |
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | C&EI, CEI | C&EI | 1940 | 1976 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | |
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | C&EI | 1904 | 1922 | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway | ||
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway | C&EI | C&EI | 1922 | 1940 | Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad | |
Chicago Great Western Railroad | CGW | CGW | 1909 | 1941 | Chicago Great Western Railway | |
Chicago Great Western Railway | CGW | CGW | 1941 | 1968 | Chicago and North Western Railway | |
Chicago Great Western Railway | CGW | 1892 | 1909 | Chicago Great Western Railroad | ||
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway | RI | 1886 | 1891 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | ||
Chicago, Kansas City and Texas Railway | CB&Q | 1887 | 1893 | Kansas City and Atlantic Railroad | ||
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | MILW | 1874 | 1928 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | ||
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad | MILW | MILW | 1928 | 1985 | The Milwaukee Road, Inc. | |
Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway | CMNW | 1987 | 1990 | Gateway Western Railway | ||
Chicago and North Western Railway | CNW | CNW | 1968 | 1972 | Chicago and North Western Transportation Company | |
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company | CNW | CNW | 1972 | 1995 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | RI, ROCK | RI | 1948 | 1980 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway | |
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | RI | RI | 1880 | 1948 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | |
Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway | CGW | 1886 | 1893 | Chicago Great Western Railway | ||
Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway | ATSF | 1887 | 1900 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway of Iowa | ATSF | 1886 | 1887 | Chicago, Santa Fe and California Railway | ||
Chicago and South Western Railway | RI | 1869 | 1878 | Iowa Southern and Missouri Northern Railroad | ||
Chillicothe and Brunswick Railroad | WAB | 1864 | 1873 | Brunswick and Chillicothe Railroad | ||
Chillicothe–Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority | CBRM | 1986 | 2007 | Missouri North Central Railroad | ||
Chillicothe and Des Moines City Railroad | ||||||
Chillicothe and Omaha Railroad | WAB | 1869 | 1870 | St. Louis, Council Bluffs and Omaha Railroad | ||
Chillicothe Southern Railroad | CHSR | 1986 | 1986 | Chillicothe–Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority | ||
City Terminal Railway | CGW | 1899 | 1905 | Chicago Great Western Railway | ||
Clarinda and St. Louis Railroad | WAB | 1879 | 1879 | St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway | ||
Clarksville and Western Railroad | CB&Q | 1870 | 1873 | Mississippi Valley and Western Railway | ||
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway | NYC | 1889 | 1930 | New York Central Railroad | ||
Cleveland, St. Louis and Kansas City Railway | MKT | 1888 | 1890 | Missouri, Kansas and Eastern Railway | ||
Columbia and St. Louis Railroad | WAB | 1902 | 1902 | Wabash Railroad | ||
Consolidated Rail Corporation | CR | 1976 | 1999 | CSX Transportation | ||
Consolidated Terminal Railway of Kansas City | KCS | 1891 | 1892 | Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad | ||
Council Bluffs and St. Louis Railroad | WAB | 1878 | 1879 | St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway | ||
Crawford County Midland Railroad | SLSF | 1904 | 1907 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | ||
Crystal Railway | SLSF | 1880 | 1902 | St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad | ||
Crystal City Railway | SLSF | 1878 | 1881 | Crystal Railway | ||
Current River Railroad | SLSF | 1887 | 1901 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway | ||
Deering Southwestern Railway | DSW | SSW | 1903 | 1929 | St. Louis Southwestern Railway | |
Dent and Phelps Railroad | SLSF | 1877 | 1881 | St. Louis, Salem and Little Rock Railroad | ||
Des Moines and Kansas City Railway | CB&Q | 1888 | 1898 | Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railway | ||
Des Moines, Osceola and Southern Railroad | CB&Q | 1879 | 1887 | Des Moines and Kansas City Railway | ||
Des Peres Valley Railway | ||||||
Doniphan Branch Railway | MP | 1882 | 1884 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | ||
Edgewater Terminal Railroad | MP | 1900 | ||||
