It was reorganized as the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway, a forerunner of the Wabash Railroad, in 1872.

[4] The railroad was damaged repeatedly during the war the site of several battles, including the Centralia Massacre, in which two dozen unarmed Union soldiers traveling aboard a North Missouri Railroad train were executed by Confederate guerilla force led by William T.

[6] Another major effort was the bridging of the Missouri River at St. Charles and eliminating the ferry service there.

[7][8] The company extended its main line from Macon to Coatsville, Missouri, on the Iowa border.

[9] The North Missouri leased the St. Louis and Cedar Rapids Railway, an Iowa company, in 1868.

[10] The Norfolk and Western Railway, successor to the Wabash, abandoned the northern end of the line between Ottumwa and Moulton, Iowa, in 1982.

[18] The North Missouri Railroad entered bankruptcy in 1871 and was sold to Morris Ketchum Jesup, who reorganized it as the St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway in 1872.