Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad

Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad
Overview
HeadquartersCedar Rapids, Iowa
LocaleIowa, United States
Dates of operation1860 (1860)–1884 (1884)
SuccessorChicago and North Western Railway

The Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad (CR&MR) was a railroad chartered to run from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the Missouri River. Under lease by the Chicago & North Western Railway, it was the first railroad to reach Council Bluffs from the east. This therefore connected Chicago with Omaha, Nebraska which was the eastern terminus of the First transcontinental railroad on the opposite side of the river,. It was one of four railroads that were built as result of the Iowa Land Bill of 1856 that gave land grants for railroads.

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