Eureka Springs Railway | 1882 | 1899 | St. Louis and North Arkansas Railway | |||
Excelsior Springs Railroad | WAB | 1893 | 1897 | Kansas City, Excelsior Springs and Northern Railway | ||
Forest Park and Central Railroad | RI | 1877 | 1884 | St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad | ||
Fort Scott and Carthage Railroad | SLSF | 1881 | 1882 | Kansas and Missouri Railroad | ||
Fort Scott, South Eastern and Memphis Railroad | SLSF | 1880 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad | ||
Gateway Western Railway | GWWR | 1990 | 2001 | Kansas City Southern Railway | ||
Gideon and North Island Railroad | SSW | 1908 | 1930 | St. Louis Southwestern Railway | ||
Grant City and Southern Railroad | CB&Q | 1898 | 1901 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Gray's Point Terminal Railway | SSW | 1896 | 1958 | St. Louis Southwestern Railway | ||
Greenfield Railroad | SLSF | 1884 | 1886 | Greenfield and Northern Railroad | ||
Greenfield and Northern Railroad | SLSF | 1886 | 1895 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad | ||
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad | GM&O | 1940 | 1972 | Illinois Central Gulf Railroad | ||
Hamilton and Kingston Railroad | ||||||
Hannibal Bridge Company | WAB | 1869 | 1937 | Wabash – Hannibal Bridge Company | ||
Hannibal Connecting Railroad | HC | 1902 | 1965 | N/A | ||
Hannibal and Central Missouri Railroad | MKT | 1867 | 1873 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | ||
Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad | CB&Q | 1847 | 1901 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Hannibal Union Depot Company | CB&Q | 1881 | 1953 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Higginsville Switch Company | ||||||
Houck's Missouri and Arkansas Railroad | SLSF | 1893 | 1902 | St. Louis and Gulf Railway | ||
Illinois Central Railroad | IC | IC | 1902 | 1972 | Illinois Central Gulf Railroad | |
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad | ICG | 1972 | ||||
Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company | 1868 | 1878 | St. Louis Bridge Company | |||
Illinois Southern Railway | MP | 1903 | 1920 | Missouri–Illinois Railroad | ||
I&M Rail Link | IMRL | 1997 | 2002 | Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad | ||
Iron County Central Railroad | 1912 | |||||
Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad | ICE | 2002 | 2008 | Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad | ||
Iowa and St. Louis Railway | CB&Q | 1901 | 1903 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Iowa Southern and Missouri Northern Railroad | RI | 1876 | 1880 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | ||
Jackson Branch Railroad | MP | 1883 | 1885 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | ||
Jefferson City, Lebanon and Southwestern Railway | MP | 1871 | 1883 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
Joplin Railroad | SLSF | 1874 | 1882 | Joplin Railway | ||
Joplin Railway | SLSF | 1882 | 1882 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway | ||
Joplin and Galena Railway | SLSF | 1880 | 1882 | Joplin Railway | ||
Joplin Union Depot Company | ATSF/ KCS/ MKT | 1908 | Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway, Kansas City Southern Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad | |||
Joplin and Western Railway | MP | 1890 | 1910 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
Kansas City and Atlantic Railroad | CB&Q | 1893 | 1897 | Kansas City and Northern Connecting Railroad | ||
Kansas City Belt Railway | 1882 | 1910 | Kansas City Terminal Railway | |||
Kansas City Bridge and Terminal Railway | CB&Q | 1889 | 1893 | Kansas City and Atlantic Railroad | ||
Kansas City and Cameron Railroad | CB&Q | 1866 | 1870 | Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad | ||
Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railroad | SLSF | 1884 | 1885 | Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway | ||
Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway | SLSF | 1885 | 1928 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | ||
Kansas City Connecting Railroad | KCC | 1914 | 1983 | N/A | ||
Kansas City and Eastern Railway | MP | 1878 | 1880 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
Kansas City, Eldorado and Southern Railway | MKT | 1892 | 1899 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | ||
Kansas City, Excelsior Springs and Northern Railway | WAB | 1897 | 1933 | N/A | ||
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad | SLSF | 1879 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad | ||
