Chicago & Northwestern 2024-6-21.kmz

Chicago & Northwestern

Joint with C&NW (UP)

Crossover 14.7 to MP 15.58

MP 15.58 to MP 42.3 Reno
Built by Burlington Northern RR 1977
Chicago & Northwestern granted joint ownership 1983

Milepost 42.3 Reno to Bridger Jct
Built by Burlington Northern RR 1979
Chicago & Northwestern granted joint ownership 1983

Unk loop
Built 2013

Converse Jct to Antelope Mine

Nacco Wye Jct to North Antelope and Rochelle Mines

Nacco Wye

North Rochelle Jct to North Rochelle Mine

Reno Jct to Jacobs Ranch Mine

Black Thunder Jct to Black Thunder Mine

Reno Jct Wye

Coal Creek Jct to Coal Creek Mine

Coal Creek Jct Wye

Cordero Jct to Cordero Mine

Rojo Jct to Caballo Rojo Mine

Rojo Jct Wye

Belle Ayr Jct to Belle Ayr Mine

Caballo Jct to Caballo Mine

Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha

Le Mars IA to Sioux City IA
CStPM&O trackage rights on Illinois Central RR

Hudson WI to Elroy WI
177.90 miles
Built by West Wisconsin Ry 1868-72
to Chicago St Paul & Minneapolis Ry 5-2-1878
to Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha Ry 5-26-1880
to Chicago & North Western Ry control 1882
leased to Chicago & North Western Ry 1957
merged into Chicago & North Western Ry 1972

Itasca WI (Superior) to Superior Jct (Trego) WI
60.36 miles
Built by Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha Ry 1881-82

Northline WI to Trego WI
80.80 miles
Built by North Wisconsin Ry 1871-1879
to Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry 5-26-1880
to Chicago & North Western Ry control 1882
leased to Chicago & North Western Ry 1957
merged into Chicago & North Western Ry 1972
abandoned

Omaha NE to Tekamah NE
Built by Omaha & Northwestern RR 1870-76
to Omaha & Northern Nebraska Ry 8-8-1879
to Sioux City & Nebraska RR 2-11-1890
to Saint Paul & Sioux City RR
to Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry
to Chicago & North Western Ry control 1882
leased to Chicago & North Western Ry 1957
merged into Chicago & North Western Ry 1972

Tekamah NE to Oakland NE
Built by Omaha & Northern Nebraska Ry 1879
to Sioux City & Nebraska RR 2-11-1880
to Saint Paul & Sioux City RR
to Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry 5-9-1881
abandoned

Oakland NE to Coburn Jct NE
53.51 miles miles
Built by ???
to Sioux City & Nebraska RR
to Saint Paul & Sioux City RR
to Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry 5-9-1881

Ponca NE to Covington NE
Built by Covington Columbus & Black Hills RR 1877 as 36" gauge
to Sioux City & Nebraska RR 12-31-1879

St James MN to Le Mars IA
Built by Sioux City & St Paul RR 1871-72
to St Paul & Sioux City RR 9-1-1879

Mendota MN to St James MN
Built by Minnesota Valley RR 1865-70
to Saint Paul & Sioux City RR 6-7-1870

Luverne MN to Doon IA
Built by St Paul & Sioux City RR 1879

Heron Lake MN to Woodstock MN
Built by St Paul & Sioux City RR 1879
abandoned

Sioux Falls SD to Salem SD
Built by St Paul & Sioux City RR 1880

Lake Crystal MN to Elmore MN
Built by St Paul & Sioux City RR 1878-80

St Paul MN to Stillwater MN
Built by St Paul Stillwater & Taylors Falls RR 1871
to St Paul & Sioux City RR 3-1-1880

South Stillwater MN to St Croix Drawbridge

Stillwater Jct to St Croix Drawbridge
Built by St Paul Stillwater & Taylors Falls RR ca1872
to St Paul & Sioux City RR 3-1-1880

Chippewa Falls WI to Hughey WI
Built by Eau Claire Chippewa Falls & Northeastern Ry 1902-03

