List of Kansas railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Kansas.
Common freight carriers
- Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad
- Blue Rapids Railway
- Boot Hill and Western Railway
- BNSF Railway
- Cimarron Valley Railroad
- Colorado Pacific Railroad
- Garden City Western Railway
- Kansas City Southern Railway
- Kansas City Terminal Railway
- Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
- Kaw River Railroad
- Kyle Railroad
- Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad
- South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
- *Operates the Kansas Eastern Railroad
- Union Pacific Railroad
- *Operates the Blue Rapids Railway and Wichita Terminal Association
- V&S Railway
- Wichita Union Terminal Railway
Passenger carriers
- Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
- Amtrak
- Midland Railway
Private
- New Century AirCenter Railroad
Defunct railroads
| Name | Mark | System | From | To | Successor | Notes |
| Anthony and Northern Railway | AN&N | 1912 | 1919 | Wichita Northwestern Railway | - | |
| Arkansas, Kansas and Colorado Railway | RI | 1887 | 1888 | Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway | - | |
| Arkansas River and Western Railroad | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad | - | |
| Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad | MP | 1879 | 1898 | Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railway | - | |
| Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railway | MP | 1898 | 1899 | Central Branch Railway | - | |
| Atchison and Denver Railway | MP | 1878 | 1879 | Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Atchison and Eastern Bridge Company | 1898 | - | ||||
| Atchison, Jewell County and Western Railroad | MP | 1879 | 1898 | Atchison, Jewell County and Western Railway | - | |
| Atchison, Jewell County and Western Railway | MP | 1898 | 1899 | Central Branch Railway | - | |
| Atchison and Nebraska Railroad | CB&Q | 1869 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | - | |
| Atchison and Nebraska City Railroad | CB&Q | 1865 | 1869 | Atchison and Nebraska Railroad | - | |
| Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad | MP | 1859 | 1867 | Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Atchison, Republican Valley and Pacific Railway | MP | 1878 | 1879 | Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Atchison, St. Joseph and Northern Railroad | RI | 1879 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway | - | |
| Atchison, Solomon Valley and Denver Railway | MP | 1877 | 1879 | Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Atchison and Topeka Railroad | ATSF | 1859 | 1863 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad | - | |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad | ATSF | 1863 | 1895 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | ATSF | 1895 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway | - |
| Atchison Union Depot and Railroad Company | ATSF/ CB&Q/ MP/ RI | 1878 | 1968 | N/A | - | |
| Atlantic and Pacific Railroad | SLSF | 1872 | 1875 | N/A | Leased the Pacific Railroad | |
| Barton County and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | 1917 | 1942 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Beaver Valley Railroad | CB&Q | 1887 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | - | |
| Blackwell and Northern Railway | BNR | 2000 | 2006 | Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad | - | |
| Blue Valley Railway | UP | 1886 | 1887 | Omaha and Republican Valley Railway | - | |
| Burlingame and Northwestern Railway | ATSF | 1898 | 1899 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Burlington, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad | CB&Q | 1886 | 1886 | Republican Valley, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad | - | |
| Burlington Northern Inc. | BN | 1970 | 1981 | Burlington Northern Railroad | - | |
| Burlington Northern Railroad | BN | 1981 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Cadillac and Lake City Railway | CLK | 1981 | 1984 | Kyle Railroad | - | |
| Central Branch Railway | MP | 1899 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway | - | |
| Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad | MP | 1867 | 1898 | Central Branch Union Pacific Railway | - | |
| Central Branch Union Pacific Railway | MP | 1898 | 1899 | Central Branch Railway | - | |
| Central Kansas Railway | CKRY | 1993 | 2001 | Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad | - | |
