Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis Railway

The Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis Railway was authorized in 1879 to build a railroad from the Eastern border of Minnesota to Minneapolis.[1] In 1878, it obtained the re-organized West Wisconsin Railway, which had built from Hudson, Wisconsin to Elroy, Wisconsin.[2]

In 1881, it obtained the re-organized St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad, from its railroad junction in Le Mars, Iowa north to St. Paul.[3][4] This trackage is currently part of the Union Pacific Railroad route from St. Paul to Sioux City, Iowa.

Also in 1881, its rights were granted to a new railroad organization, in a merger with the North Wisconsin Railway, to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway.[5][6][7] This route is also currently part of the Union Pacific, and is the track from the crossing of the St. Croix River at Hudson, Wisconsin to East Minneapolis.

## See also[edit]

* List of Wisconsin railroads

## References[edit]

1. ^ Minnesota. Office of Railroad Commissioner (1879). Annual Report. pp. 1–.
2. ^ Frank Pierce Donovan (May 2000). Iowa Railroads: The Essays of Frank P. Donovan, Jr. University of Iowa Press. pp. 138–. ISBN 978-0-87745-723-7.
3. ^ [https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/159/349/ Sioux City and St. Paul R. Co. v. United States, 159 U.S. 349 (1895). JUSTIA. Accessed 12 August 2022.
4. ^ Library of Congress: History of the St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad, 1864-1881. Bishop, J. W. (Judson Wade), 1831-1917. Publ. Minnesota Historical Society. St. Paul, Minn., 1905. Accessed 12 August 2022.
5. ^ Robert Joseph Casey (1948). Pioneer railroad the story of the Chicago and North Western System. Robert Joseph Casey. pp. 151–. GGKEY:WK1RLEKNSCN.
6. ^ Grant, Roger - Minnesota's Good Railroad - The Omaha Road. Minnesota Historical Society. www.mnhs.org/mnhistory
7. ^ Minnesota (1881). General Laws of the State of Minnesota. Pioneer Company. pp. 916–.