Eau Claire WI to Chippewa Falls WI
Built by Eau Claire & Chippewa Falls Ry 1883

Tuscobia WI to Winter WI
Built by Chippewa Valley & Northwestern Ry 1901-04

Woodville WI to Wildwood WI
Built by Woodville & Southern Ry 1889-91
to Minnesota & Wisconsin Ry 7-11-1892
to Minnesota & Wisconsin RR 12-1-1896

Woodville WI to Emerald WI
Built by Minnesota & Wisconsin Ry 1892
to Minnesota & Wisconsin RR 12-1-1896

Wildwood WI to Spring Valley WI
Built by Minnesota & Wisconsin Ry 1892
to Minnesota & Wisconsin RR 12-1-1896

Spring Valley WI to Weston WI
Built by Minnesota & Wisconsin RR 1902
route approximate in places

Bingham Lake MN to Currie MN
Built by Des Moines Valley Ry Co of Minnesota 1899-1900

Madelia MN to Fairmont MN
Built by Watonwan Valley Ry 1899

Itasca to Superior

Connors Point Branch
Built by Superior Short Line Ry 1884

Rice's Point to Duluth MN

Cedar Falls WI to Omaha WI
Built by Cedar Falls & Northern Ry 1882
to Menomonee Ry 12-17-1883
abandoned 1902

Menomonee Jct to Menomonee WI
Built by Menomonee Ry 1880

Eau Claire WI old alignment

Eau Claire WI to Shows Mill (Shaw's Mill???)
Built by Eau Claire Ry 1880
Daniel Shaw Lumber Co on island

Fairchild WI to Mondovia WI
Built by Sault Ste Marie & Southwestern Ry 1887-90

Randolph NE to Bloomfield NE
Built by Randolph & Northeastern Nebraska RR 1890

Randolph NE to Wayne NE
Built by Northeastern Nebraska RR 1886

Ashland Jct to Ashland WI
Built by Ashland Ry 1883

Chippewa Falls WI to Bloomer WI
Built by Chippewa Falls & Northern Ry 1881

Bloomer WI to Chicago Jct (Spooner) WI
Built by Chippewa Falls & Northern Ry 1882-83

Wakefield NE to Hartington NE
Built by Sioux City & Nebraska RR 1883
to Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry

Emerson NE to Norfolk NE
Construction started by Sioux City & Nebraska RR
completed by Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry 1880

Sioux Falls SD to Sioux Falls Jct (Trent) MN
Built by St Paul & Dakota RR 1876-78
to Worthington & Sioux Falls RR 6-23-1876
to Saint Paul & Sioux City RR 7-18-1879
to Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry

Hudson WI to River Falls WI
Built by Hudson River Falls Ry 1878
to North Wisconsin Ry 5-17-1880

Warren WI to Tomah WI
Built by West Wisconsin Ry 1867
abandoned 1872
route very approximate

Hartington NE to Crofton WI
Built by Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry 1906

Winter WI to Draper WI
Built by Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry 1906

Draper WI to Kaiser WI
Built by Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry 1908-10

Kaiser WI to Park Falls WI
Built by Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry 1914

Ponca NE to Newcastle NE

Newcastle NE to Wynot NE

Salem SD to Mitchell SD

River Falls WI to Ellsworth WI

Woodstock MN to Pipestone MN

Merrillan WI to east
Built by Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry 1880-81

Neillsville WI to west

Neillsville WI to Marshfield WI
Built by Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry 1887-91

Trego WI to Cable WI

Cable WI to Mason WI

Mason WI to Bayfield WI

Debolt NE to South Cut

CStPM&O Abandoned

CStPM&O Abandoned MN

Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha Turntable

Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha
Const 1965 per AFE 88201

CStPM&O Structures

CStPM&O Structures MN

Freight House

Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha Roundhouse

Commissary

Machine Shop

Store House

Sand Bin

Sand House

Coaling Tower
Fairbanks Morse & Co 90 ton coaler
retired 1958

BCB?

Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha Fruit Auction House

Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha Freight House

Winona & Saint Peter RR

Winona MN to Mankato MN
Built by Winona & Saint Peter RR 1864-73
to Chicago & North Western Ry 6-7-1900

Tracy MN to Watertown SD
Built by Winona & Saint Peter RR 1864-73
to Chicago & North Western Ry 6-7-1900

New Ulm MN to Tracy MN
Built by Winona & Saint Peter RR 1864-73
to Chicago & North Western Ry 6-7-1900

Mankato MN to New Ulm MN

Tracy MN to MN/SD State Line
Built by Chicago & Dakota Ry 1879
to Winona & Saint Peter RR 5-11-1881

Tyler MN to Astoria SD
Built by Winona & Saint Peter RR 1900

Sleepy Eye MN to Redwood Falls MN
Built by Minnesota Valley Ry 1878
to Winona & Saint Peter RR 5-11-1881

Mankato MN to New Ulm MN
Built by Mankato & New Ulm Ry 1900
to Winona & Saint Peter RR 2-12-1900

Mankato Jct to Mankato MN
Built by Winona Mankato & New Ulm Ry 1870

Kasson MN to Manorville MN

Rochester MN to Zumbrota MN
Built by Rochester & Northern Minnesota Ry 1878

Plainview Jct to Plainview MN
Built by Plainview RR 1878

Plainview Jct to Chatfield MN
Built by Chatfield RR 1878

Watertown SD to Redfield SD
Built by Dakota Central Ry 1882

Redfield SD to Faulkton SD
Built by Dakota Central Ry 1886

Faulkton SD to Gettysburg SD
Built by Dakota Central Ry 1887

Doland SD to Verdon SD

Verdon SD to Groton SD

SD/MN State Line to Pierre SD
Built by Dakota Central Ry 1879-80

Castlewood Jct (Sioux Valley Jct) to Watertown SD

Iroquois SD to Hawarden IA

Redfield to Mansfield SD
Built by Dakota Central Ry 1881-82

Ordway Jct to Redfield SD
Built by Dakota Central Ry 1881-82

Mansfield to Columbia SD

Columbia SD to Oakes ND

Yankton SD to Centerville SD

Marathon IA to Hawarden IA
Built by Toledo & Northwestern Ry 1881-82

Marathon IA to Rolfe IA
Built by Toledo & Northwestern Ry 1881-82
to Union Pacific RR

Rolfe IA to Eagle Grove IA
Built by Toledo & Northwestern Ry 1881-82

Toledo IA to Tama IA
Built by Toledo & Northwestern Ry before 1879

Toledo IA to Jewell IA

Jewell IA to Big Six IA
to Union Pacific RR

Big Six IA to Elmore MN

Jewell IA to Gowrie IA

Gowrie IA to Farnhamville IA
to Union Pacific RR

Farnhamville IA to Carnarvon IA

Carnarvon IA to Wall Lake IA

Hawarden IA to Wren IA

Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley RR

Valentine NE to Rapid City SD
Built by Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley RR 1885-86

Rapid City SD to Whitewood SD
Built by Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley RR 1887

Whitewood SD to Belle Fourche SD
Built by Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley RR 1890

Whitewood SD to Deadwood SD
Built by Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley RR 1890

Deadwood SD to Crown Hill SD
Built by Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley RR 1890-91 as 36" gauge
abandoned 1928

Blacktail Jct (Gayville) SD to Lead SD
route approximate

Portland Jct to Aztec SD
Built by Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley RR 1885-86
route approximate

Trojan SD spur

Crown Hill spur

Buffalo Gap SD to Hot Springs SD
route assumed to be where highway later located Hot Springs to Evans Quarry

Neligh NE to Valentine NE
Built by Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley RR 1881-83

Wisner NE to Neligh NE

Wisner NE to Hooper NE

Hooper NE to Freemont NE

Dakota Jct NE to Crawford NE
to Union Pacific

Crawford NE to NE/WY State Line

WY/NE State Line to Crandall WY
Built by Wyoming Central Ry 1886-88
to Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley RR 6-10-1891

Crandall WY to Orin WY
Built by Wyoming Central Ry 1886-88
to Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley RR 6-10-1891
to Union Pacific

Orin WY to Casper WY
Built by Wyoming Central Ry 1886-88
to Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley RR 6-10-1891
to Union Pacific

Norfolk Jct NE to Creighton NE

Creighton NE to Verdigre NE

Verdigre NE to Bonesteel SD

Bonesteel SD to Dallas SD
Built by Chicago & North Western Ry 1907

Dallas SD to Winner SD
Built by Chicago & North Western Ry 1910-11

Winner SD to Wood SD
Built by Chicago & North Western Ry after 1911

Scribner NE to Oakdale NE

Fremont NE to Lincoln NE

Platte River Jct to Hastings NE

Superior NE to Linwood NE

North Pit spur

gravel pit spur

Chicago to IL/WI State Line
Built by Chicago & Milwaukee RR 1855
to Chicago & Milwaukee Ry 6-22-1863
to Chicago Milwaukee & North Western Ry 4-12-1881

WI/IL State Line to Milwaukee WI
Built by Green Bay Milwaukee & Chicago RR 1855
to Milwaukee & Chicago RR 3-6-1857
to Chicago & Milwaukee Ry 6-22-1863
to Chicago Milwaukee & North Western Ry 4-12-1881

Milwaukee WI to Fond du Lac WI
Built by Northwestern Union Ry 1873
to Chicago & Milwaukee Ry 1-11-1881
to Chicago Milwaukee & North Western Ry 4-12-1881

Lake Shore Jct (Milwaukee) to Sheboygan WI
Built by Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western RR 1872
to Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Ry 12-10-1875

Sheboygan WI to Two Rivers WI
Built by Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western RR 1873-74
to Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Ry 12-10-1875

Manitowoc WI to Green Bay WI
Built by Manitowoc Green Bay & North Western RR 1906

Green Bay WI to Escanaba MI
Built by Chicago & North Western Ry 1871-72

Fond du Lac WI to Fort Howard WI
Built by Chicago & North Western Ry 1859-62

Escanaba MI to Negaunee MI
Built by Peninsula RR Co of Michigan 1864

Cascade MI to Palmer MI

Swanzy MI to Princeton MI

Winde MI to Ladoga MI

Ishpeming MI to Republic MI
Built by Iron Range Ry 1888

Clowry MI to Michigamme MI
Built by Iron Range Ry 1888

Wabic MI to Champion MI
Built by Iron Range Ry 1888

N Escanaba MI to Antoine MI
Built by Escanaba Iron Mountain & Western RR 1890-91
controlled by C&NW

Powers MI to Quinnesec MI
Built by Menominee River RR 1887
to Chicago & North Western Ry 7-1-1882???

Quinnesec MI to MI/WI State Line
Built by Menominee River RR 1880
to Chicago & North Western Ry 7-1-1882???

MI/WI State Line to Florence WI
Built by Menominee Ry 1880
to Menominee River RR 11-15-1880
to Chicago & North Western Ry 7-1-1882???

Florence WI to Crystal Falls MI
Built by Menominee River RR 1882

Iron River Jct to Stambaugh MI

Mastodon MI to Dunn MI

Delphic Mine spur

Palatka MI to Rogers Mine

Bengal Mine Spur

Palatka MI to Gaastra

Hiawatha Mine Spur

Iron River MI to Watersmeet MI
Built by Iron River Ry 1887

Iron River MI to Bates Mine

Cardiff Mine Spur

James Mine Spur

Mineral Hills Spur

Crystal Falls MI to Mansfield MI

Crystal Falls MI to Amasa MI

Crystal Falls Mine Spur

Hazel MI to Gibbs City MI

Hope Mine Spur

Armenia MI to Hollister Mine

Armenia Mine Spur

Watersmeet MI to Radford MI
Built by Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Ry 1887-92

Craigsmere MI to Choate MI

Barclay to Calderwood MI

Craigsmere MI to Robbins MI

Three Lakes WI to Montreal River MI
Built by Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Ry 1883-84

Montreal River MI to Ashland WI

Hurley WI to SW

Siemens MI to Newport Mine

Siemens MI to Geneva Mine

Siemens MI to Peterson Mine

Bessemer MI to Anvil

Tilden Mine Spur

Eureka Spur

Belt Line Jct to Aurora MI

Aurora Spur

Wakefield MI to Connorville MI

Marenisco MI to Williams MI
route North & West of Ethelwood uncertain... could be logging railroad

Gogebic MI to Bonneville MI

Stickley MI to Cisco Lake MI

Rhinelander WI to Hurley WI
Built by Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Ry 1888-89

Mercer WI to Fosterville WI
Built by Chicago & North Western Ry 1905

Appleton WI to Three Lakes WI

Koepenick WI to Pearson WI
Built by Chicago & North Western Ry 1914
abandoned after 1936

