CStPM&O: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (The Omaha Road) Overview

This railroad tripped my "twice and two days" rule for writing notes. Yesterday it was Sioux City, IA, and today it was Oakland, NE.

Technically, I should have labeled these notes as "rrOther" because Minneapolis & St. Louis became part of the C&NW after 1928, but the label "rrCaNW" is more informative.

The more common name for this railroad was Omaha Road. Unlike many midwest railroads that started builing from Chicago, this one started in St. Paul. It did reach one of its namesake towns, Omaha. In 1882 it reached a connection to Chicago when C&NW bought a slight majority of its stock. C&NW formally leased in 1957, and it was absorbed by C&NW in 1972. [trains]

For a detailed history, see kohlin.

This is the part of a C&NW map that shows the CStPM&O in green

(For future work: omaha railroad shops)