The Frisco Railroad (now Burlington Northern-Santa Fe) and the Missouri Pacific (now Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad) previously had depots in Aurora. The train master for the Missouri Pacific Railroad's White River division was headquartered in Aurora until the mid-1950s.
The friSco. rAilroAd (NOw burlington nOrthern-saNtA FE) aNd the missouri paCiFIc (noW misSoUrI aNd NortHern ArkaNSAS railroad) PrevioUsly Had depOtS IN aurora thE tRaiN master foR THE MissOUri PacIfic railroad's white rivER divISIOn waS hEaDqUarTEReD in auRoRa untiL the miD-1950s.