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad | SLSF | 1888 | 1901 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway | ||
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway | SLSF | 1901 | 1928 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | ||
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad | SLSF | 1888 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad | ||
Kansas City, Fort Smith and Southern Railroad | KCS | 1887 | 1897 | Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad | ||
Kansas City, Galveston, and Lake Superior Railroad | CB&Q | 1857 | 1866 | Kansas City and Cameron Railroad | ||
Kansas City and Grandview Railway | KCS | 1926 | 1943 | Kansas City Southern Railway | ||
Kansas City and Independence Air Line | KCS | 1891 | 1902 | Kansas City Southern Railway | ||
Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway | MP | 1880 | 1880 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
Kansas City and Memphis Railroad | SLSF | 1872 | 1879 | Springfield and Western Missouri Railroad | ||
Kansas City, Memphis and Mobile Railroad | SLSF | 1871 | 1880 | Kansas City and Southern Railway | ||
Kansas City, Nevada and Fort Smith Railroad | KCS | 1889 | 1893 | Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad | ||
Kansas City and Northern Connecting Railroad | CB&Q | 1895 | 1901 | Kansas City, Peoria and Chicago Railway | ||
Kansas City, Osceola and Southern Railway | SLSF | 1891 | 1900 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | ||
Kansas City, Ozark and Southern Railway | 1908 | 1935 | N/A | |||
Kansas City, Peoria and Chicago Railway | CB&Q | 1901 | 1902 | Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad | ||
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad | KCS | 1893 | 1900 | Kansas City Southern Railway | ||
Kansas City, Rich Hill and Southern Railroad | KCS | 1887 | 1890 | Kansas City, Nevada and Fort Smith Railroad | ||
Kansas City Rock Island Railway | RI | 1902 | 1905 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | ||
Kansas City, St. Joseph and Burlington Railway | CB&Q | 1881 | 1881 | Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railway | ||
Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad | CB&Q | 1870 | 1901 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad | GM&O | 1877 | 1949 | Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad | ||
Kansas City and Southern Railway | SLSF | 1880 | 1891 | Kansas City, Osceola and Southern Railway | ||
Kansas City and Southwestern Railway of Missouri | MP | 1886 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad | SLSF | 1881 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad | ||
Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad | KCS | 1887 | 1902 | Kansas City Southern Railway | ||
Kansas City and Topeka Railway | RI | 1887 | 1889 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | ||
Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad | ATSF | 1875 | 1899 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Kansas and Missouri Railroad | SLSF | 1882 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad | ||
Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad | SLSF | 1865 | 1868 | Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad | ||
Kansas Pacific Railway | UP | 1869 | 1880 | Union Pacific Railway | ||
Kansas and Texas Coal Company | 1898 | 1902 | Missouri and Louisiana Railroad | |||
Kennett and Osceola Railroad | SLSF | 1896 | 1902 | St. Louis and Gulf Railway | ||
Keokuk and Kansas City Railway | WAB | 1873 | 1875 | Salisbury and Glasgow Railroad | ||
Keokuk and Western Railroad | CB&Q | 1886 | 1901 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Laclede and Creve Coeur Lake Railroad | MP | 1880 | 1883 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
Lawrence and Pleasant Hill Railway | SLSF | 1869 | 1870 | St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad | ||
Lead Belt Railway | 1898 | |||||
Leavenworth and Des Moines Railway | RI | 1867 | 1869 | Chicago and South Western Railway | ||
Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway | UP | 1897 | 1908 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad | UP | 1855 | 1863 | Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division | ||
Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge Company | CGW | 1888 | 1892 | Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company | ||
Leavenworth and St. Joseph Railway | CGW | 1890 | 1892 | Chicago Great Western Railway | ||
Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company | CGW | 1892 | 1940 | Chicago Great Western Railroad | ||
