A .H I S T 0 R Y 0 F Railroad C 0 N S T R U Ct I 0 N, Ownership Rnd Abandonment Within State the Kansas

A .H I S T 0 R Y 0 F RAILROAD C 0 N S T R U CT I 0 N, OWNERSHIP RND ABANDONMENT ' WITHIN THE STATE 0 F KANSAS KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION TOPEKA, KANSAS y\^ STATE LIBRARV OF KANSAS vswrjwA ft ft 4 3 5141 00190503 4 ft ft ft l ft P ft I N TRO DUC T ORY STATEM EN T 5 ft 5 ft ft ft This is a history of Kansas railroads, indicating the dates when railroad main lines and branch lines were placed 5 ft into operation and the dates when abandonments took place. Trackage rights mileages are shown to the ft extent it has been able to verify such agreements between railroads. It will be noted the railroads have ft ft been grouped under the eventual parent or operating road whenever possible. Lines with independent ft ownership are included with the grouping to which they will subsequently belong. ft 5 Sources of information for this study include the annual and biennial reports of the Kansas Board of Railroad ft Commissioners for the period January 1, 1883, through November 30, 1910, the first through the fourth report ft ft of the Kansas Public Utilities Commission for the period May 22, 1911, through November 30, 1918, the first ft annual report of the Court of Industrial Relations for the period December 1, 1918, through January 31, 1920, I ft 5 the sixth and seventh biennial reports of the Kansas Public Utilities Commission for the period March 23, 1921, ftk i 4 through June 30, 1924, the eighth through the eleventh biennial reports of the Kansas Public Service Com P ft mission for the period July 1, 1924, through June 30, 1932, the twelfth biennial report of the Kansas State ft ft Corporation Commission, issued in 1934, through all successive biennial reports to the present date. Also of P ft great value and assistance were the Annual Reports of the Kansas Railroads filed with this Commission and its ft ft predecessors for the years 1883 thru 1996, inclusive, the Finance Dockets and Valuation Dockets as published ft by the Interstate Commerce Commission, railroad timetables, railroad track charts and mileage guides. ft 5 ft In some isolated cases the above sources did not identify the actual dates needed and the author has supplied ft approximate dates as best could be determined with the information at hand. Should any discrepancy be noted, ft it is respectfully requested the information be given to the undersigned for correction herein. ft 5 ft ft ft ft I ft ft ft i ft ft 5 ft ft 1 ft ft Vernon Wenger, Public Service Administrator P ft Kansas Corporation Commission ft 1500 SW Arrowhead Road % ft ft Topeka, Kansas 66604-4027 ft Telephone: 785/271-3151 ft i ft Fax: 785/271 -3283 5 5 ! 5 ft ft 5 ft ft 5 ft % ft Prepared: 9/1966 ft % Updated: 1/1969 ft 5 ft 7/1974 ft 8/1979 % ft ft ft 2/1983 ft ft 4 /1 9 9 0 ft % ft 4 /1 9 9 8 ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft Page 2 ft ft ft f v m Z ~ ‘ % 55 55 55 CALENDAR YEAR 55 55 BEGAN 55 RAILROAD NUMBER. NAME. AND DESCRIPTION OF LOCATION OF LINE INVOLVED. MILEAGE OPERATION ABANDONED 55 55 55 ATCHISON. TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY 55 g g 1 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad g North Topeka(U.P. Connection) to Topeka 1.1 1869 1 Topeka to Burlingame 26.4 1869 I 55 Burlingame to N.R. Junction 34.1 1870 55 55 N.R. Junction to Emporia 1.1 1870 55 Emporia to Ellinor 12.6 1871 55 55 Ellinor to Newton 60.4 1871 55 Newton to Hutchinson 32.7 1872 ! 55 Hutchinson to West Hutchinson(St. John Cutoff) 0.5 1872 g i f. West Hutchinson(St. John Cutoff)-Great Bend-0.5 Miles S.W. of Garfield 84.7 1872 55 0.5 Miles Southwest of Garfield to Kinsley 13.7 1872 55 Kinsley To Dodge City 35.7 1872 ! 55 55 55 Dodge City to Garden City 50.0 1872 Garden City-Coolidge-Colorado 68.1 1872 g Atchison to North Topeka(U.P. Connection) 55 49.5 1872 55 55 TOTAL 470.6 55 I Wichita & South Western Railroad I g Newton to Wichita North Junction 26.6 1872 g Wichita North Junction to Wichita Station 0.6 1872 55 ! 