List of Kansas railroads#References

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Kansas.

Common freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Private

Defunct railroads

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During World War II, less popular routes were reclaimed by the war effort for the metal rails, because of a shortage of materials during those years.

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!Name

!Mark

!SystemThis is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

!From

!To

!Successor

!Notes

Anthony and Northern Railway

|AN&N

|

|1912

|1919

|Wichita Northwestern Railway

Arkansas, Kansas and Colorado Railway

|

|RI

|1887

|1888

|Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway

Arkansas River and Western Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1885

|1886

|Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad

Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad

|

|MP

|1879

|1898

|Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railway

Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railway

|

|MP

|1898

|1899

|Central Branch Railway

Atchison and Denver Railway

|

|MP

|1878

|1879

|Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad

Atchison and Eastern Bridge Company

|

|

|1898

|

|

Atchison, Jewell County and Western Railroad

|

|MP

|1879

|1898

|Atchison, Jewell County and Western Railway

Atchison, Jewell County and Western Railway

|

|MP

|1898

|1899

|Central Branch Railway

Atchison and Nebraska Railroad

|

|CB&Q

|1869

|1908

|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

Atchison and Nebraska City Railroad

|

|CB&Q

|1865

|1869

|Atchison and Nebraska Railroad

Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad

|

|MP

|1859

|1867

|Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad

Atchison, Republican Valley and Pacific Railway

|

|MP

|1878

|1879

|Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad

Atchison, St. Joseph and Northern Railroad

|

|RI

|1879

|1886

|Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway

Atchison, Solomon Valley and Denver Railway

|

|MP

|1877

|1879

|Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad

Atchison and Topeka Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1859

|1863

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1863

|1895

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

|ATSF

|ATSF

|1895

|1996

|Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway

Atchison Union Depot and Railroad Company

|

|ATSF/ CB&Q/ MP/ RI

|1878

|1968

|N/A

Atlantic and Pacific Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1872

|1875

|N/A

|Leased the Pacific Railroad

Baldwin City & Southern Railroad

|

|

|2019

|2023

|

Ottawa Northern Railroad

|

Barton County and Santa Fe Railway

|

|ATSF

|1917

|1942

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Beaver Valley Railroad

|

|CB&Q

|1887

|1908

|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

Blackwell and Northern Railway

|BNR

|

|2000

|2006

|Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad

Blue Valley Railway

|

|UP

|1886

|1887

|Omaha and Republican Valley Railway

Burlingame and Northwestern Railway

|

|ATSF

|1898

|1899

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Burlington, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad

|

|CB&Q

|1886

|1886

|Republican Valley, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad

Burlington Northern Inc.

|BN

|

|1970

|1981

|Burlington Northern Railroad

Burlington Northern Railroad

|BN

|

|1981

|1996

|Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway

Cadillac and Lake City Railway

|CLK

|

|1981

|1984

|Kyle Railroad

Central Branch Railway

|

|MP

|1899

|1909

|Missouri Pacific Railway

Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad

|

|MP

|1867

|1898

|Central Branch Union Pacific Railway

Central Branch Union Pacific Railway

|

|MP

|1898

|1899

|Central Branch Railway

Central Kansas Railway

|CKRY

|

|1993

|2001

|Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad

Cherokee and Memphis Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1882

|1882

|Kansas and Missouri Railroad

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

|CB&Q

|CB&Q

|1880

|1970

|Burlington Northern Inc.

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway

|

|CB&Q

|1901

|1907

|N/A

|Leased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

Chicago, Caldwell and Southern Railway

|

|RI

|1886

|1887

|Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway

Chicago Great Western Railroad

|CGW

|CGW

|1909

|1941

|Chicago Great Western Railway

Chicago Great Western Railway

|CGW

|CGW

|1940

|1968

|Chicago and North Western Railway

Chicago Great Western Railway

|

|CGW

|1892

|1909

|Chicago Great Western Railroad

Chicago, Iowa and Kansas Railroad

|

|CB&Q

|1883

|1884

|Chicago, Nebraska and Kansas Railroad

Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway

|

|RI

|1886

|1891

|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway

Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1886

|1901

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Chicago, Kansas and Western Railway

|

|ATSF

|1885

|1886

|Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad

Chicago, Nebraska and Kansas Railroad

|

|CB&Q

|1884

|1908

|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

Chicago and North Western Railway

|CNW

|CNW

|1968

|1972

|Chicago and North Western Transportation Company

Chicago and North Western Transportation Company

|CNW

|CNW

|1972

|1986

|N/A

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad

|

|RI

|1947

|1980

|Cadillac and Lake City Railway, Kyle Railroad, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Wabash Valley Railroad