Leon, Mount Ayr and Southwestern Railroad | CB&Q | 1878 | 1901 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Lexington, Chillicothe and Gulf Railroad | MP | 1869 | 1870 | Lexington, Lake and Gulf Railroad | ||
Lexington, Lake and Gulf Railroad | MP | 1870 | 1879 | Lexington and Southern Railway | ||
Lexington and St. Louis Railroad | MP | 1859 | 1877 | St. Louis and Lexington Railroad | ||
Lexington and Southern Railway | MP | 1879 | 1880 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
Linneus Branch of the Burlington and Southwestern Railway | CB&Q | 1871 | 1880 | Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City Railway | ||
Little River Valley and Arkansas Railroad | SSW | 1876 | 1881 | Texas and St. Louis Railway | ||
Louisiana Bridge Company | GM&O | 1873 | 1873 | Mississippi River Bridge Company | ||
Louisiana and Missouri River Railroad | GM&O | 1859 | 1949 | Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad | ||
Louisville and Nashville Railroad | L&N, LN | L&N | 1889 | 1983 | Seaboard System Railroad | |
Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad | SLSF | 1871 | 1877 | Missouri and Western Railway | ||
Memphis and St. Louis Railroad | SLSF | 1899 | 1901 | St. Louis and Memphis Railway | ||
Middlebrook, Graniteville and Belleview Railroad | 1903 | |||||
Mill Springs, Current River and Barnesville Railroad | 1884 | 1886 | Missouri Southern Railroad | |||
The Milwaukee Road, Inc. | MILW | MILW | 1985 | 1986 | Soo Line Railroad | |
Mineral Belt Railroad | SLSF | 1886 | 1901 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway | ||
Mississippi and Missouri River Air Line Railroad | CB&Q | 1857 | 1871 | Mississippi Valley and Western Railway | ||
Mississippi River and Bonne Terre Railway | MP | 1888 | 1945 | Missouri–Illinois Railroad | ||
Mississippi River Bridge Company | GM&O | 1873 | 1895 | Louisiana and Missouri River Railroad | ||
Mississippi Valley Railroad | CB&Q | 1871 | 1873 | Mississippi Valley and Western Railway | ||
Mississippi Valley Railway | 1904 | |||||
Mississippi Valley and Western Railway | CB&Q | 1871 | 1875 | St. Louis, Keokuk and North Western Railway | ||
Missouri and Arkansas Railroad of Missouri | 1880 | 1882 | Eureka Springs Railway | |||
Missouri and Arkansas Railway | MAR, MA | 1935 | 1950 | Arkansas and Ozarks Railway | ||
Missouri Central Railroad | ||||||
Missouri Central Railway | RI | 1871 | 1881 | Central Railway of Missouri | ||
Missouri–Illinois Railroad | MI | MP | 1921 | 1978 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | |
Missouri and Illinois Bridge and Belt Railroad | CB&Q | 1904 | 1966 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railway | CB&Q | 1870 | 1886 | Keokuk and Western Railroad | ||
Missouri, Kansas and Eastern Railway | MKT | 1892 | 1896 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | ||
Missouri, Kansas and Northwestern Railroad | MKT | 1900 | 1902 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | ||
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | M-K-T, MKT | MKT | 1923 | 1989 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | |
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | MK&T | MKT | 1872 | 1923 | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | |
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Terminal Company of Kansas City | MKT | 1905 | 1906 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | ||
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Terminal Company of St. Louis | MKT | 1909 | 1925 | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | ||
Missouri and Louisiana Railroad | 1902 | 1914 | Bevier and Southern Railroad | |||
Missouri Midland Railway | MKT | 1898 | 1901 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | ||
Missouri and Mississippi Railroad | WAB | 1865 | 1873 | Keokuk and Kansas City Railway | ||
Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad | M&NA | 1906 | 1922 | Missouri and North Arkansas Railway | ||
Missouri and North Arkansas Railway | M&NA | 1922 | 1935 | Missouri and Arkansas Railway | ||
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway | MP | 1913 | 1919 | N/A | ||
Missouri Pacific Railroad | MP | MP | 1917 | 1997 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
Missouri Pacific Railway | MP | 1876 | 1917 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | ||
Missouri River Railroad | MP | 1865 | 1880 | Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway | ||
Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad | SLSF | 1868 | 1879 | 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 | ||
Missouri Valley Park Railroad | MVP | 2003 | 2010 | |||
