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<p>In 1881, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) constructed 14 miles of new railroad, extending from the existing mainline at Merrillan, Wisconsin to Neillsville, Wisconsin. The line was extend an additional one mile east in 1887, followed by an additional 24 miles to Marshfield, Wisconsin in 1891. At Marshfield, the line met with an existing Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad, later Chicago & North Western Railway (C&NW) line. The Omaha Road had been controlled by the C&NW since 1882. The C&NW constructed and acquired a large amount of trackage through the Midwest, and the Omaha Road provided additional lines in western Wisconsin, southern Minnesota and parts of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. This line served mainly as a short connecting line between the C&NW at Marshfield and the Omaha Road mainline. By the early 20th Century, the Omaha Road operated a respectable network of railroad lines, serving in conjunction with the C&NW lines. The Omaha Road would formally be merged into the C&NW in 1959. By the late 20th Century, the C&NW sought to sell or abandon unprofitable and excess lines. This line was abandoned in 1981, and most of the infrastructure removed. Today, little remains of this line except for the former grade.</p>
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