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Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad

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Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
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The Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (reporting mark KO) is a shortline railroad operating in the Midwestern United States.

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It is entirely located in Kansas and, despite its name, owns no trackage in Oklahoma.

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Overview

The KO is a subsidiary of Watco, which took over the operations of the Central Kansas Railway (CKRY) on June 29, 2001. The CKRY property (which by this time included the merged Kansas Southwestern Railway) 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 820 miles (1,320 km) of track, and another 84 miles (135 km) is accounted for in trackage rights.[1]

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Subdivisions

As of July 2023, the K&O consists of the following subdivisions:[2]

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References

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