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Railroads in Kansas
M. P. (Missouri Pacific Railroad) (?-1930)
Miscellaneous Missouri Pacific Places
How do these connect if at all?
Elsmore (Elsinore)--Allen County
Kimball (Dalton)--Neosho County
Norwich--Kingman County
Route:
Missouri Pacific Railway--Main Line
Missouri
St. Louis,
Holden,
Kansas
Wyandotte County
Kansas City,
Atchison County
Atchison (terminal)(Nebraska extension --> Omaha, NE)
(--> St. Joseph, MO)
Route:
Missouri Pacific Railroad--Main Line
Miami County
Louisburgh,
Somerset,
Paola Junction (junction Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway [leased line]),
Osawatomie,
Franklin County
Rantoul,
Larimore,
Ottawa,
Osage County
Morris County
Council Grove,
Kelso,
Rice County
Bushton,
Barton County
Hoisington,
Greeley County
Horace,
Colorado
Pueblo,
Route:
Missouri Pacific Railroad--Main Line (St. Louis, Kansas and Arizona Division)
Southern Kansas and Central Division
Missouri
Holden,
Kansas
Miami County
Louisburgh,
Somerset,
Paola Junction (junction Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway [leased line]),
Osawatomie (--> Ottawa Branch),
Amo,
Franklin County
Lane,
Anderson County
Greeley,
Hecla,
(crosses the A.T.S.F. R.R.),
Garnett,
Kincaid,
Coffey County
Leroy Junction (Kansas and Arizona Division terminal)
(junction Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway [leased line]),
Woodson County
Wilson County
Roper,
Montgomery
Coffeyville-->Little Rock AR,
Route:
Missouri Pacific Railroad--Central Branch
Union Pacific Railway--Central Branch [leased line]
Kansas Central Railroad
Leavenworth County
Leavenworth (junction),
Salt Creek,
Numis Station?,
Pleasant Ridge,
Easton,
Jefferson County
Winchester,
Valley Falls,
Half Mound Station,
Atchison County
Arrington,
Larkin,
Jackson County
Darwin?,
Elk Station,
Holton,
Circleville,
Soldier City,
Pottawatomie County
Havensville,
Havens,
Savannah,
Onaga,
Blaine,
Fostoria,
Olesburgh (Olsburg),
Garrison,
Route:
Missouri Pacific Railroad--Central Branch
Union Pacific Railway--Central Branch [leased line]
Wyandotte County
Kansas City,
Nearman Station,
Nearman,
Pomeroy,
Connor's Station,
Leavenworth County
Ross,
Delaware City,
Lansing (Petersburg)(junction with Union Pacific Kansas Division-->Lawrence),
Leavenworth (junction),
Fort Leavenworth,
Kickapoo City,
Atchison County
Oak Mills,
Point William,
Dalby,
Atchison,
Parnell,
Farmington,
Monrovia,
Effingham,
Muscotah
Jackson County
Whiting, Netawaka
Nemaha County
Wetmore, Goff, Corning, Centralia
Marshall County
Vermillion, Frankfort, Barrett, Elizabeth, Irving, Blue Rapids,
(junction Marysville and Blue Valley R.R), Waterville
Washington County
Barnes,
Greenleaf --> Washington,
Linn,
Palmer,
Day,
Clifton (Vining),
Cloud County
Clyde,
Concordia,
Yuma --> (Republic Co),
Jamestown --> Burr Oak (Jewell Co),
Mitchell County
Scottsville,
Danville,
Beloit,
Glen Elder,
Cawker City,
Osborne County
Downs --> Bull's City,
New Arcadia,
Bethany (Portis),
Smith County
Harlan,
Gaylord,
Phillips County
Kirwin,
Glade,
Speed,
Logan,
Norton County
Densmore,
Edmond,
Lenora,
The Kansas Heritage Server would like to thank
cliff satterfield (cliffs@major.cei.net)
for providing this information.
Route:
Union Pacific Railroad-Kansas Division
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Leavenworth County
Leavenworth,
via Missouri Pacific Railroad,
Lansing (Petersburg)(junction with Missouri Pacific Railroad-->Kansas City),
Fairmount,
Spring Valley P.O.?,
Hoge,
Big Stranger,
Moore's Summit (Summit),
Tonganoxie,
Reno,
Douglas County
(junction with Kansas Pacific-->Kansas City),
Lawrence
Route:
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Denver, Memphis and Atlanta Railroad
Conway Springs Subdivision
Colorado
Denver,
Kansas
Sumner County
Conway Springs,
Cowley County
Dexter-->Arkansas City,
Chautauqua County
Cedar Vale,
Sedan,
(Cana Valley Air Line-->Elk City, west of Peru),
Peru,
Niotaze (crossed the Chicago, Kansas and Western near Niotaze),
Montgomery County
Coffeyville,
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
I must however defend the position that the "MoPac" played a major part in
Kansas railroading. Perhaps they had more trackage and trains than either
the Union Pacific or the ATSF and certainly more than the CRIP, SLSF or Katy
in the state of Kansas.
Between 1948 and 1979 I worked various places on the MoPac and would like to
point out that the MP in Ks had some of the most talented railroaders on the
entire MoPac system. Their safety records were among the best in the nation.
Many hundreds of men and women made up several hundred miles of the Kansas
railroad net stretching from Kansas City across KS to Pueblo, Colo and branch
lines into Topeka, Salina, Hutchinson, Wichita and many other towns. They
also had branch lines across most parts of northern Kansas.
There were several crew change stations on their main line which includes
some historical points of interest, such as Osawatomie, Council Grove,
Hoisington and Horace.
I worked in Kansas for only 2 or 3 years but learned to know and respect
many of the MP people that made up the different railroad divisions that
spanned the state.
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