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Leavenworth Depot and Railroad Company: ATSF/ MP/ RI/ UP: 1885 1968 N/A Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway: UP: 1897 1908 Union Pacific Railroad: Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad: ATSF: 1858 1866 Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad: Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad: ATSF: 1866 1878 Lawrence and Galveston ...
A May 31, 2019 decision by the Surface Transportation Board stated: [1] On May 3, 2019, Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad d/b/a Baldwin City & Southern Railroad Company (Leavenworth), a noncarrier, filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. § 1150.31 to permit it to enter into an agreement to operate a rail line (the Line) owned by its corporate parent, Midland Railway ...
The Galveston Railroad (reporting mark GVSR) is a Class III terminal switching railroad headquartered in Galveston, Texas. It primarily serves the transportation of cargo to and from the Port of Galveston. [1] GVSR operates 32 miles (51 km) of yard track at Galveston, over a 50-acre (200,000 m 2) facility.
In 1867, the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad laid tracks and became the first Kansas railroad south of the Kansas River. In 1906, the Santa Fe Depot was built and today the Midland Railway offers over 20-mile round trip excursion rides to Ottawa via "Nowhere" and Norwood .
The company began operating January 16, 1900 as the Kansas City-Leavenworth Railway. [1] Starting from Leavenworth (then the 4th largest city in Kansas), it ran southeast through Lansing. [2] It also passed through the Wolcott community, renamed from Connor or Connor City in honor of H.W. (Herbert) Wolcott, an official of the railway.
Lawrence and Pleasant Hill Railway: SLSF: 1869 1870 St. Louis, Lawrence and Denver Railroad: Lead Belt Railway: 1898 Leavenworth and Des Moines Railway: RI: 1867 1869 Chicago and South Western Railway: Leavenworth, Kansas and Western Railway: UP: 1897 1908 Union Pacific Railroad: Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad: UP: 1855 1863
This was the long-line railroad in Kansas for 2–3 years. The first 40 miles (64 km) were opened in 1864 from Wyandotte (now a suburb of Kansas City) to Lawrence. William A. Harris moved to Kansas in 1865 employed as a civil engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1868 it became the Kansas Pacific Railroad.
The Leavenworth Depot & Railroad Company, hereinafter called the Leavenworth Depot & Railroad, owns and operates a union passenger station and appurtenant facilities at Leavenworth, Kans. Its property includes 0.092 mile of main track and 0.773 mile of yard tracks and sidings, aggregating 0.865 mile of all tracks owned and used.