Adams County Railroads Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (1872); St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad(later called St. Joseph & Western)(1872); Republican Valley Railroad (1878) (a branch of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad); Union Pacific Railroad (1879). Antelope County (See Pierce County) Arthur County Researching this county Banner County (See also Cheyenne County, parent of Banner [1888])
Blaine County (see Custer County, parent of Blaine [1885])
Boone County Omaha, Niobrara & Black Hills Railroad (1880)
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Boyd County (See also Holt County - parent of Boyd [1891])
Brown County The FE&MV RR reached Neligh in 1880 and Long Pine in October 1881.
The Union Pacific Railroad (1866); Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (1872).
Burt County Omaha & North-Western (1876)(later became part of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad).
Butler County Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad (1877) (A branch of the Union Pacific); Lincoln & Northwestern Railroad Company (1880); Burlington & Missouri Railroad (1880).
Cass County Burlington & Missouri (1870); Missouri Pacific (1881)
Cedar County Researching this county
Chase County Researching this county
Cherry Sioux City & Pacific RR (1880), (a fledgling of the Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad) was purchased by Chicago & North Western(1881)
Cheyenne County UPRR (1867)
Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (1871); St. Joseph & Denver City Railroad (1872)(later changed name to St. Joseph & Western), UPRR (before 1890), F.E.&M.V.R.R. (before 1890).
Colfax County Union Pacific (1867)
Cuming County Sioux City & Pacific Railroad (1870) Custer B.&M.R.R. (before 1890).
Dakota County Covington, Columbus & Black Hills Railroad (1876) (narrow gauge railroad); Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad (1880) (they purchased the Covington, Columbus & Black Hills Railroad, and changed it to a standard gauge).
Dawes County G.I.&W.C.R.R., F.E.&M.V.R.R., B.&M.R.R. (all before 1890).
Dawson County Union Pacific Railroad (1866)
Deuel County (See also Cheyenne County, parent of Deuel [1888])
Covington, Columbus & Black Hills Railroad (1876), Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railraod (before 1890).
Dodge County Researching this county
Burlington & Missouri River Valley Railroad (CB&Q), Chicago, Minneapolis & St. Paul, C&N, CRI&P, CSPM&O, Fremont Elkhorn & Missouri, Milwaukee & St. Paul, M&O, Union Pacific Railroad (1865), Wabash & Western (before 1890), Possibly Nebraska Central.
Dundy County Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (1882) Filmore County Burlington & Missouri River (before 1880)
Franklin Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (1879)
Frontier County Researching this county
Furnas County Union Pacific Railroad (1880), Burlington & Missouri RR (before 1890)
Omaha & Southwestern (1871)(sold to Burlington & Missouri in 1872); Atchison & Nebraska (1872); Union Pacific (after 1880)
Garden County (See also Deuel County, parent of Garden County [1909])
Garfield County (See also Wheeler County, parent of Garfield [1884])
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Greeley County (See also Boone County, parent of Greeley [1871])
Hall County Union Pacific Railroad (1867) (In 1880, the U.P. built their repair shops in Grand Island. They have operated continuously to this day, and it is now the largest railroad yard in the world); St. Joe & Western (before 1880) St. Paul & Loup Valley (before 1880) (both of these latter railroads were subsidiaries of the U.P.). Hamilton County Republican Valley Railroad (1879) (a branch of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad).
Harlan County Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (before 1880)
Hayes County Researching this county
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad (1881)
Holt County Sioux City & Pacific Railroad (1881)
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Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad (1880)
Jefferson County St. Joe & Denver City, later called St. Joe & Western (owned by the Union Pacific) (1872); Burlington & Missouri (Republican River Branch) (1881); Rock Island Line (before 1894).
Johnson County Atchison & Nebraska Railroad (1872) (bought by the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in 1880).
Kearney County Union Pacific Railroad (1866), Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (before 1890)
UPRR (1866)
Keya Paha County (See also Holt County, parent of Keya Paha [1884])
Kimball County (See also Cheyenne County, parent of Kimball [1888])
Researching this county Lancaster County Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (1870); Union Pacific(after 1870); Midland Pacific (1871); Nebraska Railway (before 1880); Atchison & Nebraska Railroad (before 1880); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (before 1880) Lincoln County Union Pacific Railroad (1866)
Logan County (See also Custer, parent county of Logan [1885])
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Madison County The Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad (S. C. & P. R. R.) (1879); The Omaha, Niobrara & Black Hills Railroad (1880); St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad (1882).
(See also Lincoln & Keith Counties, parents of McPherosn [1887])
Merrick County Nebraska Railway (before 1880); Union Pacific Railroad (1866)
Morrill County (See also Cheyenne County, parent of Morril [1908])
Nance County Union Pacific (1879); Burlington & Missouri (after 1881)
Midland Pacific Railway (1874) (later known as the Nebraska Railway); Missouri Pacific (1881)
Nuckolls County The St. Joe & Western Railroad (1872); Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (Republican River Branch) (1881).
Otoe County Burlington & Missouri Railroad (1869); Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad (1870); Midland Pacific Railway Company (later known as the Nebraska Railway Company) (1871).
Pawnee County Atchison & Nebraska Railroad (1871); Burlington & Missouri (1882); Republican Valley Railroad (1882)
Perkins County Researching this county
Union Pacific Railroad (1866)
Pierce County Sioux City & Pacific Railroad Company (1880), later became CNW
Platte County Union Pacific (1866); Burlington and Missouri Railroad (1880) (Atchison & Nebraska Branch); Lincoln & Northwestern Railroad (before 1880); Omaha, Niobrara & Black Hills Railroad (1881)
Polk County Omaha & Republican Valley Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad (c. 1871)
Red Willow County Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (1880) Richardson County Missouri Pacific (1881).
Rock County Researching this county
Saline County Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (before 1880); Union Pacific (before 1880).
Burlinjgton & Missouri River Valley Railroad (before 1890), Union Pacific Railroad (before 1890), Missouri Pacific (before 1890).
Saunders County Burlington & Missouri River Valley Railroad (before 1890), Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad (before 1890), Union Pacific RR (1867).
Scotts Bluff County Researching this county Seward County The Midland Pacific later sold to the Burlington & Missouri River Valley Railroad (before 1872)
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Sherman County
Sioux County Burlington & Missouri River Valley Railroad (Before 1891)
Stanton County Sioux City & Pacific Railroad (1871)
Thayer County St. Joe & Western (1872); Republican River Branch of the Baltimore & Missouri Railway (before 1880).
Thomas County Researching this county
Thurston County Researching this county
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Washington County Sioux City & Pacific Railroad (1869)
Wayne County
Webster County The Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (1879)
Wheeler County Researching this county.
York County The Midland Pacific Later became the Burlington & Missouri River Valley Railroad (before 1889)
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