Missouri and Western Railway | SLSF | 1875 | 1879 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway | ||
Mobile and Ohio Railroad | GM&O | 1940 | Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad | |||
Morley and Morehouse Railroad | SLSF | 1897 | 1902 | St. Louis and Gulf Railway | ||
Nevada and Girard Railway | MP | 1882 | 1885 | Nevada and Minden Railway | ||
Nevada and Minden Railway | MP | 1885 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
New York Central Railroad | NYC | NYC | 1930 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company | |
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | NKP | NKP | 1923 | 1964 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |
Nodaway Valley Railroad | CB&Q | 1879 | 1900 | Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad | ||
Norfolk and Western Railway | NW | 1964 | 1998 | Norfolk Southern Railway | ||
North Missouri Railroad | WAB | 1851 | 1871 | St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway | ||
North Missouri Central Railroad | ||||||
Northern Railroad | CB&Q | 1898 | 1898 | Kansas City and Northern Connecting Railroad | ||
Ohio and Mississippi Railway | B&O | 1889 | 1893 | Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway | ||
Omaha, Kansas City and Eastern Railroad | CB&Q | 1896 | 1902 | Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad | ||
Omaha and St. Louis Railroad | WAB | 1896 | 1901 | Wabash Railroad | ||
Omaha and St. Louis Railway | WAB | 1887 | 1896 | Omaha and St. Louis Railroad | ||
Oregon Interurban Railway | 1907 | |||||
Osage Valley and Southern Kansas Railroad | MP | 1857 | 1881 | Boonville, St. Louis and Southern Railway | ||
Ozark Southern Railway | ||||||
Ozark Valley Railway | ||||||
Pacific Railroad | MP | 1849 | 1876 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
Paragould and Buffalo Island Railway | SSW | 1887 | 1893 | Paragould Southeastern Railway | ||
Paragould–Memphis Railroad | ||||||
Paragould and Memphis Railway | ||||||
Paragould Southeastern Railway | SSW | 1893 | 1958 | St. Louis Southwestern Railway | ||
Pemiscot Railroad | SLSF | 1892 | 1895 | St. Louis, Kennett and Southern Railroad | ||
Pemiscot Southern Railroad | SLSF | 1900 | 1902 | St. Louis and Gulf Railway | ||
Penn Central Transportation Company | PC | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR | PRR | 1921 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company | |
Pierce City and Kansas Railroad | SLSF | 1875 | 1875 | Missouri and Western Railway | ||
Pike County Short Line Railroad | 1871 | 1872 | St. Louis and Keokuk Railroad | |||
Pilot Knob, Cape Girardeau and Belmont Railroad | SLSF | 1859 | 1869 | Cape Girardeau and State Line Railway | ||
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | PRR | 1917 | 1921 | Pennsylvania Railroad | ||
Platte City and Fort Des Moines Railroad | RI | 1864 | 1867 | Leavenworth and Des Moines Railway | ||
Platte Country Railroad | CB&Q | 1863 | 1864 | Atchison and St. Joseph Railroad, Weston and Atchison Railroad | ||
Platte County Railroad | CB&Q | 1853 | 1863 | Platte Country Railroad | ||
Platte County and Fort Des Moines Railroad | RI | 1860 | 1864 | Platte City and Fort Des Moines Railroad | ||
Pleasant Hill and De Soto Railroad | SLSF | 1877 | 1885 | Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway | ||
Pleasant Hill Division of the Lexington, Chillicothe and Gulf Railroad | MP | 1870 | 1870 | Lexington, Lake and Gulf Railroad | ||
Pleasant Hill and Lawrence Branch of the Pacific Railroad | SLSF | 1870 | St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad | |||
Poplar Bluff and Dan River Railway | 1906 | |||||
Quincy Bridge Company | CB&Q | 1866 | 1866 | Quincy Railroad Bridge Company | ||
Quincy, Missouri and Pacific Railroad | CB&Q | 1869 | 1888 | Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad | ||
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railway | CB&Q | 1887 | 1897 | Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad | ||
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railroad | CB&Q | 1897 | 1939 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Quincy and Palmyra Railroad | CB&Q | 1856 | 1867 | Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad | ||
Quincy Railroad Bridge Company | CB&Q | 1866 | 1903 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
Railroad Switching Service of Missouri | RSM | 1989 | 2005 | N/A | ||
Rich Hill Railroad | SLSF | 1880 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad | ||
Rock Island – Frisco Terminal Railway | RI/ SLSF | 1906 | 1957 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | ||
