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The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway or Omaha Road (reporting mark CMO) was a railroad in the U.S. states of Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota. It was incorporated in 1880 as a consolidation of the Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis Railway and the North Wisconsin Railway,. The Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) gained control in 1882. The C&NW leased the Omaha Road in 1957 and merged the company into itself in 1972.
At the end of 1956 CStPM&O operated 1616 miles of road and 2396 miles of track; that year it reported 2115 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 65 million passenger-miles.
Disposition of lines
The following main lines were part of the Omaha Road:
References
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA