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OL&B was organized in 1903 as an interurban railroad to connect Lincoln to Omaha to the northeast and with Beatrice to the south. Although it carried over 378,000 passengers in Lincoln in 1905, its first year of operation, its efforts to link the three cities failed. The Lincoln system continued to serve as a carrier, but passenger service was eventually discontinued in 1928.
NEBCO purchased OL&B in 1929 to haul freight between University Place and 14th and X Streets. Interchange tracks with other rail lines were built in the vicinity of 17 & Holdredge Streets. Today, the OL&B is a Class III switching railroad that interchanges cars from the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroads to industries such as Ag Processing, Inc., ADM Farmland, Snyder industries, Lincoln Lumber Company and Ready Mix Concrete Company.
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