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Transportation Company - Central Kansas - Railroad
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Company NameCentral Kansas
CategoryRailroad
Year Founded1992
Final Year of Operation2001
TerminationMerged
Successor/ParentKansas Okahoma & Gulf (Details)
CountryUnited States (Details)
Source of TextBluford Shops
Text Credit URLLink
Transportation Company - Central Kansas - Railroad



Company History: CKR was launched by shortline group OmniTRAX in 1992 to take over operation on 890 miles of (mostly) former Santa Fe branches in Kansas and Colorado. OmniTRAX sold the line in 2001 to the Watco shortline group who merged it with other lines they owned to form the Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad.
Successor/Parent History:
The Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway (reporting mark KOG) (KO&G) was formed on July 31, 1919 from the assets of the bankrupt Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway. The KO&G largely consisted of a single line from Baxter Springs, Kansas, to Denison, Texas, prior to its purchase by Missouri Pacific's Texas and Pacific Railway in 1964 and merger in 1970.

The KO&G owed much of its latter existence to its status as a bridge line between the Missouri Pacific at Okay, Oklahoma and the Missouri Pacific-controlled Texas and Pacific Railway at Denison, Texas. This traffic was the main source of revenue for the KO&G and was the primary reason that the MP acquired it. The KO&G came under common control of the Muskogee Company (often referred to as the "Muskogee Roads" or the "Muskogee Lines") in 1925, sharing common management with the Midland Valley Railroad and the Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Railway from 1930 to 1964. In 1967 KO&G operated 209 miles of railroad and reported 457 million ton-miles of revenue freight.

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Item created by: gdm on 2019-06-08 08:29:01. Last edited by Alain LM on 2019-06-18 16:19:13

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