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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of North Dakota.
Common freight carriers
Private freight carriers
Passenger carriers
Defunct railroads
Name
|
Mark
|
System[nb 1]
|
From
|
To
|
Successor
|
Notes
|
Aberdeen, Bismarck and Northwestern Railway
|
|
CP
|
1887
|
1888
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
|
Bismarck, Washburn and Fort Buford Railway
|
|
CP
|
1889
|
1900
|
Bismarck, Washburn and Great Falls Railway
|
Bismarck, Washburn and Great Falls Railway
|
|
CP
|
1900
|
1904
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
|
Brandon, Devils Lake and Southern Railway
|
|
GN
|
1905
|
1943
|
Great Northern Railway
|
Burlington Northern Inc.
|
BN
|
|
1970
|
1981
|
Burlington Northern Railroad
|
Burlington Northern Railroad
|
BN
|
|
1981
|
1996
|
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
|
Casselton Branch Railroad
|
|
GN
|
1880
|
1883
|
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1909
|
1912
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1885
|
1928
|
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of South Dakota
|
|
MILW
|
1906
|
1908
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington
|
|
MILW
|
1908
|
1909
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
|
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
|
MILW
|
MILW
|
1928
|
1982
|
Burlington Northern Railroad
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
CNW
|
CNW
|
1879
|
1972
|
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
|
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
|
CNW
|
CNW
|
1972
|
1986
|
Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
|
Dakota Central Railway
|
|
CNW
|
1879
|
1900
|
Winona and St. Peter Railroad
|
Dakota and Great Northern Railway
|
|
GN
|
1900
|
1907
|
Great Northern Railway
|
Dakota and Great Southern Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1883
|
1886
|
Chicago, St. Paul and Milwaukee Railway
|
Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
|
DME
|
|
1986
|
1991
|
Red River Valley and Western Railroad
|
Devils Lake and Northern Railway
|
|
GN
|
1900
|
1902
|
Farmers' Grain and Shipping Company
|
Duluth and Manitoba Railroad
|
|
NP
|
1885
|
1898
|
Northern Pacific Railway
|
Duluth and Manitoba Railway
|
|
NP
|
1884
|
1885
|
Duluth and Manitoba Railroad
|
Fairmount and Veblen Railway
|
|
CP
|
1912
|
1915
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
|
Fargo and Southern Railway
|
|
MILW
|
1881
|
1885
|
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
|
Fargo and Southwestern Railroad
|
|
NP
|
1881
|
1898
|
Northern Pacific Railway
|
Farmers' Grain and Shipping Company
|
FG&S
|
GN
|
1902
|
1943
|
Great Northern Railway
|
Great Northern Railway
|
GN
|
GN
|
1890
|
1970
|
Burlington Northern Inc.
|
James River Valley Railroad
|
|
NP
|
1883
|
1898
|
Northern Pacific Railway
|
Jamestown and Northern Railroad
|
|
NP
|
1881
|
1898
|
Northern Pacific Railway
|
Jamestown and Northern Extension Railroad
|
|
NP
|
1889
|
1898
|
Northern Pacific Railway
|
Midland Continental Railroad
|
MICO
|
CP/ NP
|
1903
|
1970
|
N/A
|
Minneapolis and Pacific Railway
|
|
CP
|
1884
|
1888
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
|
SOO
|
CP
|
1944
|
1961
|
Soo Line Railroad
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
|
SOO
|
CP
|
1888
|
1944
|
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
|
Missouri River Railway
|
|
NP
|
1906
|
1914
|
Northern Pacific Railway
|
Montana Eastern Railway
|
|
GN
|
1912
|
1928
|
Great Northern Railway
|
Northern Dakota Railway
|
|
|
1907
|
1922
|
N/A
|
Northern Pacific Railroad
|
|
NP
|
1864
|
1896
|
Northern Pacific Railway
|
Northern Pacific Railway
|
NP
|
NP
|
1896
|
1970
|
Burlington Northern Inc.
|
Northern Pacific, Fergus and Black Hills Railroad
|
|
NP
|
1881
|
1898
|
Northern Pacific Railway
|
Northern Pacific, La Moure and Missouri River Railroad
|
|
NP
|
1886
|
1898
|
Northern Pacific Railway
|
Ordway, Bismarck and Northwestern Railway
|
|
CP
|
1883
|
1887
|
Aberdeen, Bismarck and Northwestern Railway
|
Red River Valley and Western Railroad
|
|
GN
|
1893
|
1893
|
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway
|
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway
|
|
GN
|
1879
|
1907
|
Great Northern Railway
|
Sanborn, Coopertown and Turtle Mountain Railroad
|
|
NP
|
1882
|
1898
|
Northern Pacific Railway
|
South-Eastern Dakota Railroad
|
|
NP
|
1886
|
1898
|
Northern Pacific Railway
|
Western Dakota Railway
|
|
NP
|
1906
|
1914
|
Northern Pacific Railway
|
Winona and St. Peter Railroad
|
|
CNW
|
1900
|
1900
|
Chicago and North Western Railway
|
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