Rock Port, Langdon and Northern Railway | 1889 | 1945 | N/A | |||
St. Charles Bridge Company | WAB | 1868 | 1878 | St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway | ||
St. Clair, Madison and St. Louis Belt Railroad | CB&Q | 1890 | 1904 | Missouri and Illinois Bridge and Belt Railroad | ||
St. Francois Valley Railroad | SLSF | 1898 | 1902 | St. Louis and Gulf Railway | ||
St. Joseph Belt Railway | SJB | 1908 | ||||
St. Joseph and Central Branch Railway | MP | 1905 | ||||
St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad | CB&Q | 1867 | 1870 | Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad | ||
St. Joseph and Des Moines Railroad | CB&Q | 1877 | 1901 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway | SJGI | UP | 1898 | 1936 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
St. Joseph and Iowa Railroad | RI | 1857 | 1888 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | ||
St. Joseph and Nebraska Railroad | CB&Q | 1882 | 1901 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
St. Joseph and St. Louis Railroad | ATSF | 1874 | 1888 | St. Joseph, St. Louis and Santa Fe Railway | ||
St. Joseph, St. Louis and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | 1888 | 1900 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
St. Joseph and Santa Fe Railroad | ATSF | 1887 | 1888 | St. Joseph, St. Louis and Santa Fe Railway | ||
St. Joseph Terminal Company | ATSF/ UP | 1886 | 1887 | St. Joseph Terminal Railroad | ||
St. Joseph Terminal Railroad | SJT | ATSF/ UP | 1887 | Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad | ||
St. Joseph Union Depot Company | ATSF/ CB&Q/ CGW/ MP/ RI/ UP | 1880 | 1962 | N/A | ||
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway | SSW | 1886 | 1891 | St. Louis Southwestern Railway | ||
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway | SLSF | 1880 | 1882 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway | ||
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Terminal Railway | SSW | 1888 | 1888 | St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway | ||
St. Louis Belt and Terminal Railway | 1902 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | ||||
St. Louis Bridge Company | 1878 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | ||||
St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Fort Smith Railway | SLSF | 1891 | 1899 | Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad | ||
St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Southern Railroad | 1900 | 1902 | Cape Girardeau and Chester Railroad | |||
St. Louis, Caruthersville and Memphis Railroad | SLSF | 1897 | 1901 | St. Louis and Memphis Railway | ||
St. Louis and Central Missouri Railway | RI | 1883 | 1886 | St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad | ||
St. Louis, Chillicothe and Omaha Railroad | WAB | 1868 | 1869 | Chillicothe and Omaha Railroad | ||
St. Louis, Council Bluffs and Omaha Railroad | WAB | 1870 | 1924 | Wabash Railway | ||
St. Louis and Fort Scott Railroad | RI | 1870 | 1871 | Missouri Central Railway | ||
St. Louis and Gulf Railway | SLSF | 1902 | 1904 | St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad | ||
St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad | SL&H, SLH | 1917 | 1944 | N/A | ||
St. Louis and Hannibal Railway | 1885 | 1917 | St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad | |||
St. Louis, Hannibal and Kansas City Railway | 1891 | 1893 | St. Louis, Hannibal and Keokuk Railroad | |||
St. Louis, Hannibal and Keokuk Railroad | 1872 | 1885 | St. Louis and Hannibal Railway | |||
St. Louis and Illinois Bridge Company | 1864 | 1868 | Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Company | |||
St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad | MP | 1851 | 1874 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | ||
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | MP | 1874 | 1917 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
St. Louis, Kansas and Arizona Railway | MP | 1879 | 1880 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
St. Louis and Kansas City Railway | MKT | 1895 | 1895 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | ||
St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado Railroad | RI | 1884 | 1905 | Kansas City Rock Island Railway | ||
St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway | WAB | 1872 | 1879 | Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | ||
St. Louis, Kennett and Southeastern Railroad | SLSF | 1906 | 1950 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | ||