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad

|RI, ROCK

|RI

|1878

|1880

|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway

|RI

|RI

|1880

|1948

|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad

Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway

|

|CGW

|1891

|1893

|Chicago Great Western Railway

Choctaw Northern Railroad

|

|RI

|1901

|1902

|Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad

Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad

|

|RI

|1902

|1936

|N/A

City Terminal Railway

|

|CGW

|1900

|1905

|Chicago Great Western Railway

Colony, Neosho Falls and Western Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1885

|1886

|Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad

Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad

|

|

|1913

|1917

|N/A

Council Grove, Osage City and Ottawa Railway

|

|MP

|1886

|1891

|Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway

Council Grove, Smoky Valley and Western Railway

|

|MP

|1886

|1891

|Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway

Cowley, Sumner and Fort Smith Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1878

|1882

|Wichita and Southwestern Railway

Crawford County Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1884

|1884

|Kansas Southern Railway

Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1907

|1907

|Eastern Oklahoma Railway

Denver, Kansas and Gulf Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1905

|1905

|Denver, Kansas and Gulf Railway

Denver, Kansas and Gulf Railway

|

|ATSF

|1905

|1907

|Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad

Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Railway

|

|MP

|1884

|1891

|Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway

Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Narrow Gauge Railway

|

|MP

|1883

|1884

|Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Railway

Dodge City and Cimarron Valley Railway

|

|ATSF

|1911

|

|

|Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the BNSF Railway

Dodge City, Ford and Bucklin Railroad

|DCFB

|

|1989

|2000

|Boot Hill and Western Railway

Dodge City, Montezuma and Trinidad Railway

|

|RI

|1887

|1893

|N/A

Eastern Oklahoma Railway

|

|ATSF

|1899

|1907

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Edgewater Connecting Railway

|

|MP

|1906

|1923

|Missouri Pacific Railroad

Eldorado and Santa Fe Railway

|

|ATSF

|1922

|1942

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Elk and Chatauqua Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1878

|1882

|Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railway

Ellsworth, McPherson, Newton and Southeastern Railway

|

|MP

|1884

|1885

|St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad

Emporia and Eldorado Short Line Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1885

|1886

|Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad

Florence, El Dorado and Walnut Valley Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1877

|1901

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

|

Florence, El Dorado, Augusta, Winfield, Arkansas City.

Fort Leavenworth Railroad

|

|RI

|1871

|1889

|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway

Fort Scott and Allen County Railroad

|

|MP

|1870

|1871

|Fort Scott, Humboldt and Western Railway

Fort Scott Belt Terminal Railway

|

|MP

|1889

|1891

|Fort Scott Central Railway

Fort Scott and Carthage Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1881

|1882

|Kansas and Missouri Railroad

Fort Scott Central Railway

|

|MP

|1891

|1909

|Missouri Pacific Railway

Fort Scott and Eastern Railway

|

|MP

|1889

|1891

|Fort Scott Central Railway

Fort Scott, Humboldt and Pacific Railway

|

|MP

|1871

|1871

|Fort Scott, Humboldt and Western Railway

Fort Scott, Humboldt and Western Railway

|

|MP

|1871

|1875

|St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad

Fort Scott, Iola and Western Railway

|

|MKT

|1901

|1902

|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway

Fort Scott, South Eastern and Memphis Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1874

|1888

|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad

Fort Scott, South Eastern and Memphis Railway

|

|SLSF

|1874

|1888

|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad

Fort Scott and Southern Railway

|

|MP

|1889

|1891

|Fort Scott Central Railway

Fort Scott, Wichita and Western Railway

|

|MP

|1887

|1891

|Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway

Galena, Frontenac and Northern Railway

|

|ATSF

|

|1908

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Garden City, Gulf and Northern Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1907

