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South Dakota State Map

Class I Railroads

Chicago & Northwestern

Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha

Sioux Falls SD to Salem SD
39.60 miles
Built by St Paul & Sioux City RR 1880
to Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry 5-9-1881
to Chicago & North Western Ry control 1882
leased to Chicago & North Western Ry 1957
merged into Chicago & North Western Ry 1972
abandoned

Rice's Point to Duluth MN

Sioux Falls SD to Sioux Falls Jct (Trent) MN
58.40 miles
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
to Chicago & North Western Ry control 1882
leased to Chicago & North Western Ry 1957
merged into Chicago & North Western Ry 1972

Salem SD to Mitchell SD
32.73 miles
Built by Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry 1887
to Chicago & North Western Ry control 1882
leased to Chicago & North Western Ry 1957
merged into Chicago & North Western Ry 1972
abandoned

Winona & Saint Peter RR

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

Tyler MN to Astoria SD
Built by Winona & Saint Peter RR 1900
to Chicago & North Western Ry 6-7-1900

Watertown SD to Redfield SD
Built by Dakota Central Ry 1882
to Winona & Saint Peter RR 5-11-1881
to Chicago & North Western Ry 6-7-1900

Redfield SD to Faulkton SD
Built by Dakota Central Ry 1886
to Winona & Saint Peter RR 5-11-1881

Faulkton SD to Gettysburg SD
Built by Dakota Central Ry 1887
to Winona & Saint Peter RR 5-11-1881

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

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

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

Spur

Nevada Gulch Spur

Deadwood spur

wye

Boscabel Spur

General Grant Spur

Maggie Spur

Trestle Connector Spur

Harmony Spur

Little Tornado Spur

Isadorah Mine Spur

Isadorah Wye

Hidden Fortune Mill Spur

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 Burlington & Quincy

Black Hills & Fort Pierre RR

Englewood SD to Lead SD
Built by Black Hills & Fort Pierre RR 1882 as 36" gauge
to Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR control 7-28-1901
abandonment approved 1-6-1930

North Lead Line
Built by Black Hills & Fort Pierre RR 1881 as 36" gauge
to Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR control 7-28-1901
abandonment approved 1-6-1930
route very approximate

spur
very approximate

Whitetail Gulch spur
route approximate

spur

Englewood SD to Bucks
Built by Black Hills & Fort Pierre RR 1882 as 36" gauge
to Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR control 7-28-1901
abandonment approved 1-6-1930

Bucks to Calcite
abandoned 1910

Calcite to Piedmont

Bucks to Este

Este to Stage Barn

Stage Barn to Piedmont
Built by Black Hills & Fort Pierre RR 1902 36" gauge

Este to Merritt

Reno Spur

Reno Quarry Spur

Brownsville spur

Anthony Spur

Deadwood Central RR

Englewood SD to Deadwood SD
Built by Deadwood Central RR as 36" gauge
dual gauge
electrified from Pluma to Deadwood 1902-1924

Pluma SD to Lead SD
Built by Deadwood Central RR 1889 as 36" gauge
to Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR control 1893
electrified 1902-1924
route uncertain

Kirk spur

Kirk SD to Whitetail Switch
Built by Deadwood Central RR 1891 as 36" gauge

Fantail Switch to Welcome
Built by Deadwood Central RR 1891 as 36" gauge
to Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR control 1893

Whitetail Switch to Nevada Gulch
to Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR control 1893
extended 0.34 miles 1895

Spur up Whitetail Gulch
Built by Deadwood Central RR 1895-96 as 36" gauge

Carthage Jct to Carthage SD
Built by Deadwood Central RR 1891-93 as 36" gauge

Maggie Spur
Built by Deadwood Central RR as 36" gauge

Galena Jct to Galena SD
abandoned 1927

Gilt Edge Maid Mine Spur

Grand Island & Wyoming Central RR

NE/SD State Line to SD/WY State Line
Built by Grand Island & Wyoming Central RR 1888-89

