The Atchison and Nebraska Railroad was a railroad company in the states of
Kansas
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and
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...
,
United States
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.
It was initially chartered on December 8, 1865, as the Atchison and Nebraska City Railroad but "City" was dropped from the name when it was formally organized in 1869. The charter authorized the railroad to be built from
Atchison, Kansas
Atchison is a city and county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, along the Missouri River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 10,885. The city is named in honor of US Senator David Rice Atchison from Missouri ...
, to some point on the
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...
/
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...
border, not farther west than from the
Missouri River. Work began on the railroad in Atchison in the summer of 1869 and it was completed to the state line, three miles (5 km) north of
White Cloud, Kansas, in 1871. On November 3, 1871, the railroad absorbed the
Atchison, Lincoln and Columbus Railroad, and completed building the railroad north into
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United Sta ...
, by the fall of 1872.
On January 24, 1908, a special meeting of stockholders in the A&N was held to discuss the sale of the railroad to the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The A&N property was transferred to the Burlington on February 24, 1908.
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References
Defunct Kansas railroads
Predecessors of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Railway companies established in 1865
Railway companies disestablished in 1908
Defunct Missouri railroads
Defunct Nebraska railroads
American companies established in 1865
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