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The Kyle Railroad (reporting mark KYLE) is a regional railroad line that runs from North Central Kansas into Eastern Colorado.It is based in Phillipsburg, Kansas and runs on 556 miles (895 km) [1] of track, mostly the former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad's Chicago to Denver main line.
Kansas City, Emporia and Southern Railway: ATSF: 1882 1901 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: Missouri River, Fort Scott & 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 ...
The Colorado Department of Transportation purchased the line from UP in 1998 for $10.2 million in hopes of finding a short-line operator to serve farmers and others in small towns along the route. [4] In 2000, CDOT leased the line to the Colorado, Kansas & Pacific Railway. In 2004, the lease was transferred to V&S Railway. [5]
Kansas–Colorado Railroad: 1908 1910 Colorado–Kansas Railway: Kansas Pacific Railway: UP: 1869 1880 Union Pacific Railway: Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific Railway: UP: 1911 1914 Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway: Laramie, North Park and Western Railroad: UP: 1924 1951 Union Pacific Railroad: Larimer and Routt County Railway: UP: 1907 1914
The Kansas Pacific: a study in railroad promotion (Arno Press, 1981). Petrowski, William R. "The Kansas Pacific Railroad in the Southwest." Arizona and the West (1969): 129–146. in JSTOR; Petrowski, William R. "Kansas City to Denver to Cheyenne: Pacific Railroad Construction Costs and Profits." Business History Review 48#2 (1974): 206–224 ...
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]
A southbound Santa Fe coal train underneath Pikes Peak, on the Colorado Joint Line out of Denver, April 1983. The first set of tracks in the area were laid by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in 1871. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway laid their tracks parallel to the D&RG in 1888.
The Denver-Boulder Turnpike was championed by business and university interests in Boulder due to there being no direct route between Denver and Boulder. [8] The 17.3-mile (27.8 km) toll road stretched from Federal Boulevard ( US 287 ) in Westminster to Baseline Road in Boulder, and opened on January 19, 1952, with a toll of $0.25.