Honzicks Spur to Ormsby
abandoned 1940-41

Deerbrook to Neva

Monico WI to Rhinelander WI
Built by Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Ry 1882

Conover WI to Hackley WI

Stells Jct to Stells WI

Hiles Jct to Hiles WI

Pelican Lake WI to Crandon WI

Pratt Jct to Harrison WI
Built by Wolf & Wisconsin Rivers RR 1888
to Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Ry 1-15-1889
to Chicago & North Western Ry

Parrish Jct to Parrish WI
Built 1889

Jeffris Jct to Jeffris WI
Built 1891

Laona WI to Saunders MI

Wabeno WI to Laona WI

Northern Jct to Wabeno WI
Built by Wisconsin Northern Ry 1897

C&NW
Built by Chicago & North Western Ry?

Duck Creek WI to Gillett WI
Built by Manitowoc Green Bay & North Western Ry 1906

Pulaski WI to Eland WI
Built by Manitowoc Green Bay & North Western Ry 1907

Clintonville WI to Oconto WI
Built by St Paul Eastern Grand Trunk Ry 1882-84

Narenta MI to Metropolitan MI
Built by Escanaba & Lake Superior Ry 1882

mine spur

Felch mine spur

Theodore MI branch

Eland Jct to Rosholt WI

Eland WI to Wausau WI
Built by Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Ry 1880

Wausau WI to Marshfield WI
Built by Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Ry 1892

Rib Falls Jct to Rib Falls WI

Kelly WI to Schofield WI

Blackwell Jct to Rat River WI

Bonita WI to Boulder Lake WI

wye

Antigo WI to Bryant WI

Bryant WI to Wolf River Valley Jct

Sherry Jct to Kent WI

Bryant to Polar WI
removed 1951

Princeton WI to Marshfield WI
Built by Princeton & North Western Ry 1901

Bannerman WI to Red Granite WI
Built by Princeton & North Western Ry 1901

Nekoosa Jct to Nekoosa WI
Built by Princeton & North Western Ry 1901

Fond du Lac WI to Princeton WI
Built by Sheboygan & Fond du Lac RR 1871
to Sheboygan & Western Ry 4-10-1880

Glenbeulah WI to Fond du Lac WI
Built by Sheboygan & Fond du Lac RR 1868
to Sheboygan & Western Ry 4-10-1880

Sheboygan WI to Glenbeulah WI
Built by Sheboygan & Mississippi RR 1859-60
to Sheboygan & Fond du Lac RR 3-2-1861
to Sheboygan & Western Ry 4-10-1880

Sheboygan WI cutoff

Hunting WI to Big Falls WI
Built by Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Ry

Hortonville WI to Oshkosh WI

Oshkosh cutoff

Manitowoc WI to Appleton WI
Built by Appleton & New London Ry 1871-74
to Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western RR 6-1-1872

Chester WI to Fond du Lac WI
Built by Rock River Valley Union RR 1854
to Chicago St Paul & Fond du Lac RR 7-5-1855

Minnesota Jct WI to Chester WI
Construction started by Rock River Valley Union RR 1855
to Chicago St Paul & Fond du Lac RR 7-5-1855

Janesville WI to Minnesota Jct WI

Cary IL to Janesville WI
Built by Chicago St Paul & Fond du Lac RR 1855

Janesville WI to Afton WI
Built by Rock River Ry 1880

Janesville WI to Evansville WI
Built by Janesville & Evansville Ry 1886

Madison WI to Winona Jct WI
Construction started by Baraboo Air Line RR 1870
completed 1873

Magnolia WI to Madison WI

Beloit WI to Magnolia WI
Built by Beloit & Madison RR 1860

Milwaukee WI to Madison WI
Construction started by Milwaukee & Madison Ry 1880

Chase WI to St Francis WI

Lake Geneva to Williams Bay WI
Built by Lake Geneva & State Line Ry 1888

Genoa WI to Lake Geneva WI
Built by State Line & Union RR 1871
to Elgin & State Line RR 10-27-1880

Elgin IL to Genoa WI
Built by Fox River Valley RR 1854
to Elgin & State Line RR 3-12-1860

