List of Kansas Railroads

Railroad Name Start Date End Date
Anthony and Northern Railway 1912 1919
Arkansas River and Western Railroad 1885 1886
Arkansas, Kansas and Colorado Railway 1887 1888
Atchison Union Depot and Railroad Company 1878 1968
Atchison and Denver Railway 1878 1879
Atchison and Eastern Bridge Company 1898 Unknown
Atchison and Nebraska City Railroad 1865 1869
Atchison and Nebraska Railroad 1869 1908
Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad 1859 1867
Atchison and Topeka Railroad 1859 1863
Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad 1879 1898
Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railway 1898 1899
Atchison, Jewell County and Western Railroad 1879 1898
Atchison, Jewell County and Western Railway 1898 1899
Atchison, Republican Valley and Pacific Railway 1878 1879
Atchison, Solomon Valley and Denver Railway 1877 1879
Atchison, St. Joseph and Northern Railroad 1879 1886
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 1863 1895
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1890 1996
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad 1865 1897
Barton County and Santa Fe Railway 1917 1942
Beaver Valley Railroad 1887 1941
Blue Valley Railway 1886 1887
Burlingame and Northwestern Railway 1898 1899
Burlington, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad 1886 1886
Central Branch Railway 1899 1909
Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad 1867 1898
Central Branch Union Pacific Railway 1898 1899
Cherokee and Memphis Railroad 1882 1882
Chicago Great Western Railroad 1909 1941
Chicago Great Western Railway 1892 1909
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 1855 1970
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway 1901 1907
Chicago, Caldwell and Southern Railway 1886 1887
Chicago, Iowa and Kansas Railroad 1883 1884
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway 1886 1891
Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad 1886 1901
Chicago, Kansas and Western Railway 1885 1886
Chicago, Nebraska and Kansas Railroad 1884 1908
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1866 1916
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway 1880 1948
Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway 1886 1893
Choctaw Northern Railroad 1901 1902
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad 1894 1948
City Terminal Railway 1899 1905
Colony, Neosho Falls and Western Railroad 1885 1886
Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad 1913 1917
Council Grove, Osage City and Ottawa Railway 1886 1891
Council Grove, Smoky Valley and Western Railway 1886 1891
Cowley, Sumner and Fort Smith Railroad 1878 1882
Crawford County Railroad 1884 1884
Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad 1902 1907
Denver, Kansas and Gulf Railroad 1905 1905
Denver, Kansas and Gulf Railway 1905 1907
Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Narrow Gauge Railway 1883 1884
Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Railway 1884 1891
Dodge City and Cimarron Valley Railway 1911 Unknown
Dodge City, Montezuma and Trinidad Railway 1887 1893
Eastern Oklahoma Railway 1899 1907
Edgewater Connecting Railway 1906 1923
Elk and Chatauqua Railroad 1878 1882
Ellsworth, McPherson, Newton and Southeastern Railway 1884 1885
Emporia and Eldorado Short Line Railroad 1885 1886
Florence, El Dorado and Walnut Valley Railroad 1877 1901
Fort Leavenworth Railroad 1871 1889
Fort Scott Belt Terminal Railway 1889 1891
Fort Scott Central Railway 1891 1909
Fort Scott and Allen County Railroad 1870 1871
Fort Scott and Carthage Railroad 1881 1882
Fort Scott and Eastern Railway 1889 1891
Fort Scott and Southern Railway 1889 1891
Fort Scott, Humboldt and Pacific Railway 1871 1871
Fort Scott, Humboldt and Western Railway 1871 1875
Fort Scott, Iola and Western Railway 1901 1902
Fort Scott, South Eastern and Memphis Railroad 1874 1888
Fort Scott, South Eastern and Memphis Railway 1874 1888
Fort Scott, Wichita and Western Railway 1887 1891
Galena, Frontenac and Northern Railway Unknown 1908
Garden City, Gulf and Northern Railroad 1907 Unknown
Grouse Creek Railway 1887 1891
Gueda Springs, Caldwell and Western Railroad 1885 1886
Harper and Western Railroad 1884 1885
Harvey County Railroad 1880 1882
Hutchinson and Northern Railway 1912 2006
Hutchinson and Southern Railroad 1889 1898
Hutchinson and Southern Railway 1897 1899
Hutchinson, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway 1889 1889
Independence and Southwestern Railroad 1885 1886
Inter-State Railroad 1885 1890
Interstate Railway 1890 1891
Joplin Railroad 1874 1882
Joplin Railway 1882 1882
Joplin and Galena Railway 1880 1882
Junction City and Fort Kearney Railway 1871 1899
