Railroads included in this map:
Chicago & North Western; Chicago Great Western; Litchfield & Madison; Minneapolis & St. Louis; Chicago, Minneapolis & Omaha “Omaha Road”
This map originally appeared in the July 2014 issue of Trains Magazine.
Growth of the final granger
By Angela Cotey | February 12, 2016
| Last updated on March 16, 2021
See how the Chicago & North Western expanded from a single line in 1849
I’d always thought the Belle Plaine (IA)-Mason City branch was built in the 1905-1910 time period. Do the dates shown indicate acquisition of ROW or actual construction?