WI/IL State Line to Kenosha WI
Begun by Kenosha & Rockford RR ca1857
to Kenosha Rockford & Rock Island Ry 9-8-1857
completed 1861
to Kenosha & State Line RR 1-17-1864
to Dixon Rockford & Kenosha Ry 1-19-1864

St Francis (Milwaukee) to IL/WI State Line
Built by Milwaukee & State Line Ry 1906
later used as freight main

Wyeville WI to Sparta WI
Built by Milwaukee Sparta & North Western Ry 1912

Necedah WI to Wyeville WI
Built by Princeton & Western Ry 1884
to Milwaukee Sparta & North Western Ry 1-15-1912

Lindwerm WI to Necedah WI
Built by Milwaukee Sparta & North Western Ry 1911

West Allis to Belton Jct WI
Built by Milwaukee Sparta & North Western Ry 1911

Madison WI to Montfort Jct WI
Construction started by Chicago & Tomah RR ca1880
to Milwaukee & Madison Ry 12-3-1880

Montfort Jct to Lancaster Jct WI
Built by Chicago & Tomah RR 1879 as 36" gauge
to Milwaukee & Madison Ry 12-3-1880

Woodman WI to Lancaster WI
Built by Chicago & Tomah RR 1878 as 36" gauge
to Milwaukee & Madison Ry 12-3-1880

Galena IL to Platteville WI
Built by Galena & Southern Wisconsin RR 1874 as 36" gauge
to Galena & Wisconsin RR 5-15-1879
to Chicago & Tomah RR 8-31-1880

Ipswich WI to Conley WI
Built by Galena & Southern Wisconsin RR 1877 as 36" gauge
to Galena & Wisconsin RR 5-15-1879
to Chicago & Tomah RR 8-31-1880

Monfort Jct to Conley WI
Built by Chicago & Tomah RR 1880 as 36" gauge

Hazel Green Jct to Hazel Green WI

North Freedom WI to Quartzite WI

Evan MN to Marshall MN
Built by Minnesota Western Ry 1902

Burt IA to Vesta MN
Built by Minnesota & Iowa Ry 1870??

Fox Lake MN to Blue Earth MN
Built by Iowa Minnesota & Northwestern Ry 1900

Blue Earth MN to Mason City IA
Built by Iowa Minnesota & Northwestern Ry 1899-1900

Mason City IA to Belle Plaine IA
Built by Iowa Minnesota & Northwestern Ry 1899-1900

Onida SD to Gettysburg SD
Built by James River Valley & North Western Ry 1909-10
controlled by Chicago & North Western Ry

Blunt SD to Onida SD
Built by James River Valley & North Western Ry 1909-10
controlled by Chicago & North Western Ry

Rapid City SD to Wasta SD
Built by Pierre Rapid City & North Western Ry 1906
controlled by Chicago & North Western Ry

Wasta SD to Philip SD
Built by Pierre Rapid City & North Western Ry 1907

Philip SD to Fort Pierre SD
Built by Pierre Rapid City & North Western Ry 1906

Pierre SD to Fort Pierre
Built by Pierre & Fort Pierre Bridge Ry Co 1906-08

Belle Fourche SD to Newell SD
Built by Belle Fourche Valley Ry 1909-10

Nisland SD to Vale SD

Jolly SD toJolly Dump

Belle Fourche SD to Colony WY
Built by Chicago & North Western Ry before 1954

Chicago IL to Cary IL
Built by Illinois & Wisconsin RR 1854
to Chicago St Paul & Fond du Lac RR 7-5-1855

Chicago IL to Rockford IL
Built by Galena & Chicago Union RR 1848-53

Turner Jct to Dixon IL
Built by Galena & Chicago Union RR 1854

Montrose IL to N Evanston (Canal) IL
Buit by Junction Ry 1889
to Union Pacific RR 4-25-1995

Mayfair IL to Skokie IL
Built by Chicago Northern Ry 1903
to Union Pacific RR 4-25-1995?
abandoned by 1999

Skokie IL to Valley IL
Built by Chicago Northern Ry 1903
to Union Pacific RR 4-25-1995
abandoned by 2002

Valley IL to Lake Bluffs IL
Built by Chicago Northern Ry 1903
to Union Pacific RR 4-25-1995