| Cherokee and Memphis Railroad | SLSF | 1882 | 1882 | Kansas and Missouri Railroad | - | |
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | CB&Q | CB&Q | 1880 | 1970 | Burlington Northern Inc. | - |
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway | CB&Q | 1901 | 1907 | N/A | Leased the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | |
| Chicago, Caldwell and Southern Railway | RI | 1886 | 1887 | Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway | - | |
| Chicago Great Western Railroad | CGW | CGW | 1909 | 1941 | Chicago Great Western Railway | - |
| Chicago Great Western Railway | CGW | CGW | 1940 | 1968 | Chicago and North Western Railway | - |
| Chicago Great Western Railway | CGW | 1892 | 1909 | Chicago Great Western Railroad | - | |
| Chicago, Iowa and Kansas Railroad | CB&Q | 1883 | 1884 | Chicago, Nebraska and Kansas Railroad | - | |
| Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway | RI | 1886 | 1891 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | - | |
| Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad | ATSF | 1886 | 1901 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Chicago, Kansas and Western Railway | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad | - | |
| Chicago, Nebraska and Kansas Railroad | CB&Q | 1884 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | - | |
| Chicago and North Western Railway | CNW | CNW | 1968 | 1972 | Chicago and North Western Transportation Company | - |
| Chicago and North Western Transportation Company | CNW | CNW | 1972 | 1986 | N/A | - |
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | RI | 1947 | 1980 | Cadillac and Lake City Railway, Kyle Railroad, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Wabash Valley Railroad | - | |
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | RI, ROCK | RI | 1878 | 1880 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | - |
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | RI | RI | 1880 | 1948 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | - |
| Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway | CGW | 1891 | 1893 | Chicago Great Western Railway | - | |
| Choctaw Northern Railroad | RI | 1901 | 1902 | Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad | - | |
| Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad | RI | 1902 | 1936 | N/A | - | |
| City Terminal Railway | CGW | 1900 | 1905 | Chicago Great Western Railway | - | |
| Colony, Neosho Falls and Western Railroad | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad | - | |
| Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad | 1913 | 1917 | N/A | - | ||
| Council Grove, Osage City and Ottawa Railway | MP | 1886 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway | - | |
| Council Grove, Smoky Valley and Western Railway | MP | 1886 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway | - | |
| Cowley, Sumner and Fort Smith Railroad | ATSF | 1878 | 1882 | Wichita and Southwestern Railway | - | |
| Crawford County Railroad | ATSF | 1884 | 1884 | Kansas Southern Railway | - | |
| Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad | ATSF | 1907 | 1907 | Eastern Oklahoma Railway | - | |
| Denver, Kansas and Gulf Railroad | ATSF | 1905 | 1905 | Denver, Kansas and Gulf Railway | - | |
| Denver, Kansas and Gulf Railway | ATSF | 1905 | 1907 | Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad | - | |
| Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Railway | MP | 1884 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway | - | |
| Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Narrow Gauge Railway | MP | 1883 | 1884 | Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Railway | - | |
| Dodge City and Cimarron Valley Railway | ATSF | 1911 | Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the BNSF Railway | |||
| Dodge City, Ford and Bucklin Railroad | DCFB | 1989 | 2000 | Boot Hill and Western Railway | - | |
| Dodge City, Montezuma and Trinidad Railway | RI | 1887 | 1893 | N/A | - | |
| Eastern Oklahoma Railway | ATSF | 1899 | 1907 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Edgewater Connecting Railway | MP | 1906 | 1923 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Eldorado and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | 1922 | 1942 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Elk and Chatauqua Railroad | ATSF | 1878 | 1882 | Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railway | - | |
| Ellsworth, McPherson, Newton and Southeastern Railway | MP | 1884 | 1885 | St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad | - | |
