Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway
The Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway, formerly the Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet, is based in Grant, Nebraska, and operates about of track in southwestern Nebraska, northern Kansas and northeastern Colorado. It carries mainly agricultural-related products, especially grains, as well as coal to the Nebraska Public Power District's Gerald Gentleman Station which is Nebraska's largest coal-fired power plant. It is owned by OmniTRAX.
Subdivisions
The NKCR consists of 5 subdivisions:- Holdrege Subdivision - Holdrege, NE to Maywood, NE
- * While the rail is still in place, trains do not run between Maywood, NE and Wallace, NE
- Wallace Subdivision - Wallace, NE to Sterling, CO
- * This subdivision connects to the Gerald Gentleman Station at Wallace Jct., just east of town
- Imperial Subdivision - Culbertson, NE to Imperial, NE
- St. Francis Subdivision - Orleans Jct. to St. Francis, KS
- * While not officially abandoned, no trains have run on this subdivision since 2015
- Franklin Subdivision - Oxford Jct. to Franklin, NE
- * Similar to the St. Francis Subdivision, no trains have run east of Alma, NE since 2015