Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
The Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in the Midwestern United States.
It is entirely located in Kansas and, despite its name, owns no trackage in Oklahoma.
Overview
The KO is a subsidiary of Watco, which took over the operations of the Central Kansas Railway on June 29, 2001. The CKRY property was purchased from OmniTRAX and 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 & 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.
KO owns of track, and another is accounted for in trackage rights.
Subdivisions
the K&O consists 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
- (Colorado Pacific Railroad: Towner - Pueblo, CO