| Emporia and Eldorado Short Line Railroad | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad | - | |
| Florence, El Dorado and Walnut Valley Railroad | ATSF | 1877 | 1901 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | Florence, El Dorado, Augusta, Winfield, Arkansas City. | |
| Fort Leavenworth Railroad | RI | 1871 | 1889 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | - | |
| Fort Scott and Allen County Railroad | MP | 1870 | 1871 | Fort Scott, Humboldt and Western Railway | - | |
| Fort Scott Belt Terminal Railway | MP | 1889 | 1891 | Fort Scott Central Railway | - | |
| Fort Scott and Carthage Railroad | SLSF | 1881 | 1882 | Kansas and Missouri Railroad | - | |
| Fort Scott Central Railway | MP | 1891 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway | - | |
| Fort Scott and Eastern Railway | MP | 1889 | 1891 | Fort Scott Central Railway | - | |
| Fort Scott, Humboldt and Pacific Railway | MP | 1871 | 1871 | Fort Scott, Humboldt and Western Railway | - | |
| Fort Scott, Humboldt and Western Railway | MP | 1871 | 1875 | St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad | - | |
| Fort Scott, Iola and Western Railway | MKT | 1901 | 1902 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | - | |
| Fort Scott, South Eastern and Memphis Railroad | SLSF | 1874 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad | - | |
| Fort Scott, South Eastern and Memphis Railway | SLSF | 1874 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad | - | |
| Fort Scott and Southern Railway | MP | 1889 | 1891 | Fort Scott Central Railway | - | |
| Fort Scott, Wichita and Western Railway | MP | 1887 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway | - | |
| Galena, Frontenac and Northern Railway | ATSF | 1908 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | ||
| Garden City, Gulf and Northern Railroad | ATSF | 1907 | - | |||
| Garden City Northern Railway | 1989 | 1991 | Garden City Western Railway | - | ||
| Grouse Creek Railway | MP | 1887 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway | - | |
| Gueda Springs, Caldwell and Western Railroad | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | St. Louis, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad | - | |
| Harper and Western Railroad | ATSF | 1884 | 1885 | Southern Kansas Railway | - | |
| Harvey County Railroad | ATSF | 1880 | 1882 | Wichita and Southwestern Railway | - | |
| Hutchinson and Northern Railway | HN | 1912 | 2006 | V&S Railway | - | |
| Hutchinson, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway | ATSF | 1889 | 1889 | Hutchinson and Southern Railroad | - | |
| Hutchinson and Southern Railroad | ATSF | 1889 | 1898 | Hutchinson and Southern Railway | - | |
| Hutchinson and Southern Railway | ATSF | 1897 | 1899 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Independence and Southwestern Railroad | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad | - | |
| Inter-State Railroad | MP | 1885 | 1890 | Interstate Railway | - | |
| Interstate Railway | MP | 1890 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway | - | |
| Joplin Railroad | SLSF | 1875 | 1882 | Joplin Railway | - | |
| Joplin Railway | SLSF | 1882 | 1882 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway | - | |
| Joplin and Galena Railway | SLSF | 1880 | 1882 | Joplin Railway | - | |
| Junction City and Fort Kearney Railway | UP | 1871 | 1899 | Union Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Kanopolis and Kansas Central Railway | MP | 1886 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway | - | |
| Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railroad | MP | 1888 | 1890 | Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway | - | |
| Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway | MP | 1890 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |
| Kansas Central Railroad | UP | 1879 | 1897 | Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway | - | |
| Kansas Central Railway | UP | 1871 | 1879 | Kansas Central Railroad | - | |
| Kansas City Belt Railroad | 1885 | 1886 | Kansas City Belt Railway | - | ||
| Kansas City Belt Railway | 1886 | 1910 | Kansas City Terminal Railway | - | ||
| Kansas City, Burlington and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | 1870 | 1881 | Ottawa and Burlington Railroad | - | |
| Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway | SLSF | 1885 | 1928 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | - | |
| Kansas City Connecting Railroad | KCC | 1914 | 1983 | N/A | - | |