St. Louis, Kennett and Southern Railroad | SLSF | 1890 | 1902 | St. Louis and Gulf Railway | ||
St. Louis and Keokuk Railroad | 1857 | 1872 | St. Louis, Hannibal and Keokuk Railroad | |||
St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad | CB&Q | 1887 | 1901 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | ||
St. Louis, Keokuk and North Western Railway | CB&Q | 1875 | 1887 | St. Louis, Keokuk and Northwestern Railroad | ||
St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad | SLSF | 1870 | 1874 | St. Louis, Lawrence and Western Railroad | ||
St. Louis, Lawrence and Western Railroad | SLSF | 1874 | 1877 | Pleasant Hill and De Soto Railroad | ||
St. Louis and Lexington Railroad | MP | 1877 | 1880 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
St. Louis and Memphis Railroad | SLSF | 1898 | 1901 | St. Louis and Memphis Railway | ||
St. Louis and Memphis Railway | SLSF | 1901 | 1902 | St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad | ||
St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad | SLSF | 1902 | 1907 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | ||
St. Louis Merchants Bridge Company | 1886 | 1920 | St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway | |||
St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway | SLMB | 1887 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | |||
St. Louis and Missouri Southern Railway | 1910 | |||||
St. Louis, Morehouse and Southern Railroad | SLSF | 1899 | 1904 | St. Louis and Gulf Railway | ||
St. Louis and North Arkansas Railway | 1899 | 1906 | Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad | |||
St. Louis, Oak Hill and Carondelet Railway | MP | 1886 | 1910 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
St. Louis Railway and Dock Company | ||||||
St. Louis and St. Joseph Railroad | ATSF | 1868 | 1874 | St. Joseph and St. Louis Railroad | ||
St. Louis, Salem and Arkansas Railway | SLSF | 1887 | 1897 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | ||
St. Louis, Salem and Little Rock Railroad | SLSF | 1871 | 1887 | St. Louis, Salem and Arkansas Railway | ||
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | SLSF | 1896 | 1916 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | ||
St. Louis and San Francisco Railway | SLSF | 1876 | 1896 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | ||
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | SLSF | SLSF | 1916 | 1980 | Burlington Northern Inc. | |
St. Louis and Santa Fe Railroad, Missouri Division | MKT | 1869 | 1872 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | ||
St. Louis Southwestern Railway | SSW | SSW | 1891 | 1997 | Union Pacific Railroad | |
St. Louis Terminal Railway | 1892 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | ||||
St. Louis Transfer Railway | 1884 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | ||||
St. Louis Tunnel Railroad | 1872 | 1878 | Tunnel Railroad of St. Louis | |||
St. Paul and Kansas City Short Line Railroad | RI | 1911 | 1948 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | ||
Salem, Winona and Southern Railroad | 1908 | 1928 | N/A | |||
Saline Valley Railroad | 1904 | 1913 | Cape Girardeau Northern Railway | |||
Salisbury and Glasgow Railroad | WAB | 1877 | 1877 | St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway | ||
Seaboard System Railroad | SBD | 1983 | 1986 | CSX Transportation | ||
Sedalia, Warsaw and Southern Railway | MP | 1879 | 1891 | Sedalia, Warsaw and South Western Railway | ||
Sedalia, Warsaw and South Western Railway | MP | 1891 | 1910 | Missouri Pacific Railway | ||
Shelby County Railway | 1906 | 1938 | N/A | |||
Shelby Northwestern Railway | 1911 | 1938 | N/A | |||
Short Creek and Joplin Railroad | SLSF | 1879 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad | ||
Sibley Bridge Company | ATSF | 1887 | 1900 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Sligo and Eastern Railroad | SL&E | 1902 | 1929 | N/A | ||
Sligo Furnace Railroad | SLSF | 1880 | 1881 | St. Louis, Salem and Little Rock Railroad | ||
Soo Line Railroad | SOO | 1986 | 1997 | I&M Rail Link | ||
South Pacific Railroad | SLSF | 1868 | 1870 | Atlantic and Pacific Railroad | ||
Southern Railway | SOU | SOU | 1902 | 1990 | Norfolk Southern Railway | |
Southern Missouri Railway | MP | 1900 | 1903 | Illinois Southern Railway | ||
Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad | SLSF | 1899 | 1902 | St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad | ||
Southwest Pacific Railroad | SLSF | 1866 | 1868 | South Pacific Railroad | ||
Springfield Connecting Railway | SLSF | 1886 | 1926 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | ||
