The KO is a subsidiary of Watco, which took over the operations of the Central Kansas Railway (CKRY) on June 29, 2001. The CKRY property (which by this time included the merged Kansas Southwestern Railway) was purchased from OmniTRAX and named the Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad.
The KO consists of trackage radiating north and west from their headquarters at Wichita, Kansas. Most of this trackage was originally operated by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, although a few segments were originally operated by the Missouri Pacific.
The tracks Kansas & Oklahoma RR operate on also includes portions of the former Missouri Pacific Kansas City to Pueblo main line in Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado.
KO owns 820 miles (1,320 km) of track, and another 84 miles (135 km) is accounted for in trackage rights.[1]
Subdivisionsedit
As of July 2023,[update] the K&O consists of the following subdivisions:[2]
kansas, oklahoma, railroad, reporting, mark, shortline, railroad, operating, midwestern, united, states, railroad, locomotive, ness, city, kansasoverviewparent, companywatcoheadquarterswichita, kansasreporting, markkolocalekansas, extending, into, coloradodate. The Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad reporting mark KO is a shortline railroad operating in the Midwestern United States Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad K amp O K amp O Railroad locomotive at Ness City KansasOverviewParent companyWatcoHeadquartersWichita KansasReporting markKOLocaleKansas extending into ColoradoDates of operation2001 presentPredecessorCentral Kansas RailwayTechnicalTrack gauge4 ft 8 1 2 in 1 435 mm standard gaugeLength820 miles 1 320 kilometres It is entirely located in Kansas and despite its name owns no trackage in Oklahoma Contents 1 Overview 2 Subdivisions 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksOverview editThe KO is a subsidiary of Watco which took over the operations of the Central Kansas Railway CKRY on June 29 2001 The CKRY property which by this time included the merged Kansas Southwestern Railway was purchased from OmniTRAX and named the Kansas amp Oklahoma Railroad The KO consists of trackage radiating north and west from their headquarters at Wichita Kansas Most of this trackage was originally operated by the Atchison Topeka amp Santa Fe although a few segments were originally operated by the Missouri Pacific The tracks Kansas amp Oklahoma RR operate on also includes portions of the former Missouri Pacific Kansas City to Pueblo main line in Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado KO owns 820 miles 1 320 km of track and another 84 miles 135 km is accounted for in trackage rights 1 Subdivisions editAs of July 2023 update the K amp O consists of the following subdivisions 2 Hutchinson Subdivision Wichita Kansas to Hutchinson Kansas Conway Springs Subdivision Wichita Kansas to Kingman Kansas via Conway Springs Kansas Kingman Subdivision Garden Plain Kansas to Pratt Kansas Isabel Subdivision Coats Kansas to Graham Kansas Great Bend Subdivision Hutchinson Kansas to Larned Kansas Geneseo Subdivision Sterling Kansas to Geneseo Kansas Scott City Subdivision Great Bend Kansas to Scott City Kansas Hoisington Subdivision Geneseo Kansas to McCracken Kansas and Healy Kansas to Towner Colorado Salina Subdivision Salina Kansas to Osborne Kansas McPherson Subdivision McPherson Kansas to Conway Kansas Newton Subdivision Newton Kansas to McPherson Kansas Colorado Pacific RR Towner Pueblo CO See also editMarion and McPherson Railroad Defunct railroad of which K amp O currently uses the parts that have not been abandonedReferences edit Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad KO Watco Archived from the original on 2016 04 28 Retrieved 2016 04 18 Kansas amp Oklahoma Railroad www trainweb org External links editWatco page on the KO Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad map Current Kansas Railroad Map nbsp This United States railway company related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad amp oldid 1175377433, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