| Kansas City Connecting Railway | 1915 | Kansas City Connecting Railroad | - | |||
| Kansas City and Emporia Railroad | ATSF | 1880 | 1885 | Southern Kansas Railway | - | |
| Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railroad | ATSF | 1877 | 1882 | Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railway | - | |
| Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railway | ATSF | 1882 | 1901 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad | SLSF | 1879 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad | - | |
| Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad | SLSF | 1888 | 1901 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway | - | |
| Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway | SLSF | 1901 | 1928 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | - | |
| Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad | SLSF | 1888 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad | - | |
| Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad | ATSF | 1879 | 1880 | Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad | - | |
| Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad | ATSF | 1880 | 1883 | Southern Kansas Railway | - | |
| Kansas City, Lawrence and Wichita Railroad | UP | 1889 | 1894 | N/A | Leased the Lawrence and Emporia Railway | |
| Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway | MP | 1880 | 1880 | Missouri Pacific Railway | - | |
| Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad | ATSF | 1914 | 1925 | Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway | - | |
| Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway | ATSF | 1925 | 1941 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway | ATSF | 1900 | 1914 | Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad | - | |
| Kansas City Northwestern Railroad | 1917 | 1919 | Kansas City Northwestern Railway | - | ||
| Kansas City Northwestern Railroad | MP | 1893 | 1910 | Missouri Pacific Railway | - | |
| Kansas City Northwestern Railway | 1925 | 1925 | N/A | - | ||
| Kansas City and Olathe Railroad | ATSF | 1881 | 1883 | Southern Kansas Railway | - | |
| Kansas City Outer Belt and Electric Railroad Company | KCS | 1902 | 1922 | Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company | - | |
| Kansas City and Pacific Railroad | MKT | 1886 | 1899 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | - | |
| Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad | KCS | 1893 | 1900 | Kansas City Southern Railway | - | |
| Kansas City, Pittsburg and Western Railroad | KCS | 1892 | 1894 | Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad | - | |
| Kansas City and Santa Fe Railroad | ATSF | 1879 | 1879 | Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad | - | |
| Kansas City and Santa Fe Railroad and Telegraph Company | ATSF | 1868 | 1879 | Kansas City and Santa Fe Railroad | - | |
| Kansas City and Southwestern Railroad | SLSF | 1884 | 1897 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | - | |
| Kansas City and Southwestern Railway | MP | 1884 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway | - | |
| Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad | KCS | 1895 | 1902 | Kansas City Southern Railway | - | |
| Kansas City and Topeka Railway | RI | 1887 | 1889 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | - | |
| Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad | ATSF | 1875 | 1899 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railroad | MP | 1887 | 1894 | Kansas City Northwestern Railroad | - | |
| Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railway | MP | 1885 | 1887 | Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railroad | - | |
| Kansas–Colorado Railroad | 1908 | 1911 | Garden City Western Railway | - | ||
| Kansas and Colorado Railroad | MP | 1883 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway | - | |
| Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway | MP | 1891 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway | - | |
| Kansas Midland Railroad | SLSF | 1900 | 1900 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | - | |
| Kansas Midland Railroad | ATSF | 1873 | 1875 | Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad | - | |
| Kansas Midland Railway | SLSF | 1886 | 1900 | Kansas Midland Railroad | - | |
| Kansas and Missouri Railroad | SLSF | 1882 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad | - | |
| Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company | KM | KCS | 1922 | 1992 | Kansas City Southern Railway | - |
