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The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (reporting mark MKT) was a Class I railroad company in the United States, with its last headquarters in Dallas, Texas.Established in 1865 under the name Union Pacific Railroad (UP), Southern Branch, it came to serve an extensive rail network in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri.
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad: Boonville, St. Louis and Southern Railway: MP: 1878 1956 Missouri Pacific Railroad: Brownville and Nodaway Valley Railway: CB&Q ...
Kansas and Missouri Railroad: SLSF: 1882 1888 Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad: Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company: KM KCS: 1922 1992 Kansas City Southern Railway: Kansas and Nebraska Railway of Kansas: UP: 1876 1877 St. Joseph and Western Railroad: Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota Railway: MP: 1885 1891 Kansas and ...
Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad St. Louis-San Francisco Railway The Texas Special was a named passenger train operated jointly by the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (also known as the MKT or the Katy) and the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (the Frisco).
The Katy was incorporated November 24, 1899, under the general laws of Kansas. It was formed by consolidation and merger of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company (1865 corporation) and the Kansas City & Pacific Railroad Company, for the purpose of forming a single corporation, under the name of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company, whose board of directors, management, officers ...
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (reporting mark KCS) was an American Class I railroad.Founded in 1887, it operated in 10 Midwestern and Southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
The Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway (“KO&G”) had at its height 310.5 miles of track from Denison, Texas through Oklahoma to Baxter Springs, Kansas. Its various predecessor companies built the line between 1904 and 1913. The railroad was consolidated into a Missouri Pacific Railroad subsidiary—the Texas and Pacific Railway—in 1963.
The Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway declared bankruptcy in 1940. [7] By its closure on July 9th, 1940, the Strang Line was the last remaining Interurban in Kansas City. The line's closure attracted significant public attention, as passengers went as far as to make off with the streetcar's seat cushions as souvenirs.