Chicago Northern Jct (Skokie Jct) to IL/WI State Line
Built by Chicago & State Line Ry 1905
to Milwaukee & State Line Ry 9-30-1905

Proviso IL to Bensonville IL
Built by Des Plaines Valley Ry 1911

Bensonville IL to Elk Grove
new route around O'Hare Airport built by 1959

Elk Grove to Seeger IL
Built by Des Plaines Valley Ry 1911

Bensonville IL to Elk Grove IL old
Built by Des Plaines Valley Ry 1911
abandoned when new line built to the west around O'Hare Airport by 1959

Norma IL to Valley IL

Chicago Shops to Mayfair
Built by ???
to Chicago & North Western Ry ??
abandoned at crossing at Cragin

Kedzie Ave to St Charles Air Line Conn

California Jct IA to Fremont NE
Built by Sioux City & Pacific RR 1869

Arlington NE to Omaha NE

Missouri Valley IA to California Jct IA
Built by Cedar Rapids & Missouri River RR 1861-67
to Sioux City & Pacific RR 1867

California Jct IA to Sloan IA
Built by Sioux City & Pacific RR 1867

Sloan IA to Sioux City IA
Built by Sioux City & Pacific RR 1868

Sergeant Bluff IA to Moville IA
Construction started by Moville Extension Ry 1901
to Sioux City & Pacific RR 7-10-1901

Kingsley IA to Moville IA
Built by Sioux Valley Ry 1887

Sac City IA to Kingsley IA
Built by Maple River RR 1883

Wall Lake IA to Sac City IA
Construction started by Sac City & Wall Lake RR 1877
to Maple River RR 6-17-1879

Mapleton IA to Ida Grove IA
Built by Maple River RR 1877

Ida Grove IA to Wall Lake IA
Built by Maple River RR 1877
to Canadian National RR

Carnarvon IA to Maple River IA

Mapleton IA to Onawa IA
Built by Maple Valley Ry 1886

Wall Lake IA to Denison IA
Built by Boyer Valley Ry 1899
route approximate

Boyer IA to Mondamin IA
Built by Boyer Valley Ry 1899

Cedar Rapids IA to Council Bluffs
Built by Cedar Rapids & Missouri River RR 1861-67

Cedar Rapids IA to Clinton IA
Built by Chicago Iowa & Nebraska RR 1856-59

Fulton IL to Dixon IL
Construction begun by Mississippi & Rock River Jct RR 1855
to Galena & Chicago Union RR 2-15-1855

Clinton IA to Fulton IL
Built by Albany Railroad Bridge Co 1860-65
leased by Chicago & North Western Ry
new bridge built 1909

Fulton IL to Clinton IA
Built by Albany Railroad Bridge Co 1860-65
leased by Chicago & North Western Ry

East Clinton IL cutoff

Carroll IA to Kirkman IA
Built by Iowa South Western Ry 1881

Harlan IA to Kirkman IA
Built by Harlan & Kirkman Ry 1899

Manning IA to Audubon IA
Built by Iowa South Western Ry 1882

Ames IA to Jewell IA
Built by Des Moines & Minneapolis RR 1878
to Chicago & North Western Ry

Ogden IA to Boone IA
Built by Boone County Ry 1901

Boone IA to Coal Banks IA
Built by Iowa Railway Coal & Manufacturing Co 1874

Des Moines IA to Ames IA
Construction started by Iowa & Minnesota Ry 1866 as 36" gauge
to Des Moines & Minnesota RR 9-9-1873
to standard gauge 1874
to Des Moines & Minneapolis RR 7-31-1877

Des Moines IA to Ames abandoned
Construction started by Iowa & Minnesota Ry 1866 as 36" gauge
to Des Moines & Minnesota RR 9-9-1873
to standard gauge 1874
to Des Moines & Minneapolis RR 7-31-1877

Des Moines abandoned
Construction started by Iowa & Minnesota Ry 1866 as 36" gauge
to Des Moines & Minnesota RR 9-9-1873
to standard gauge 1874
to Des Moines & Minneapolis RR 7-31-1877