55 g TOTAL 27.2 55 55 55 55 55 55 The Cowley, Sumner & Ft. Smith Railroad 55 55 Wichita Station to Wichita South Junction 0.9 1880 55 Wichita South Junction to Arkansas City 55 50.2 1880 I 5 Mulvane to 0.9 Mile North of Wellington 17.5 1880 55 5 0.9 Mile North of Wellington to Wellington 0.9 1880 5 g 55 Wellington-Caldwell-Oklahoma 20.9 1880 55 g 55 TOTAL 90.4 5 g g g The Harvey County Railroad 55 g Halstead to Sedgwick 8.9 1881 55 55 55 55 55 5 Wichita & Southwestern Railway 55 P Mileage from Railroad 2 in 1882 27.2 P g P Mileage from Railroad 3 in 1882 90.4 55 P Mileage from Railroad 4 in 1882 8.9 55 P 55 P 55 P TOTAL BEFORE RELOCATION AND ABANDONMENT 126.5 55 P g 55P Relocation Abandonment - 0.9 Mile North of Wellington northeastward 3.6 1887 55 P Relocation Construction - East Wellington Junction northward 2.6 1887 55 P P Abandonment - Halstead to Sedgwick 8.9 1895 g 55 55 55 55 P TOTAL AFTER ABANDONMENT AND RELOCATION 116.6 55 P 55 P 55 P Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railroad 55 P Emporia to South Line of Greenwood County 64.0 1879 55 P * P P Z 55 Page 3 55 4k 55 — -5 7 Elk & Chautauqua Railroad South Line of Greenwood County to Howard 11.5 1880 8 Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railway Mileage from railroad 6 in 1882 64.0 Mileage from railroad 7 in 1882 11.5 Howard to Moline 8.1 1887 TOTAL 83.6 9 Florence, El Dorado and Walnut Valley Railroad Florence to Oil Hill 28.1 1877 Oil Hill to MOP Connection(EI Dorado) 2.0 1877 MOP Connection(EI Dorado) to South El Dorado Junction 1.0 1877 South El Dorado Junction to Augusta 11.4 1881 Augusta to Douglass 11.3 1881 Douglass to W.N. Junction(1.1 Miles West of Winfield) 19.0 1886 TOTAL 72.8 10 Leavenworth, Northern & Southern Railway Wilder to Leavenworth 22.0 1887 Leavenworth to Hawthorne 23.3 1887 TOTAL 45.3 11 Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame Railway Burlingame to Alma 33.8 1880 Alma to Manhattan 22.6 1880 TOTAL 56.4 12. The Burlingame & Northwestern Railway Mileage from railroad 11 in 1898 56.4 Abandonment - Alma to Manhattan 22.6 TOTAL AFTER ABANDONMENT 33.8 13 Marion & McPherson Railroad Florence to 0.3 Mile East of R.l. Crossing in Marion 10.1 1879 0.3 Mile East of R.l. Crossing in Marion to McPherson 37.1 1880 McPherson to East Line of Barton County 45.8 1880 TOTAL 93.0 14 Marion & McPherson Extension Railroad East Line of Barton County to Ellinwood 5.5 1881 15. Marion & McPherson Railway Mileage from railroad 13 in 1882 93.0 Mileage from railroad 14 in 1882 5.5 TOTAL 98.5 16. The Wichita & Western Railroad Wichita South Junction to Kingman 44.1 1884 Page 4 17 The Kingman, Pratt & Western Railroad Kingman to 0.3 Mile West of Pratt 35.3 1887 0.3 Mile West of Pratt to West Line of Kiowa County 45.2 1887 TOTAL 80.5 18 The Wichita & Western Railway Mileage from railroad 16 in 1889 44.1 Mileage from railroad 17 in 1889 80.5 Abandonment - 0.3 Mile West of Pratt to West Line of Kiowa County 45.2 TOTAL AFTER ABANDONMENT 79.4 19 Montgomery County Railway Havana to 0.8 Mile North of Caney(MOP Crossing) 5.2 1903 20 Ottawa, Osage City and Council Grove Railroad Quenemo to Osage City 20.1 1887 21 Kansas, Oklahoma & Texas Railway A.U. Junction(Chanute) to 2.3 Miles West of A.U. Junction 2.3 1887 2.3 Miles West of A.U. Junction To 3.2 Miles East of Fredonia 19.2 1887 3.2 Miles East of Fredonia to Longton 22.0 1887 TOTAL 43.5 22 The Independence & South-Western Railroad Independence to Havana 16.3 1886 Havana to Cedar Vale 38.3 1887 TOTAL 54.6 23 The Arkansas River & Western Railroad West Hutchinson(St. John Cutoff) to St. John 47.7 1887 St. John to Kinsley 36.4 1887 TOTAL 84.1 24 The Walnut Valley & Colorado Railroad Great Bend to Scott City 120.1 1887 Scott City to North Selkirk(Crosby) 35.7 1887 TOTAL 155.8 25 The Pawnee Valley & Denver Railroad Larned to Jetmore 46.2 1887 26 LeRoy & Western Railway Mulvane to Viola(0.6 Mile East of K.C..M.&0. Crossing) 22.5 1887 Viola(0.6 Mile East of K.C..M.&0. Crossing) to Anness 4.6 1887 Anness to Rago 19.7 1887 Rago to Protection 87.9 1887 Protection to East Line of Clark County 3.3 1887 TOTAL 138.0 Page 5 72? vstrjw* ft ft ft 27 Emporia & El Dorado Short Line Railroad ft ft 1.3 Miles Southwest of Ellinor to 1.0 Mile North of Gladstone 3.3 1887 ft 1.0 Mile North of Gladstone to Bazaar 6.8 1887 2 ft ft ft TOTAL 10.1 ft w m 28 Colony, Neosho Falls & Western Railroad \ Colony to Yates Center 24.7 1887 % 29 The Chicago, Kansas & Western Railway Burlington to Gridley 10.4 1887 ft ft 30 The Southern Kansas & Panhandle Railroad 5 ft East Line of Clark County to End of Track 0.4 Mile West of Englewood 28.4 1888 5 ft 31 The Chicago, Kansas & Western Railroad ! 5 5 1.0 Mile North of Gladstone to Cottonwood Falls 3.3 1887 ft ft Cottonwood Falls to Strong City 1.8 1887 ft Strong City to Neva 5.9 1887 ft Neva to Abilene 58.1 1887 5 ft Abilene to Concordia 55.4 1887 i S.A.

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