|

|

Garden City Northern Railway

|

|

|1989

|1991

|Garden City Western Railway

Grouse Creek Railway

|

|MP

|1887

|1891

|Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway

Gueda Springs, Caldwell and Western Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1885

|1886

|St. Louis, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad

Harper and Western Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1884

|1885

|Southern Kansas Railway

Harvey County Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1880

|1882

|Wichita and Southwestern Railway

Hutchinson and Northern Railway

|HN

|

|1912

|2006

|V&S Railway

Hutchinson, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway

|

|ATSF

|1889

|1889

|Hutchinson and Southern Railroad

Hutchinson and Southern Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1889

|1898

|Hutchinson and Southern Railway

Hutchinson and Southern Railway

|

|ATSF

|1897

|1899

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Independence and Southwestern Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1885

|1886

|Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad

Inter-State Railroad

|

|MP

|1885

|1890

|Interstate Railway

Interstate Railway

|

|MP

|1890

|1891

|Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway

Joplin Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1875

|1882

|Joplin Railway

Joplin Railway

|

|SLSF

|1882

|1882

|St. Louis and San Francisco Railway

Joplin and Galena Railway

|

|SLSF

|1880

|1882

|Joplin Railway

Junction City and Fort Kearney Railway

|

|UP

|1871

|1899

|Union Pacific Railroad

Kanopolis and Kansas Central Railway

|

|MP

|1886

|1909

|Missouri Pacific Railway

Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railroad

|

|MP

|1888

|1890

|Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway

Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway

|

|MP

|1888

|1909

|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway

Kansas Central Railroad

|

|UP

|1879

|1897

|Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway

Kansas Central Railway

|

|UP

|1871

|1879

|Kansas Central Railroad

Kansas City Belt Railroad

|

|

|1885

|1886

|Kansas City Belt Railway

Kansas City Belt Railway

|

|

|1886

|1910

|Kansas City Terminal Railway

Kansas City, Burlington and Santa Fe Railway

|

|ATSF

|1870

|1881

|Ottawa and Burlington Railroad

Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway

|

|SLSF

|1885

|1928

|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway

Kansas City Connecting Railroad

|KCC

|

|1914

|1983

|N/A

Kansas City Connecting Railway

|

|

|

|1915

|Kansas City Connecting Railroad

Kansas City and Emporia Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1880

|1885

|Southern Kansas Railway

Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1877

|1882

|Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railway

Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railway

|

|ATSF

|1882

|1901

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1879

|1888

|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad

Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1888

|1901

|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway

Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway

|

|SLSF

|1901

|1928

|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway

Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1888

|1888

|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad

Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1879

|1880

|Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad

Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1880

|1883

|Southern Kansas Railway

Kansas City, Lawrence and Wichita Railroad

|

|UP

|1889

|1894

|N/A

|Leased the Lawrence and Emporia Railway

Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway

|

|MP

|1880

|1880

|Missouri Pacific Railway

Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1914

|1925

|Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway

Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway

|

|ATSF

|1925

|1941

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway

|

|ATSF

|1900

|1914

|Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad

Kansas City Northwestern Railroad

|

|

|1917

|1919

|Kansas City Northwestern Railway

Kansas City Northwestern Railroad

|

|MP

|1893

|1910

|Missouri Pacific Railway

Kansas City Northwestern Railway

|

|

|1925

|1925

|N/A

Kansas City and Olathe Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1881

|1883

|Southern Kansas Railway

Kansas City Outer Belt and Electric Railroad

|

|

|1902

|1922

|Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company

Kansas City and Pacific Railroad

|

|MKT

|1886

|1899

|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway

Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad

|

|KCS

|1893

|1900

|Kansas City Southern Railway

Kansas City, Pittsburg and Western Railroad

|

|KCS

|1892

|1894

|Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad

Kansas City and Santa Fe Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1879

