Railroads in Kansas (KS)

The Routes of Railroads through Kansas

• Railroad Development in Kansas, pre 1878-1890
• Early Railroad History in Kansas (Louis Reed)

• St. Joseph and Western Railroad S.J.W. (1860-1884)

(Palmetto and Roseport Railroad Company) (1860-1862)
(St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad) (1862-1877)
(Union Pacific Railway--St. Jo & Western Division)
• Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad A.T.&S.F. (1859-1880)
• Kansas City Southern Railroad K.C.S. (1890-????)

(Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf) (1890-1899)
(Kansas City, Emporia and Southern)
• Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad K.C.F.S.G (Border Tier Road) (1864-????)

(Kansas & Neosho Valley)
(Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf)
• Kansas Pacific Railroad K.P. (1863-1870)

(Union Pacific-Eastern Division)
(Union Pacific-Kansas Division)
• Katy Railroad (1868-1888)

M.K.T. (Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway)
(Union Pacific-Southern Branch)
(Missouri Pacific Railway)
• Missouri Pacific Railroad M.P. (1869?-1930)
• Rock Island Railroad (1886-1888)

C.R.I.&P. (Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific)
C.K.&N. (Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska)
S.P. (Southern Pacific)
• St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad S.L.&F.S. (1880-1887)

(St. Louis, Fort Scott, Wichita and North Western Railroad)
(Missouri Pacific Railroad)
• St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad S.L.&S.F.(Frisco) (1853-1890)

(St. Louis, San Francisco, Wichita and Western Railroad)
(Thirty-Fifth Parallel Project)
• Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad C.K.&W. (????-????)

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