Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Wichita, Kansas |
| Reporting mark | KO |
| Locale | Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado |
| Dates of operation | 2001–present |
The Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (AAR reporting mark KO), one of the Watco Companies, took over operations of the Central Kansas Railway on June 29, 2001 (CKRY). The K & O started operations of the railroad line at 12:01 A.M. on June 30th 2001. The property was purchased from OmniTrax Corporation that has been operated as their Central Kansas Railway. Kansas & Oklahome also assumed operations of CKRY's sister Railroad Kansas Southwestern Railroad on the same date.
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 and Santa Fe, although a few segments were originally operated by the Missouri Pacific.
Subdivisions
As of March 2005, the K&O consisted of the following subdivisions:
- Hutchinson Subdivision (Wichita, KS to Hutchinson, KS)
- Conway Springs Subdivision (Wichita, KS to Kingman, KS via Conway Springs, KS)
- Kingman Subdivision (Garden Plain, KS to Pratt, KS)
- Isabel Subdivision (Coats, KS to Graham, KS)
- Great Bend Subdivision (Hutchinson, KS to near Pawnee Rock, KS)
- Geneseo Subdivision (Sterling, KS to Geneseo, KS)
- Scott City Subdivision (Great Bend, KS to Scott City, KS)
- Hoisington Subdivision (Geneseo, KS to McCraken, KS and Healy, KS to Towner, CO)
- Salina Subdivision (Salina, KS to Osborne, KS)
- McPherson Subdivision (McPherson, KS to Conway, KS)
- Newton Subdivision (Newton, KS to McPherson, KS)