|1879

|Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad

Kansas City and Santa Fe Railroad and Telegraph Company

|

|ATSF

|1868

|1879

|Kansas City and Santa Fe Railroad

Kansas City and Southwestern Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1884

|1897

|St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad

Kansas City and Southwestern Railway

|

|MP

|1884

|1909

|Missouri Pacific Railway

Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad

|

|KCS

|1895

|1902

|Kansas City Southern Railway

Kansas City and Topeka Railway

|

|RI

|1887

|1889

|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway

Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1875

|1899

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railroad

|

|MP

|1887

|1894

|Kansas City Northwestern Railroad

Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railway

|

|MP

|1885

|1887

|Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railroad

Kansas–Colorado Railroad

|

|

|1908

|1911

|Garden City Western Railway, Colorado-Kansas Railway

Kansas and Colorado Railroad

|

|MP

|1883

|1891

|Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway

Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway

|

|MP

|1891

|1909

|Missouri Pacific Railway

Kansas Midland Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1900

|1900

|St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad

Kansas Midland Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1873

|1875

|Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad

Kansas Midland Railway

|

|SLSF

|1886

|1900

|Kansas Midland Railroad

Kansas and Missouri Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1882

|1888

|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad

Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company

|KM

|KCS

|1922

|1992

|Kansas City Southern Railway

Kansas and Nebraska Railway of Kansas

|

|UP

|1876

|1877

|St. Joseph and Western Railroad

Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota Railway

|

|MP

|1885

|1891

|Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway

Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1865

|1868

|Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad

Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad

|

|

|1931

|1937

|N/A

Kansas and Oklahoma Railway

|

|

|1919

|1931

|Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad

Kansas, Oklahoma Central and South-western Railway

|

|ATSF

|1894

|1900

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway

|KOG

|MP

|1919

|1963

|Texas and Pacific Railway

Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas Railway

|

|ATSF

|1885

|1886

|Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad

Kansas Pacific Railway

|

|UP

|1869

|1880

|Union Pacific Railway

Kansas and Southeastern Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1897

|1899

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Kansas Southern Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1883

|1884

|Kansas Southern Railway

Kansas Southern Railway

|

|

|2000

|2002

|N/A

|Operated the V&S Railway

Kansas Southern Railway

|

|ATSF

|1884

|1885

|Southern Kansas Railway

Kansas and Southern Railway

|

|

|1899

|1904

|Kansas Southern and Gulf Railroad

Kansas Southern and Gulf Railroad

|

|

|1904

|1914

|Westmoreland Interurban Railroad

Kansas Southwestern Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1898

|1901

|Kansas Southwestern Railway

|successor not to be confused with the 1991 Kansas Southwestern Railway

Kansas Southwestern Railway

|KSW

|

|1991

|2000

|Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad

Kansas Southwestern Railway

|

|ATSF

|1901

|1985

|N/A

|not to be confused with the 1991 Kansas Southwestern Railway

Kansas Southwestern Railway

|

|MP

|1886

|1909

|Missouri Pacific Railway

|not to be confused with the 1991 Kansas Southwestern Railway

Kansas and Southwestern Railway

|

|UP

|1879

|1880

|Salina and South Western Railway

Kingman, Pratt and Western Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1885

