Railroads in Kansas

Railroad Development in Kansas, pre 1878-1890

Kansas Railroad List

• St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad S.L.&S.F. (1853-1890)
  (St. Louis, Wichita and Western Railroad)
  (Wichita and South Western Railroad)
  (Thirty-Fifth Parallel Project)
• Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad A.T.&S.F. (1859-1880)
• Elwood and Marysville Railroad (1860-?)
• Kansas Pacific Railroad K.P. (1863-1870)
  (Union Pacific-Eastern Division)
• Katy Railroad (1868-1888)
  M.K.T. (Missouri-Kansas-Texas)
  (Union Pacific-Southern Branch)
• 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)
• Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad
  Missouri River, Ft. Scott and Gulf
• Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad
  Union Pacific, Central Branch
• Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad
  Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston
• Northern Kansas Railroad
  St. Joseph and Denver City
• Atchison and Nebraska Railroad
• Kansas City St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad
  Council Bluffs and Q/BN
• Missouri Valley Railroad
  Midland Valley
• Lawrence, Topeka, and Sante Fe Railroad
• Lawrence Southwestern Railroad
• Kansas City and Santa Fe Railroad

SOURCES:

Masterson, Vincent Victor. THE KATY RAILROAD AND THE LAST FRONTIER. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 1952

Socolofsky, Homer E. and Self, Huber. Historical Atlas of Kansas. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1988