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The Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway (“KOC&S”) was a railroad which in 1899 built tracks from a point near Caney, Kansas to what became Owasso, Oklahoma. After foreclosure in 1900, it was absorbed into the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (“AT&SF”).
The Osage Railroad was abandoned in 1953. [2] In 1963, the Texas & Pacific , which was a subsidiary of the Missouri Pacific Railroad , acquired the other three lines. [ 2 ] The Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka was sold to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe that same year, while the others were consolidated into the Texas & Pacific.
The Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company was incorporated under Oklahoma law on July 28, 1910. [1] Its contribution to the effort was construction in 1910 of the bridge across the Red River to connect the Oklahoma and Texas segments of the system. [1] On December 11, 1911, it changed its name to the Oklahoma Union Railway. [1]
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. KO owns 820 miles (1,320 km) of track, and another 84 miles (135 km) is accounted for in trackage rights .
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The Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad was originally created on May 29, 1980, after the demise of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad on March 31, 1980. [1] A subsidiary of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT), it operated 767 miles (1,234 km) of the former Rock Island's Herington, Kansas, to Fort Worth, Texas, North-South line, as a cooperative venture with local shippers ...
English: Route map of the Kansas and Oklahoma railroad. Suomi: Kansas and Oklahoma Railroadin reittikartta. Date: 4 February 2008: Source:
The railroad sought loans, grants, tax relief and any governmental assistance they could get to help allay their costs of operation and maintenance. [2] In 2000, the railroad planned to abandon 255 miles (410 km) of track. [3] Watco purchased all of the CKR's lines on May 31, 2001, and formed the Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad. [4] [5]