Kanopolis and Kansas Central Railway 1886 1909
Kansas Central Railroad 1879 1897
Kansas Central Railway 1871 1879
Kansas City Belt Railroad 1885 1886
Kansas City Belt Railway 1882 1910
Kansas City Connecting Railroad 1914 1983
Kansas City Connecting Railway Unknown 1915
Kansas City Northwestern Railroad 1893 1919
Kansas City Outer Belt and Electric Railroad Company 1902 1922
Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad 1887 1902
Kansas City and Emporia Railroad 1880 1885
Kansas City and Olathe Railroad 1881 1883
Kansas City and Pacific Railroad 1886 1899
Kansas City and Santa Fe Railroad 1879 1879
Kansas City and Santa Fe Railroad and Telegraph Company 1868 1879
Kansas City and Southwestern Railroad 1884 1897
Kansas City and Southwestern Railway 1884 1909
Kansas City and Topeka Railway 1887 1889
Kansas City, Burlington and Santa Fe Railway 1870 1881
Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway 1885 1928
Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railroad 1877 1882
Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railway 1882 1901
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad 1879 1888
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad 1888 1901
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway 1901 1928
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad 1888 1888
Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad 1880 1883
Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad 1879 1880
Kansas City, Lawrence and Wichita Railroad 1889 1894
Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway 1880 1880
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad 1914 1925
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway 1900 1914
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad 1893 1900
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Western Railroad 1892 1894
Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad 1875 1899
Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railroad 1887 1894
Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railway 1885 1887
Kansas Midland Railroad 1873 1900
Kansas Midland Railway 1886 1900
Kansas Pacific Railway 1869 1880
Kansas Southern Railroad 1883 1884
Kansas Southern Railway 1884 1885
Kansas Southern and Gulf Railroad 1904 1914
Kansas Southwestern Railroad 1898 1901
Kansas Southwestern Railway 1886 1985
Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railroad 1888 1890
Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway 1885 1909
Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway 1891 1909
Kansas and Colorado Railroad 1883 1891
Kansas and Missouri Railroad 1882 1888
Kansas and Nebraska Railway of Kansas 1876 1877
Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad 1865 1868
Kansas and Oklahoma Railway 1919 1931
Kansas and Southeastern Railroad 1897 1899
Kansas and Southern Railway 1899 1904
Kansas and Southwestern Railway 1879 1880
Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota Railway 1885 1891
Kansas, Oklahoma Central and South-western Railway 1893 1900
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway 1897 1970
Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas Railway 1885 1886
Kansas 1908 1911
Kingman, Pratt and Western Railroad 1885 1889
Kiowa, Chickasha, and Fort Smith Railway 1899 1904
Kiowa, Hardtner and Pacific Railroad 1908 2002
Labette and Sedalia Railway 1870 1870
Lawrence and Carbondale Railway 1871 1873
Lawrence and Emporia Railway 1881 1894
Lawrence and Galveston Railroad 1879 1879
Lawrence and Topeka Railroad 1868 1875
Lawrence, Emporia and Southwestern Railway 1887 1894
Leavenworth Depot and Railroad Company 1885 1968
Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company 1892 1940
Leavenworth and Olathe Railroad 1886 1887
Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge Company 1888 1892
Leavenworth and Topeka Railroad 1918 1931
Leavenworth and Topeka Railway 1899 1918
Leavenworth, Atchison and North Western Railroad 1867 1880
Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway 1897 1908
Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad 1858 1866
Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad 1866 1878
Leavenworth, Northern and Southern Railway 1885 1899
Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad 1855 1863
Leavenworth, Topeka and South Western Railway 1879 1899
Leroy and Caney Valley Air Line Railroad 1885 1909
Leroy and Western Railway 1885 1886
Lincoln and Colorado Railway 1887 1888
Manhattan and Blue Valley Railroad 1879 1886
Manhattan and Northwestern Railroad 1871 1879
Manhattan, Alma and Burlingame Railway 1872 1898
Marion Belt and Chingawasa Springs Railroad 1889 1893
Marion and McPherson Extension Railroad 1878 1882
