The Onida Subdivision is a branch line

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segment owned, maintained and operated by the

Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad is a Class II freight railroad operating across South Dakota and southern Minnesota in the northern plains of the United States. Portions of the railroad also extend into Wyoming and Nebraska. It is owned and ...

(RCPE), a subsidiary of

Genesee & Wyoming Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) is an American short line railroad holding company, that owns or maintains an interest in 122 railroads in the United States, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, and the United Kingdom; and formerly in Australia. ...

. It connects the city of Onida to the company's east–west main line, the Pierre Subdivision at

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South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

. The line is approximately in length. Under

Chicago and North Western The Chicago and North Western was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States. It was also known as the "North Western". The railroad operated more than of track at the turn of the 20th century, and over of track in seven states befor ...

management the line was known as the Gettysburg Subdivision, extending a distance of between

and Gettysburg.Chicago and North Western Transportation Company System Timetable No. 3, August 1, 1977. page 3.

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*: Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Rail infrastructure in South Dakota {{SouthDakota-transport-stub