|1889

|Wichita and Western Railway

Kiowa, Chickasha, and Fort Smith Railway

|

|ATSF

|1899

|1904

|Eastern Oklahoma Railway

Kiowa, Hardtner and Pacific Railroad

|

|MP

|1908

|2002

|N/A

Labette and Sedalia Railway

|

|MKT

|1870

|1870

|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad

Lawrence and Carbondale Railway

|

|UP

|1871

|1873

|St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad

Lawrence and Emporia Railway

|

|UP

|1881

|1894

|N/A

Lawrence, Emporia and Southwestern Railway

|

|UP

|1887

|1894

|N/A

|Leased the Lawrence and Emporia Railway

Lawrence and Galveston Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1879

|1879

|Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad

Lawrence and Topeka Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1868

|1875

|Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad

Leavenworth, Atchison and North Western Railroad

|

|MP

|1867

|1880

|Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway

Leavenworth Depot and Railroad Company

|

|ATSF/ MP/ RI/ UP

|1885

|1968

|N/A

Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway

|

|UP

|1897

|1908

|Union Pacific Railroad

Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1858

|1866

|Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad

Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1866

|1878

|Lawrence and Galveston Railroad

Leavenworth, Northern and Southern Railway

|

|ATSF

|1885

|1899

|Atchison, Topeka and Western Railway

Leavenworth and Olathe Railroad

|

|MP

|1886

|1887

|Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railroad

Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad

|

|UP

|1855

|1863

|Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division

Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge Company

|

|CGW

|1888

|1892

|Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company

Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company

|

|CGW

|1892

|1940

|Chicago Great Western Railroad

Leavenworth and Topeka Railroad

|

|

|1918

|1931

|Leavenworth, Topeka and Western Railroad

Leavenworth and Topeka Railway

|

|ATSF/ UP

|1899

|1918

|Leavenworth and Topeka Railroad

Leavenworth, Topeka and South Western Railway

|

|ATSF/ UP

|1879

|1899

|Leavenworth and Topeka Railway

Leavenworth, Topeka and Western Railroad

|

|

|1931

|1932

|N/A

Leroy and Caney Valley Air Line Railroad

|

|MP

|1885

|1909

|Missouri Pacific Railway

Leroy and Western Railway

|

|ATSF

|1885

|1886

|Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad

Lincoln and Colorado Railway

|

|UP

|1887

|1888

|Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado Railway

Manhattan, Alma and Burlingame Railway

|

|ATSF

|1872

|1898

|Burlingame and Northwestern Railway

Manhattan and Blue Valley Railroad

|

|UP

|1879

|1886

|Blue Valley Railway

Manhattan and Northwestern Railroad

|

|UP

|1871

|1879

|Manhattan and Blue Valley Railroad

Marion Belt and Chingawasa Springs Railroad

|

|

|1889

|1893

|N/A

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Marion and McPherson Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1877

|1882

|Marion and McPherson Railroad

Marion and McPherson Railway

|

|ATSF

|1882

|1901

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

|Florence, Marion, McPherson, Lyons, Ellinwood.

Marion and McPherson Extension Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1878

|1882

|Marion and McPherson Railway

Marysville and Blue Valley Railroad

|

|UP

|1879

|1886

|Blue Valley Railway

Marysville or Palmetto and Roseport Railroad

|

|UP

|1857

|1862

|St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad

McPherson, Texas and Gulf Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1887

|1889

|Hutchinson and Southern Railroad

Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1872

|1875

|Missouri and Western Railway

Memphis and Ellsworth Narrow Gauge Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1876

|1878

|Memphis, Kansas and Colorado Railroad

Memphis, Kansas and Colorado Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1877

|1888

|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad

Miami Mineral Belt Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1917

|1950

|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway

Midland Railway

|

|

|1982

|2019

|Baldwin City & Southern Railroad

Midland Valley Railroad

|MV

|MP

|1903

|1967

|Texas and Pacific Railway

Missouri, Kansas and Northwestern Railroad

|

|MKT

|1900

|1902

|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway

Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad

|M-K-T, MKT

|MKT

|1923

|1989

|Missouri Pacific Railroad

Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad

|

|MKT

|1870

|1870

|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway

Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway

|MK&T

|MKT

|1870

|1923

|Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad

Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad

|

|MP

|1912

|1927

|Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway

Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway

|

|MP

|1912

|1919

|Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway

Missouri Pacific Railroad

|MP

|MP

|1917

|1997

|Union Pacific Railroad

Missouri Pacific Railway

|

|MP

|1876

|1917

|Kansas City Northwestern Railroad, Missouri Pacific Railroad

Missouri Pacific Railway in Kansas

|

|MP

|1885

|1891

|Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway

Missouri Pacific Railway of Kansas

|

|MP

|1881

|1882

|Missouri Pacific Railway

Missouri River Railroad

|

|MP

|1865

|1880

|Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway

Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1868

|1879

|Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Gulf Railroad

Missouri and Western Railway

|

|SLSF

|1875

|1879

|St. Louis and San Francisco Railway

Montgomery County Railway

|

|ATSF

|1903

|1903

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet

|

|

|1996

|2005

|Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway

Nebraska, Topeka, Iola and Memphis Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1881

