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[[File:Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad Locomotive.jpg|thumb|alt=Active locomotive at rest by grain elevator|K&O Railroad locomotive at [[Ness City, Kansas]]]]
[[File:Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad Locomotive.jpg|thumb|alt=Active locomotive at rest by grain elevator|K&O Railroad locomotive at [[Ness City, Kansas]]]]
{{Infobox rail
{{Infobox rail
|railroad_name = Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
| railroad_name = Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
|system_map = Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad Route Map.svg
| system_map = Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad Route Map.svg
|map_size = 300
| map_size = 300
|hq_city = [[Wichita, Kansas]]
| hq_city = [[Wichita, Kansas]]
|marks = KO
| marks = KO
|locale = [[Kansas]], [[Colorado]]
| locale = [[Kansas]], [[Colorado]]
|start_year = 2001
| start_year = 2001
|end_year = Present
| end_year = present
| gauge={{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
| gauge = {{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
|length = {{convert|820|mi|abbr=off}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://watcocompanies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/KansasOklahomaRailroadFullPageMap.pdf|title=Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad full page map|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>
| length = {{Convert|820|mi|abbr=off}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://watcocompanies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/KansasOklahomaRailroadFullPageMap.pdf |title=Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad full page map |last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date= }}</ref>
}}
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The tracks Kansas & Oklahoma RR operate on also includes portions of the former [[Missouri Pacific]] Kansas City to Pueblo main line in Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado.
The tracks Kansas & Oklahoma RR operate on also includes portions of the former [[Missouri Pacific]] Kansas City to Pueblo main line in Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado.


820 miles of track are owned by KO, and another 84 miles is accounted for in [[trackage rights]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://watcocompanies.com/our-services/rail-services/ko/ |title=Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (KO) |website=Watco |access-date=2016-04-18 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428002937/https://watcocompanies.com/our-services/rail-services/ko/ |archivedate=2016-04-28 }}</ref>
{{Convert|820|miles|km}} of track are owned by KO, and another {{Convert|84|miles|km}} is accounted for in [[trackage rights]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://watcocompanies.com/our-services/rail-services/ko/ |title=Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (KO) |website=Watco |access-date=2016-04-18 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428002937/https://watcocompanies.com/our-services/rail-services/ko/ |archivedate=2016-04-28 }}</ref>


==Subdivisions==
==Subdivisions==
{{As of|2005|03|post=,}} the K&O consisted of the following subdivisions:
{{As of|2005|03|post=,}} the K&O consisted of the following subdivisions:
* Hutchinson Subdivision ([[Wichita, Kansas]] to [[Hutchinson, Kansas]])
* Hutchinson Subdivision ([[Wichita, Kansas]] to [[Hutchinson, Kansas]])
* Conway Springs Subdivision ([[Wichita, Kansas]] to [[Kingman, Kansas]] via [[Conway Springs, Kansas]])
* Conway Springs Subdivision (Wichita, Kansas to [[Kingman, Kansas]] via [[Conway Springs, Kansas]])
* Kingman Subdivision ([[Garden Plain, Kansas]] to [[Pratt, Kansas]])
* Kingman Subdivision ([[Garden Plain, Kansas]] to [[Pratt, Kansas]])
* Isabel Subdivision ([[Coats, Kansas]] to [[Graham, Kansas]])
* Isabel Subdivision ([[Coats, Kansas]] to [[Graham, Kansas]])
* Great Bend Subdivision ([[Hutchinson, Kansas]] to [[Larned, Kansas]])
* Great Bend Subdivision (Hutchinson, Kansas to [[Larned, Kansas]])
* Geneseo Subdivision ([[Sterling, Kansas]] to [[Geneseo, Kansas]])
* Geneseo Subdivision ([[Sterling, Kansas]] to [[Geneseo, Kansas]])
* Scott City Subdivision ([[Great Bend, Kansas]] to [[Scott City, Kansas]])
* Scott City Subdivision ([[Great Bend, Kansas]] to [[Scott City, Kansas]])
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* Salina Subdivision ([[Salina, Kansas]] to [[Osborne, Kansas]])
* Salina Subdivision ([[Salina, Kansas]] to [[Osborne, Kansas]])
* McPherson Subdivision ([[McPherson, Kansas]] to [[Conway, Kansas]])
* McPherson Subdivision ([[McPherson, Kansas]] to [[Conway, Kansas]])
* Newton Subdivision ([[Newton, Kansas]] to [[McPherson, Kansas]])
* Newton Subdivision ([[Newton, Kansas]] to McPherson, Kansas)


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 00:45, 22 February 2022

Active locomotive at rest by grain elevator
K&O Railroad locomotive at Ness City, Kansas
Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
Overview
HeadquartersWichita, Kansas
Reporting markKO
LocaleKansas, Colorado
Dates of operation2001–present
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length820 miles (1,320 kilometres)[1]

The Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (reporting mark KO) is a shortline railroad operating in the midwest United States. Despite the name, it is primarily located in Kansas but extends into Colorado, but not Oklahoma.

Overview

The KO is a subsidiary of Watco, which took over the operations of the Central Kansas Railway (CKRY) at midnight on June 29, 2001. The CKRY property (which by this time included the merged Kansas Southwestern Railway) was purchased from OmniTrax and was named the Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad.

The KO consists of trackage radiating north and west from their headquarters at Wichita, Kansas. Most of this trackage was originally operated by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, although a few segments were originally operated by the Missouri Pacific.

The tracks Kansas & Oklahoma RR operate on also includes portions of the former Missouri Pacific Kansas City to Pueblo main line in Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado.

820 miles (1,320 km) of track are owned by KO, and another 84 miles (135 km) is accounted for in trackage rights.[2]

Subdivisions

As of March 2005, the K&O consisted of the following subdivisions:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad full page map" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (KO)". Watco. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-04-18.

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