Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
The Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in the midwest United States. Despite the name, it is primarily located in Kansas but extends into Colorado, not Oklahoma.Overview
The KO is a subsidiary of Watco Companies, which took over the operations of the Central Kansas Railway at midnight on June 29, 2001. The KO started operating at 12:01 A.M. on June 30, 2001. The CKRY property 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 and 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 of track are owned by KO, and another 84 miles is accounted for in trackage rights.Subdivisions
As of March 2005, the K&O consisted of the following subdivisions:
- Hutchinson Subdivision
- Conway Springs Subdivision
- Kingman Subdivision
- Isabel Subdivision
- Great Bend Subdivision
- Geneseo Subdivision
- Scott City Subdivision
- Hoisington Subdivision
- Salina Subdivision
- McPherson Subdivision
- Newton Subdivision