Edgemont existing
Built by Grand Island & Wyoming Central RR 1890-91
to Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR 12-31-1897

Edgemont SD to Englewood SD
Built by Grand Island & Wyoming Central RR 1890-91
to Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR 12-31-1897

Englewood SD to Spearfish SD
to Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR 12-31-1897
abandoned before 1961
route uncertain north of Spearfish Falls

Englewood SD to Deadwood SD

Victoria Spur

Crown Hill Spur

Hardscrabble Mine spur

Aztec Spur

Hanna Spur

Minekahta SD to Hot Springs SD

Hill City SD to Keystone SD
Built by Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR 1899-1900
to Black Hills Central RR 1957

Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Ry

Ortonville MN to Mobridge SD

Mobridge SD to ND/MT State Line
Built by Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Ry of SD ca1906
to Chicago Milwaukee & Puget Sound Ry 5-11-1911
to Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Ry 12-24-1912

Chamberlain SD to Rapid City SD
Built by White River Valley Ry ca1905
to Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Ry 4-18-1910

Chamberlain SD to Rapid City SD abandoned
Built by White River Valley Ry ca1905
to Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Ry 4-18-1910

Chamberlain SD to Canton SD
completed ca1880

Fargo ND to Ortonville MN
Built by Fargo & Southern Ry 1884

Jackson MN to Flandreau ND
Built by Southern Minnesota Ry Extension Co 1878
to Southern Minnesota Ry 1-1-1880

McLaughlin SD to New England ND

Linton ND to Roscoe SD

Edgeley ND to Aberdeen SD

Harlem ND to Andover SD
Built by Dakota & Great Southern Ry ca1883

Isabel SD to Moreau Jct SD

Trail City SD to Faith SD

Promise SD old alignment

Mobridge SD old alignment

Wakpala SD old alignment

old alignment

Evarts Jct to Evarts SD

Roscoe SD to Orient SD

Aberdeen SD to Mitchell SD

Andover SD old alignment

Bristol SD to Madison SD
Built by Dakota & Great Southern Ry ca1883

Milbank SD to Sisseton SD

Wessington Springs SD to Woonsocket SD

Woonsocket SD to Madison SD

Madison SD to Wentworth SD

Wentworth SD to Sioux Falls Jct SD

Flandreau SD to Dell Rapids SD

Sioux Falls SD to Dell Rapids SD

Madison SD to Renner SD

Canton SD to Sioux Falls SD

Elk Point SD to Canton SD

Sioux City IA to

Scotland SD to Tripp SD

Tripp SD to Mitchell SD

Tripp SD to Stickney SD

Napa Jct to Tabor SD

Tabor SD to Platte SD

Marion Jct SD to Running Water SD

Canton SD to Sheldon IA

Hudson SD to Rock Valley IA
route uncertain

CMStP&P Sidings & Spurs

Chicago Rock Island & Pacific

Ellsworth MN to Sioux Falls SD
Built by Cedar Rapids Iowa Falls & Northwestern Ry 1886
to Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern Ry of Iowa 5-22-1902

Sibley IA to Watertown SD
Built by Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls & Northwestern Ry 1880-83
to Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Ry of Iowa 5-22-1902
to Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Ry 6-5-1903

Great Northern

Moorhead MN to Fargo ND

St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry

Allouez Ore Dock

Sioux Falls SD to Yankton SD
Built by Sioux Falls Yankton & Southwestern Ry 1893
to Willmar & Sioux Falls Ry 7-27-1893
to Great Northern Ry 7-1-1907

Willmar MN to Sioux Falls SD
Built by Willmar & Sioux Falls Ry 1887-88
to Great Northern Ry 7-1-1907

Sioux Falls abandoned
Built by Willmar & Sioux Falls Ry 1887-88
to Great Northern Ry 7-1-1907