Marion and McPherson Railroad 1877 1882
Marion and McPherson Railway 1882 1901
Marysville and Blue Valley Railroad 1879 1886
Marysville or Palmetto and Roseport Railroad 1857 1862
McPherson, Texas and Gulf Railroad 1887 1889
Memphis and Ellsworth Narrow Gauge Railroad 1876 1878
Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad 1871 1877
Memphis, Kansas and Colorado Railroad 1877 1888
Miami Mineral Belt Railroad 1917 1950
Midland Valley Railroad 1903 1967
Missouri Pacific Railroad 1917 1997
Missouri Pacific Railway 1876 1917
Missouri Pacific Railway in Kansas 1885 1891
Missouri Pacific Railway of Kansas 1881 1882
Missouri River Railroad 1865 1880
Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad 1868 1879
Missouri and Western Railway 1875 1879
Missouri, Kansas and Northwestern Railroad 1900 1902
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad 1870 1870
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway 1870 1923
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad 1910 1927
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway 1904 1919
Montgomery County Railway 1903 1903
Nebraska, Topeka, Iola and Memphis Railroad 1881 1884
Neosho Valley and Holden Railway 1870 1870
Nevada and Minden Railway of Kansas 1885 1909
Northeast Oklahoma Railroad 1919 1967
Northern Kansas Railroad 1866 1866
Oakley and Colby Railway 1885 1888
Omaha and Republican Valley Railway 1886 1898
Omaha, Abilene and Wichita Railway 1885 1886
Oswego and State Line Railroad 1875 1875
Ottawa and Burlington Railroad 1881 1883
Ottawa, Osage City and Council Grove Railroad 1883 1886
Pacific Railroad 1849 1876
Pacific Railway in Kansas 1887 1887
Pacific Railway in Nebraska 1887 1910
Parsons and Pacific Railroad 1885 1887
Pawnee Valley and Denver Railroad 1885 1886
Pittsburg and Columbus Railway 1886 1926
Pittsburg, Fort Smith and Southern Railroad 1892 1894
Pleasant Hill and De Soto Railroad 1877 1885
Republican Valley Railroad 1878 1888
Republican Valley Railway 1876 1879
Republican Valley, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad 1886 1908
Rich Hill Railroad 1880 1888
Rooks County Railroad 1885 1909
Salina Northern Railroad 1914 1924
Salina and South Western Railway 1880 1900
Salina and Southwestern Railway 1878 1880
Salina, Lincoln and Western Railway 1885 1888
Salina, Sterling and El Paso Railroad 1883 1891
Scott City Northern Railroad 1910 1913
Short Creek and Joplin Railroad 1879 1888
Solomon Railroad 1877 1900
Southern Kansas Railroad 1871 1879
Southern Kansas Railway 1883 1899
Southern Kansas and Panhandle Railroad 1886 1890
Southern Kansas and Western Railroad 1879 1880
Southwestern Mineral Railway 1894 1894
St. Joseph Bridge Building Company 1870 1885
St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad 1862 1876
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad 1885 1897
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway 1897 1936
St. Joseph and Marysville Railroad 1885 1885
St. Joseph and Pacific Railroad 1876 1877
St. Joseph and Topeka Railroad 1857 1878
St. Joseph and Western Railroad 1877 1885
St. Joseph, Hanover and Western Railway 1896 1897
St. Louis and Emporia Railroad 1881 1890
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad 1896 1916
St. Louis and San Francisco Railway 1876 1896
St. Louis 1916 1980
St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad 1880 1887
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway 1874 1917
St. Louis, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad 1886 1899
St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad 1865 1874
St. Louis, Lawrence and Western Railroad 1874 1877
St. Louis, Wichita and Western Railway 1879 1882
State Line, Oswego and Southern Kansas Railway 1872 1872
Sumner County Railroad 1880 1880
Topeka and Northwestern Railroad 1904 1908
Topeka, Salina and Western Railroad 1880 1891
Union Pacific Railway 1880 1898
Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division 1863 1869
Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch 1865 1870
Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado Railway 1888 1898
Union Terminal Railroad 1891 1902
Verdigris Valley, Independence and Western Railroad 1885 1891
Walnut Valley and Colorado Railroad 1885 1886
Waterville and Washington Railroad 1876 1879
Watonga and Northwestern Railroad 1900 1901
Westmoreland Interurban Railroad 1914 1918
Wichita Northwestern Railway 1919 1941
Wichita and Colorado Railway 1885 1891
Wichita and Midland Valley Railroad 1911 1929
Wichita and Southwestern Railroad 1871 1882
Wichita and Southwestern Railway 1882 1901
Wichita and Western Railroad 1883 1889
Wichita and Western Railway 1889 1898
Wichita, McPherson and Gulf Railroad 1910 1911