|1884

|Crawford County Railroad

Neosho Valley and Holden Railway

|

|MKT

|1870

|1870

|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad

Nevada and Minden Railway of Kansas

|

|MP

|1885

|1909

|Missouri Pacific Railway

Northeast Oklahoma Railroad

|NEO

|SLSF

|1919

|1967

|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway

Northern Kansas Railroad

|

|UP

|1866

|1866

|St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad

Oakley and Colby Railway

|

|UP

|1885

|1888

|Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado Railway

Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad

|OKKT

|MKT

|1980

|1989

|Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad

Omaha, Abilene and Wichita Railway

|

|RI

|1885

|1886

|Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway

Omaha and Republican Valley Railway

|

|UP

|1887

|1898

|Union Pacific Railroad

Oswego and State Line Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1875

|1875

|Missouri and Western Railway

Ottawa and Burlington Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1881

|1883

|Southern Kansas Railway

Ottawa, Osage City and Council Grove Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1883

|1886

|Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad

Pacific Railroad

|

|MP

|1866

|1876

|Missouri Pacific Railway

Pacific Railway in Kansas

|

|MP

|1887

|1887

|Pacific Railway in Nebraska

Pacific Railway in Nebraska

|

|MP

|1887

|1910

|Missouri Pacific Railway

Parsons and Pacific Railroad

|

|MKT

|1885

|1887

|Kansas City and Pacific Railroad

Pawnee Valley and Denver Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1885

|1886

|Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad

Pittsburg and Columbus Railway

|

|SLSF

|1886

|1926

|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway

Pittsburg, Fort Smith and Southern Railroad

|

|KCS

|1892

|1894

|Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad

Pleasant Hill and De Soto Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1877

|1885

|Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway

Republican Valley Railroad

|

|CB&Q

|1878

|1888

|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

Republican Valley Railway

|

|MP

|1876

|1879

|Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad

Republican Valley, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad

|

|CB&Q

|1886

|1908

|Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

Rich Hill Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1880

|1888

|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad

Rooks County Railroad

|

|MP

|1885

|1909

|Missouri Pacific Railway

St. Joseph Bridge Building Company

|

|UP

|1870

|1885

|St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad

St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad

|

|UP

|1862

|1876

|Kansas and Nebraska Railway of Kansas, St. Joseph and Pacific Railroad

St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad

|

|UP

|1885

|1887

|St. Joseph, Hanover and Western Railway

St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway

|SJGI

|UP

|1897

|

|

St. Joseph, Hanover and Western Railway

|

|UP

|1896

|1897

|St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway

St. Joseph and Marysville Railroad

|

|UP

|1885

|1885

|St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad

St. Joseph and Pacific Railroad

|

|UP

|1876

|1877

|St. Joseph and Western Railroad

St. Joseph and Topeka Railroad

|

|

|1857

|1878

|N/A

St. Joseph and Western Railroad

|

|UP

|1877

|1885

|St. Joseph and Marysville Railroad

St. Louis and Emporia Railroad

|

|MP

|1881

|1890

|Interstate Railway

St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad

|

|MP

|1880

|1887

|Fort Scott, Wichita and Western Railway

St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway

|

|MP

|1888

|1917

|Missouri Pacific Railroad

St. Louis, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1886

|1899

|Kansas Southwestern Railroad

St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad

|

|ATSF, SLSF, UP

|1865

|1874

|St. Louis, Lawrence and Western Railroad

St. Louis, Lawrence and Western Railroad

|

|ATSF, SLSF, UP

|1874

|1877

|Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad, Lawrence, Emporia and Southwestern Railway, Pleasant Hill and De Soto Railroad

St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1896

|1915

|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway

St. Louis – San Francisco Railway

|SLSF

|SLSF

|1916

|1980

|Burlington Northern Inc.