| Kansas and Nebraska Railway of Kansas | UP | 1876 | 1877 | St. Joseph and Western Railroad | - | |
| Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota Railway | MP | 1885 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway | - | |
| Kansas and Neosho Valley Railroad | SLSF | 1865 | 1868 | Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad | - | |
| Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad | 1931 | 1937 | N/A | - | ||
| Kansas and Oklahoma Railway | 1919 | 1931 | Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad | - | ||
| Kansas, Oklahoma Central and South-western Railway | ATSF | 1894 | 1900 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway | KOG | MP | 1919 | 1962 | N/A | - |
| Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas Railway | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad | - | |
| Kansas Pacific Railway | UP | 1869 | 1880 | Union Pacific Railway | - | |
| Kansas and Southeastern Railroad | ATSF | 1897 | 1899 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Kansas Southern Railroad | ATSF | 1883 | 1884 | Kansas Southern Railway | - | |
| Kansas Southern Railway | 2000 | 2002 | N/A | Operated the V&S Railway | ||
| Kansas Southern Railway | ATSF | 1884 | 1885 | Southern Kansas Railway | - | |
| Kansas and Southern Railway | 1899 | 1904 | Kansas Southern and Gulf Railroad | - | ||
| Kansas Southern and Gulf Railroad | 1904 | 1914 | Westmoreland Interurban Railroad | - | ||
| Kansas Southwestern Railroad | ATSF | 1898 | 1901 | Kansas Southwestern Railway | - | |
| Kansas Southwestern Railway | KSW | 1991 | 2000 | Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad | - | |
| Kansas Southwestern Railway | ATSF | 1901 | 1985 | N/A | - | |
| Kansas Southwestern Railway | MP | 1886 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway | - | |
| Kansas and Southwestern Railway | UP | 1879 | 1880 | Salina and South Western Railway | - | |
| Kingman, Pratt and Western Railroad | ATSF | 1885 | 1889 | Wichita and Western Railway | - | |
| Kiowa, Chickasha, and Fort Smith Railway | ATSF | 1899 | 1904 | Eastern Oklahoma Railway | - | |
| Kiowa, Hardtner and Pacific Railroad | MP | 1908 | 2002 | N/A | - | |
| Labette and Sedalia Railway | MKT | 1870 | 1870 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad | - | |
| Lawrence and Carbondale Railway | UP | 1871 | 1873 | St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad | - | |
| Lawrence and Emporia Railway | UP | 1881 | 1894 | N/A | - | |
| Lawrence, Emporia and Southwestern Railway | UP | 1887 | 1894 | N/A | Leased the Lawrence and Emporia Railway | |
| Lawrence and Galveston Railroad | ATSF | 1879 | 1879 | Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad | - | |
| Lawrence and Topeka Railroad | ATSF | 1868 | 1875 | Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad | - | |
| Leavenworth, Atchison and North Western Railroad | MP | 1867 | 1880 | Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway | - | |
| Leavenworth Depot and Railroad Company | ATSF/ MP/ RI/ UP | 1885 | 1968 | N/A | - | |
| Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway | UP | 1897 | 1908 | Union Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad | ATSF | 1858 | 1866 | Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad | - | |
| Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad | ATSF | 1866 | 1878 | Lawrence and Galveston Railroad | - | |
| Leavenworth, Northern and Southern Railway | ATSF | 1885 | 1899 | Atchison, Topeka and Western Railway | - | |
| Leavenworth and Olathe Railroad | MP | 1886 | 1887 | Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railroad | - | |
| Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad | UP | 1855 | 1863 | Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division | - | |
| Leavenworth and Platte County Bridge Company | CGW | 1888 | 1892 | Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company | - | |
| Leavenworth Terminal Railway and Bridge Company | CGW | 1892 | 1940 | Chicago Great Western Railroad | - | |
| Leavenworth and Topeka Railroad | 1918 | 1931 | Leavenworth, Topeka and Western Railroad | - | ||
| Leavenworth and Topeka Railway | ATSF/ UP | 1899 | 1918 | Leavenworth and Topeka Railroad | - | |
| Leavenworth, Topeka and South Western Railway | ATSF/ UP | 1879 | 1899 | Leavenworth and Topeka Railway | - | |
| Leavenworth, Topeka and Western Railroad | 1931 | 1932 | N/A | - | ||
| Leroy and Caney Valley Air Line Railroad | MP | 1885 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway | - | |
| Leroy and Western Railway | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad | - | |
| Lincoln and Colorado Railway | UP | 1887 | 1888 | Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado Railway | - | |
| Manhattan, Alma and Burlingame Railway | ATSF | 1872 | 1898 | Burlingame and Northwestern Railway | - | |
| Manhattan and Blue Valley Railroad | UP | 1879 | 1886 | Blue Valley Railway | - | |
| Manhattan and Northwestern Railroad | UP | 1871 | 1879 | Manhattan and Blue Valley Railroad | - | |
| Marion Belt and Chingawasa Springs Railroad | 1889 | 1893 | N/A | Marion, Chingawasa Springs. | ||
| Marion and McPherson Railroad | ATSF | 1877 | 1882 | Marion and McPherson Railroad | - | |
| Marion and McPherson Railway | ATSF | 1882 | 1901 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | Florence, Marion, McPherson, Lyons, Ellinwood. | |
| Marion and McPherson Extension Railroad | ATSF | 1878 | 1882 | Marion and McPherson Railway | - | |
| Marysville and Blue Valley Railroad | UP | 1879 | 1886 | Blue Valley Railway | - | |
| Marysville or Palmetto and Roseport Railroad | UP | 1857 | 1862 | St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad | - | |
| McPherson, Texas and Gulf Railroad | ATSF | 1887 | 1889 | Hutchinson and Southern Railroad | - | |
| Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad | SLSF | 1872 | 1877 | Missouri and Western Railway | - | |
| Memphis and Ellsworth Narrow Gauge Railroad | SLSF | 1876 | 1878 | Memphis, Kansas and Colorado Railroad | - | |
| Memphis, Kansas and Colorado Railroad | SLSF | 1877 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad | - | |
| Miami Mineral Belt Railroad | SLSF | 1917 | 1950 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | - | |
| Midland Valley Railroad | MV | MP | 1903 | 1967 | Texas and Pacific Railway | - |
| Missouri, Kansas and Northwestern Railroad | MKT | 1900 | 1902 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | - | |
| Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | M-K-T, MKT | MKT | 1923 | 1989 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | - |
| Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad | MKT | 1870 | 1870 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | - | |
| Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | MK&T | MKT | 1870 | 1923 | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | - |
| Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad | MP | 1912 | 1927 | Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway | - | |
| Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway | MP | 1912 | 1919 | Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway | - | |
| Missouri Pacific Railroad | MP | MP | 1917 | 1997 | Union Pacific Railroad | - |
| Missouri Pacific Railway | MP | 1876 | 1917 | Kansas City Northwestern Railroad, Missouri Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Missouri Pacific Railway in Kansas | MP | 1885 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway | - | |
| Missouri Pacific Railway of Kansas | MP | 1881 | 1882 | Missouri Pacific Railway | - | |
| Missouri River Railroad | MP | 1865 | 1880 | Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison Railway | - | |
| Missouri River, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad | SLSF | 1868 | 1879 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad | - | |
| Missouri and Western Railway | SLSF | 1875 | 1879 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway | - | |
| Montgomery County Railway | ATSF | 1903 | 1903 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet | 1996 | 2005 | Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway | - | ||
| Nebraska, Topeka, Iola and Memphis Railroad | ATSF | 1881 | 1884 | Crawford County Railroad | - | |
| Neosho Valley and Holden Railway | MKT | 1870 | 1870 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad | - | |
| Nevada and Minden Railway of Kansas | MP | 1885 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway | - | |
| Northeast Oklahoma Railroad | NEO | SLSF | 1919 | 1967 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | - |
| Northern Kansas Railroad | UP | 1866 | 1866 | St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad | - | |
| Oakley and Colby Railway | UP | 1885 | 1888 | Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado Railway | - | |
| Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad | OKKT | MKT | 1980 | 1989 | Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad | - |
| Omaha, Abilene and Wichita Railway | RI | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway | - | |
| Omaha and Republican Valley Railway | UP | 1887 | 1898 | Union Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Oswego and State Line Railroad | SLSF | 1875 | 1875 | Missouri and Western Railway | - | |
| Ottawa and Burlington Railroad | ATSF | 1881 | 1883 | Southern Kansas Railway | - | |
| Ottawa, Osage City and Council Grove Railroad | ATSF | 1883 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad | - | |
| Pacific Railroad | MP | 1866 | 1876 | Missouri Pacific Railway | - | |
| Pacific Railway in Kansas | MP | 1887 | 1887 | Pacific Railway in Nebraska | - | |
| Pacific Railway in Nebraska | MP | 1887 | 1910 | Missouri Pacific Railway | - | |
| Parsons and Pacific Railroad | MKT | 1885 | 1887 | Kansas City and Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Pawnee Valley and Denver Railroad | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad | - | |
| Pittsburg and Columbus Railway | SLSF | 1886 | 1926 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | - | |
| Pittsburg, Fort Smith and Southern Railroad | KCS | 1892 | 1894 | Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad | - | |
| Pleasant Hill and De Soto Railroad | SLSF | 1877 | 1885 | Kansas City, Clinton and Springfield Railway | - | |
| Republican Valley Railroad | CB&Q | 1878 | 1888 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | - | |
| Republican Valley Railway | MP | 1876 | 1879 | Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Republican Valley, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad | CB&Q | 1886 | 1908 | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | - | |
| Rich Hill Railroad | SLSF | 1880 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad | - | |
| Rooks County Railroad | MP | 1885 | 1909 | Missouri Pacific Railway | - | |
| St. Joseph Bridge Building Company | UP | 1870 | 1885 | St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad | - | |
| St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad | UP | 1862 | 1876 | Kansas and Nebraska Railway of Kansas, St. Joseph and Pacific Railroad | - | |
| St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad | UP | 1885 | 1887 | St. Joseph, Hanover and Western Railway | - | |
| St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway | SJGI | UP | 1897 | - | ||
| St. Joseph, Hanover and Western Railway | UP | 1896 | 1897 | St. Joseph and Grand Island Railway | - | |
| St. Joseph and Marysville Railroad | UP | 1885 | 1885 | St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad | - | |
| St. Joseph and Pacific Railroad | UP | 1876 | 1877 | St. Joseph and Western Railroad | - | |
| St. Joseph and Topeka Railroad | 1857 | 1878 | N/A | - | ||
| St. Joseph and Western Railroad | UP | 1877 | 1885 | St. Joseph and Marysville Railroad | - | |
| St. Louis and Emporia Railroad | MP | 1881 | 1890 | Interstate Railway | - | |
| St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad | MP | 1880 | 1887 | Fort Scott, Wichita and Western Railway | - | |
| St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | MP | 1888 | 1917 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | - | |
| St. Louis, Kansas and Southwestern Railroad | ATSF | 1886 | 1899 | Kansas Southwestern Railroad | - | |
| St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad | ATSF, SLSF, UP | 1865 | 1874 | St. Louis, Lawrence and Western Railroad | - | |
| St. Louis, Lawrence and Western Railroad | ATSF, SLSF, UP | 1874 | 1877 | Kansas City, Topeka and Western Railroad, Lawrence, Emporia and Southwestern Railway, Pleasant Hill and De Soto Railroad | - | |
| St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | SLSF | 1896 | 1915 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | - | |
| St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | SLSF | SLSF | 1916 | 1980 | Burlington Northern Inc. | - |
| St. Louis and San Francisco Railway | SLSF | 1879 | 1896 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | - | |
| St. Louis Southwestern Railway | SSW | SP | 1980 | 1997 | Union Pacific Railroad | - |
| St. Louis, Wichita and Western Railway | SLSF | 1879 | 1882 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway | - | |
| Salina, Lincoln and Western Railway | UP | 1885 | 1888 | Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado Railway | - | |
| Salina Northern Railroad | SN | ATSF | 1914 | 1924 | Salina and Santa Fe Railway | - |
| Salina and Santa Fe Railway | ATSF | 1924 | 1942 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Salina and South Western Railway | UP | 1880 | 1900 | Union Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Salina and Southwestern Railway | UP | 1878 | 1880 | Salina and South Western Railway | - | |
