Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
| 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) is one of the Watco Companies and began operations in July 2001 on property purchased from OmniTrax Corporation that has been operated as their Central Kansas Railway and Kansas Southwestern 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 and Santa Fe, although a few segments were originally operated by the Missouri Pacific.
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 to Osborne)
McPherson Subdivision (McPherson, KS to Conway, KS)
Newton Subdivision (Newton, KS to McPherson, KS)