Springfield and Northern Railway | SLSF | 1884 | 1885 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway | ||
Springfield and Southern Railway | SLSF | 1882 | 1885 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway | ||
Springfield Southwestern Railway | MP | 1903 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | ||
Springfield and Western Missouri Railroad | SLSF | 1877 | 1888 | Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad | ||
Springfield Western and Southern Railroad of Missouri | SLSF | 1875 | 1877 | Springfield and Western Missouri Railroad | ||
Tarkio Valley Railroad | CB&Q | 1880 | 1900 | Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad | ||
Tebo and Neosho Railroad | MKT | 1860 | 1872 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | ||
Terminal Railroad of St. Louis | 1880 | 1889 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | |||
Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad | PRR | 1902 | 1905 | Vandalia Railroad | ||
Texas and St. Louis Railway | SSW | 1881 | 1886 | St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway | ||
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad | NKP | 1923 | New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | |||
Tunnel Railroad of St. Louis | 1878 | 1988 | City of St. Louis (for MetroLink) | Owned by Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | ||
Union Belt Line | 1882 | 1882 | Kansas City Belt Railway | |||
Union Depot Company | 1875 | 1910 | Kansas City Terminal Railway | |||
Union Depot Company of St. Louis | 1874 | 1889 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | |||
Union Depot Bridge and Terminal Railroad | ||||||
Union Pacific Railway | UP | 1880 | 1898 | Union Pacific Railroad | ||
Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division | UP | 1863 | 1869 | Kansas Pacific Railway | ||
Union Railway and Transit Company of St. Louis | 1874 | 1889 | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | |||
Union Terminal Railway | UT | 1901 | ||||
Union Transit Company | 1880 | 1884 | Kansas City Belt Railway | |||
Vandalia Railroad | PRR | 1905 | 1917 | Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | ||
Wabash Railroad | WAB | WAB | 1942 | 1991 | Norfolk and Western Railway | |
Wabash Railroad | WAB | 1889 | 1915 | Wabash Railway | ||
Wabash Railway | WAB | 1915 | 1942 | Wabash Railroad | ||
Wabash and Grand River Railway | WGRY | 1990 | 1993 | Chillicothe–Brunswick Rail Maintenance Authority | ||
Wabash – Hannibal Bridge Company | WAB | 1937 | 1943 | Wabash Railroad | ||
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway | WAB | 1879 | 1886 | Omaha and St. Louis Railway, Wabash Western Railway | ||
Wabash Western Railway | WAB | 1887 | 1889 | Wabash Railroad | ||
Warrensburg and Pertle Springs Railroad | ||||||
Western Cable Railway | ||||||
Weston and Atchison Railroad | CB&Q | 1859 | 1867 | Missouri Valley Railroad | ||
Williamsville, Greenville and St. Louis Railway | 1894 | |||||
Wyandotte, Kansas City and Northwestern Railway | MP | 1872 | 1878 | Kansas City and Eastern Railway |
- Electric railways and predecessors
- Cape Girardeau – Jackson Interurban Railway
- East St. Louis and Suburban Railway
- Illinois Terminal Company
- Illinois Terminal Railroad (ITC)
- Interurban South Side Railway
- Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway
- Kansas City Interurban Railway
- Kansas City, Kaw Valley Railroad
- Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway (KV&W, KVW)
- Kansas City Public Service Company
- Kansas City and Westport Belt Railway (KCWB)
- Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway
- St. Francois County Electric Railroad
- St. Francois County Railroad
- St. Francois County Railway
- St. Joseph and Savannah Interurban Railway
- St. Louis and Florissant Railroad
- St. Louis and Suburban Railway
- Southwest Missouri Railroad
- West End Narrow Gauge Railroad
- Heritage railways
- Kansas City Railroad Museum
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“The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass.”
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“Indeed, I believe that in the future, when we shall have seized again, as we will seize if we are true to ourselves, our own fair part of commerce upon the sea, and when we shall have again our appropriate share of South American trade, that these railroads from St. Louis, touching deep harbors on the gulf, and communicating there with lines of steamships, shall touch the ports of South America and bring their tribute to you.”
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