| Salina, Sterling and El Paso Railroad | MP | 1883 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway | - | |
| Scott City Northern Railroad | 1910 | 1913 | Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad | - | ||
| Short Creek and Joplin Railroad | SLSF | 1879 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad | - | |
| Solomon Railroad | UP | 1877 | 1900 | Union Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Southeast Kansas Railroad | SEKR | 1987 | 1999 | South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad | - | |
| Southern Kansas Railroad | ATSF | 1871 | 1879 | Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad | - | |
| Southern Kansas Railway | ATSF | 1883 | 1899 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Southern Kansas and Panhandle Railroad | ATSF | 1886 | 1890 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad | - | |
| Southern Kansas and Western Railroad | ATSF | 1879 | 1880 | Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad | - | |
| Southwestern Mineral Railway | MKT | 1894 | 1894 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway | - | |
| State Line, Oswego and Southern Kansas Railway | SLSF | 1872 | 1872 | Memphis, Carthage and Northwestern Railroad | - | |
| Sumner County Railroad | ATSF | 1880 | 1880 | Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Kansas Railroad | - | |
| Texas and Pacific Railway | MP | 1967 | 1976 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Topeka and Northwestern Railroad | UP | 1904 | 1908 | Union Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Topeka, Salina and Western Railroad | MP | 1880 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway | - | |
| Union Pacific Railway | UP | 1880 | 1898 | Union Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division | UP | 1863 | 1869 | Kansas Pacific Railway | - | |
| Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch | MKT | 1865 | 1870 | Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad | - | |
| Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado Railway | UP | 1888 | 1898 | Union Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Union Terminal Railroad | KCS | 1891 | 1902 | Kansas City Southern Railway | - | |
| Verdigris Valley, Independence and Western Railroad | MP | 1885 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway | - | |
| Wabash Valley Railroad | WVRC | 1981 | 1981 | Kyle Railroad | - | |
| Walnut Valley and Colorado Railroad | ATSF | 1885 | 1886 | Chicago, Kansas and Western Railroad | - | |
| Waterville and Washington Railroad | MP | 1876 | 1879 | Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad | - | |
| Watonga and Northwestern Railroad | RI | 1900 | 1901 | Choctaw and Northern Railroad | - | |
| Westmoreland Interurban Railroad | 1914 | 1918 | N/A | - | ||
| Wichita and Colorado Railway | MP | 1885 | 1891 | Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railway | - | |
| Wichita, McPherson and Gulf Railroad | MP | 1910 | 1911 | Wichita and Midland Valley Railroad | - | |
| Wichita and Midland Valley Railroad | MP | 1911 | 1929 | Midland Valley Railroad | - | |
| Wichita Northwestern Railway | WNW | 1919 | 1941 | N/A | - | |
| Wichita and Southwestern Railroad | ATSF | 1871 | 1882 | Wichita and Southwestern Railway | - | |
| Wichita and Southwestern Railway | ATSF | 1882 | 1901 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - | |
| Wichita and Western Railroad | ATSF | 1883 | 1889 | Wichita and Western Railway | - | |
| Wichita and Western Railway | ATSF | 1889 | 1898 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | - |
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- Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway
- Hutchinson and Northern Railway
- Joplin–Pittsburg Railway
- Kansas City, Kaw Valley Railroad
- Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway
- Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka Railway
- Kansas City – Leavenworth Railway
- Kansas City, Leavenworth and Western Railway
- Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway
- Kansas City Outer Belt and Electric Railroad Company
- Kansas City Public Service Company
- Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company
- Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway
- Northeast Oklahoma Railroad
- Southwest Missouri Railroad
- Union Electric Railway
- Nebraska, Kansas and Southern Railway