St. Louis and San Francisco Railway

|

|SLSF

|1879

|1896

|St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad

St. Louis Southwestern Railway

|SSW

|SP

|1980

|1997

|Union Pacific Railroad

St. Louis, Wichita and Western Railway

|

|SLSF

|1879

|1882

|St. Louis and San Francisco Railway

Salina, Lincoln and Western Railway

|

|UP

|1885

|1888

|Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado Railway

Salina Northern Railroad

|SN

|ATSF

|1914

|1924

|Salina and Santa Fe Railway

Salina and Santa Fe Railway

|

|ATSF

|1924

|1942

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Salina and South Western Railway

|

|UP

|1880

|1900

|Union Pacific Railroad

Salina and Southwestern Railway

|

|UP

|1878

|1880

|Salina and South Western Railway

Salina, Sterling and El Paso Railroad

|

|MP

|1883

|1891

|Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway

Scott City Northern Railroad

|

|

|1910

|1913

|Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad

Short Creek and Joplin Railroad

|

|SLSF

|1879

|1888

|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad

Solomon Railroad

|

|UP

|1877

|1900

|Union Pacific Railroad

Southeast Kansas Railroad

|SEKR

|

|1987

|1999

|South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad

Southern Kansas Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1871

|1879

|Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad

Southern Kansas Railway

|

|ATSF

|1883

|1899

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Southern Kansas and Panhandle Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1886

|1890

|Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad

Southern Kansas and Western Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1879

|1880

|Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad

Southwestern Mineral Railway

|

|MKT

|1894

|1894

|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway

State Line, Oswego and Southern Kansas Railway

|

|SLSF

|1872

|1872

|Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad

Sumner County Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1880

|1880

|Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad

Texas and Pacific Railway

|

|MP

|1967

|1976

|Missouri Pacific Railroad

Topeka and Northwestern Railroad

|

|UP

|1904

|1908

|Union Pacific Railroad

Topeka, Salina and Western Railroad

|

|MP

|1880

|1891

|Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway

Union Pacific Railway

|

|UP

|1880

|1898

|Union Pacific Railroad

Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division

|

|UP

|1863

|1869

|Kansas Pacific Railway

Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch

|

|MKT

|1865

|1870

|Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad

Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado Railway

|

|UP

|1888

|1898

|Union Pacific Railroad

Union Terminal Railroad

|

|KCS

|1891

|1902

|Kansas City Southern Railway

Verdigris Valley, Independence and Western Railroad

|

|MP

|1885

|1891

|Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway

Wabash Valley Railroad

|WVRC

|

|1981

|1981

|Kyle Railroad

Walnut Valley and Colorado Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1885

|1886

|Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad

Waterville and Washington Railroad

|

|MP

|1876

|1879

|Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad

Watonga and Northwestern Railroad

|

|RI

|1900

|1901

|Choctaw and Northern Railroad

Westmoreland Interurban Railroad

|

|

|1914

|1918

|N/A

Wichita and Colorado Railway

|

|MP

|1885

|1891

|Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway

Wichita, McPherson and Gulf Railroad

|

|MP

|1910

|1911

|Wichita and Midland Valley Railroad

Wichita and Midland Valley Railroad

|

|MP

|1911

|1929

|Midland Valley Railroad

Wichita Northwestern Railway

|WNW

|

|1919

|1941

|N/A

Wichita and Southwestern Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1871

|1882

|Wichita and Southwestern Railway

Wichita and Southwestern Railway

|

|ATSF

|1882

|1901

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Wichita and Western Railroad

|

|ATSF

|1883

|1889

|Wichita and Western Railway

Wichita and Western Railway

|

|ATSF

|1889

|1898

|Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

;Electric

;Not completed

Notes

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References

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  • {{cite book|author=Hilton, George W.|title=American Narrow Gauge Railroads|publisher=Stanford University Press|location=Stanford, California|year=1990|isbn=0-8047-2369-9}}
  • [http://www.ksdot.org/burrail/rail/publications/rrmap01.pdf Kansas DOT railroad map] (PDF)
  • [https://cdm16884.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/search/searchterm/cb300-201/field/all/mode/all/conn/all/order/dated/ad/asc Kansas Board of Railroad Commissioners Annual Reports 1883-] KGI Online Library, State Library of Kansas

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