Eldora Jct IA to Iowa Falls IA
Built by Chicago Iowa & Dakota Ry 1884

Iowa Falls IA to Alden IA
Built by Chicago Iowa & Dakota Ry 1884

Belle Plaine IA to Muchakinock IA
Built by Ottumwa Cedar Falls & St Paul Ry 1884

Lakonta

Arkel Branch

Miami IA to Lakonta IA

Untitled Path

Lakonta to Draper

Miami IA to Consol IA
Built by Iowa Southern Ry 1913-14

Miami IA to SE

Rex Jct IA to Rex

Miami spur

Consol IA to Bushnell IA

Consol IA to SE

Maple No 2 Branch

Lahart IA to Rexfield IA

Rex No 4 Mine spur

Eveland Spur

Cricket Spur

Stanwood IA to Tipton IA
Built by Stanwood & Tipton Ry 1872

Clinton IA to Lyons IA
Built by Chicago Iowa & Nebraska RR 1869
abandoned by 1959

Lyons IA to Anamosa IA
Construction started by Iowa Central Air Line Ry 1853
to Mississippi, Maquoketa & Northwestern RR 1-30-1868
to Iowa Midland Ry 2-8-1871
line completed 1878

Polk City Jct to Polk City IA

Cedar Rapids cutoff

Irvington NE to Omaha Stock Yards

Rockford IL to Freeport IL
Built by Galena & Chicago Union RR 1848-53

Beloit WI to Roscoe IL
Built by Galena & Chicago Union RR 1853

Roscoe IL to Belvidere IL
Built by Galena & Chicago Union RR 1848-53

Rockford IL to Loves Park
Built by Kenosha & Rockford RR 1857
to Kenosha Rockford & Rock Island RR 9-8-1857
completed 1861
to Kenosha & State Line RR 1-17-1864
to Dixon Rockford & Kenosha Ry 1-19-1864

Chemung IL to Harvard IL
Begun by Kenosha & Rockford RR ca1857
to Kenosha Rockford & Rock Island Ry 9-8-1857
to Kenosha & State Line RR 1-17-1864
to Dixon Rockford & Kenosha Ry 1-19-1864

Loves Park to Chemung IL
Begun by Kenosha & Rockford RR ca1857
to Kenosha Rockford & Rock Island Ry 9-8-1857

Harvard IL to WI/IL State Line

Belvidere IL to De Kalb IL
Built by Northern Illinois Ry 1885

DeKalb IL to Troy Grove IL
Built by Northern Illinois Ry 1885

Troy Grove IL to Spring Valley IL
Built by Northern Illinois Ry 1885

Spring Valley IL to Shaft No 3

Sycamore IL to Cortland IL
Built by Sycamore & Courtland RR 1859

Nelson IL to Peoria IL
Built by Peoria & North Western Ry 1901

Peoria Jct to Girard IL
Built by St Louis Peoria & North Western Ry 1913

Barr IL to Girard IL
Built by St Louis Peoria & North Western Ry 1913

Girard IL to Benld IL
Built by Macoupin County RR 1904
to St Louis Peoria & North Western Ry 6-18-1913

Casper WY to Shoshone WY
Built by Wyoming & North Western Ry 1906

Shoshone spur

Shoshone WY to Lander WY
Built by Wyoming & North Western Ry 1906

LaCrosse WI

Antigo to Casper Siding

Pine River Jct to Beach's Landing

1 Elk Grove Village

Woodruff to Arbor Vitae

Lac Du Flambeau Spur

Land O' Lakes to Donaldson

Donaldson spur

Crandall WY to WY/NB State Line

Shawnee WY to Shawnee Jct WY
Built by Chicago & Northwestern

Geneva IL to Batavia IL
Built by Chicago & Northwestern Ry 1872

Batavia IL to Aurora IL
Built by Chicago & Northwestern Ry 1883

Geneva to East Batavia
Chicago & Northwestern Ry

Geneva IL to St Charles IL
Built by St. Charles RR 1871
to Elgin & State Line RR 1-10-1881

C&NW Sidings & Spurs

IL

Geneva to Aurora

Chicago & North Western Ry

IA

Existing 2018

Abandoned

Des Moines

C&NW turntable
70' turntable

C&NW Structures

C&NW Batavia Passenger Depot

C&NW Batavia Freight House

platform

Flanders wye