The Omaha and Republican Valley Railway was a branch line of the Union Pacific that crossed Nebraska.
The Railway ran from Boelus to South Ravenna, to Poole and on to Pleasanton, Nebraska.
[2] Trains started traveling along the Omaha and Republican Valley Railroad in 1890, with Pleasanton as the terminus.
[3] One ghost town was called Sartoria, which was built with the expectation of being the terminus of the railroad.
Another ghost town along the tracks was Watertown, where the steam locomotives would load up with water.