Garretson MN to Sioux City IA
Built by Sioux City & Northern RR 1889-90
to Willmar & Sioux Falls Ry 1-15-1900

Huron SD to Watertown SD
Built by Duluth Watertown & Pacific Ry 1887-88

Benson MN to Watertown SD
Built by St. Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry 1887

Aberdeen SD to Rutland ND
Begun by Aberdeen Fergus Falls & Pierre RR 1886
to St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry 12-30-1886

Washington

Anacortes WA to Fidalgo WA
Built by Seattle & Northern Ry 1890-91
to Seattle & Montana RR 2-11-1902
to Burlington Northern

Vancouver Victoria & Eastern RR

Illinois Central

Cherokee IA to Sioux Falls IA
Built by Cherokee & Dakota RR 1888
to Dubuque & Sioux City RR 10-29-1888
controlled by IC

Minneapolis & St Louis

Merriam Jct abandoned

Hanley Falls abandoned

SD

MN/SD State Line to Watertown SD
Built by Wisconsin Minnesota & Pacific Ry 1882
to Minneapolis & St Louis RR 1-20-1899

Watertown SD to LeBeau SD
Built by Minnesota Dakota & Pacific Ry 1905-08
to Minneapolis & St Louis RR 1-1-1912

Conde SD to Leola SD
Built by Minnesota Dakota & Pacific Ry 1905-08
to Minneapolis & St Louis RR 1-1-1912

Leola SD to Long Lake SD

Minneapolis St Paul & Saulte St Marie

Wishek ND to Pollock SD
70 miles
Completed by Minneapolis St Paul & Sault Ste Marie Ry 10-1-1891
to Minneapolis St Paul & Sault Ste Marie RR 9-1-1944
to Soo Line RR 1-1-1961

Veblen SD to Grenville SD
41 miles
Completed by Fairmount & Veblen Ry 1914
to Minneapolis St Paul & Sault Ste Marie Ry 1-30-1915
to Minneapolis St Paul & Sault Ste Marie RR 9-1-1944
to Soo Line RR 1-1-1961

Fairmount ND to Veblen SD
46 miles
Completed by Fairmount & Veblen Ry 1913
to Minneapolis St Paul & Sault Ste Marie Ry 1-30-1915
to Minneapolis St Paul & Sault Ste Marie RR 9-1-1944
to Soo Line RR 1-1-1961

South Dakota Shortlines

Forest City & Gettysburg RR

Gettysburg SD to Forest City SD
Built by Forest City & Gettysburg RR 1890
route uncertain

South Dakota Central RR

Sioux Falls SD abandoned
Built by South Dakota Central Ry 1904
to Watertown & Sioux Falls Ry 6-28-1916
controlled by Great Northern RR

Sioux Falls SD to Colton SD
Built by South Dakota Central Ry 1904
to Watertown & Sioux Falls Ry 6-28-1916
controlled by Great Northern Ry
to Great Northern Ry
to Burlington Northern RR 3-2-1970
to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry 12-31-1996

Colton SD to Wentworth SD
Built by South Dakota Central Ry 1905
to Watertown & Sioux Falls Ry 6-28-1916
controlled by Great Northern Ry
to Great Northern Ry
to Burlington Northern RR 3-2-1970
to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry 12-31-1996

Wentworth SD to Rutland SD
controlled by Great Northern Ry
to Great Northern Ry
to Burlington Northern RR 3-2-1970

Rutland SD to Watertown SD

Sioux Falls new connection

Rapid City Black Hills & Western RR

Scott's Mills SD to Mystic SD
Built by Missouri River & North Western Ry 1906
to Rapid City Black Hills & Western RR 5-28-1909

Rapid City SD to Scott's Mills SD
Built by Dakota Wyoming & Missouri River RR 1891
to Missouri River & North Western Ry 6-17-1904
to Rapid City Black Hills & Western RR 5-28-1909