Kansas Short Lines & Industrial Railroads

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Kansas Short Lines and Industrial Railroads

Archer-Daniels-Midlands Corp.

This is an international food company.

Ash Grove Cement Co.

Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co.

3, 45 Ton, was built by General Electric in June 1944, #27510.

4, 65 Ton, was built by General Electric in June 1953, #31865.

Bartlett & Company

There is a special page covering this multi-site grain company.

Brandon Rail

There is a special page covering this railroad.

Cedrite Technologies, Inc.

9428, SW900, was built by Electro-Motive July 1955, #20412, as Baltimore & Ohio 653, Class DS-20E. It was renumbered 9411, Class SE-3, in 1956, and was reclassified Class SW-900 in 1965. It was retired on September 8, 1986, and sold to Wilson Railway Corp on December 23, 1986. It was sold as Cedrite 9428 in March 1988 but closed in 1992. It was sold through Mid-America Car Corp as Ag Processing Inc 9428 in March 1992.

Central Kansas Railway

This is included on the OmniTrax system.

Continental Grain Co.

We have a page on the national company.

DeBruce Grain, Inc.

We have a page on the elevator company.

Dodge City Ford & Bucklin Ry.

301, 45 Ton, was built by General Electric in May 1941, #13059.

6601, S1, was built by Alco in June 1941, #69407, as United States Army 7459. It was later sold as DCFB 6601.

999014 was built in February 1942 as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe. It was rebuilt as 999014 and later sold as DCFB 999014.

Emporia Manufacturing Co.

10 was built by Lima in February 1910, #1108, as Emporia Manufacturing Co 10. It was sold to Birmingham Rail & Equipment in 1929 and sold as Delaware & Northern Ry 10 on January 3, 1930.

Erman Corp.

1, NW2, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1949, #6874. as St Louis-San Francisco 263. It became Burlington Northern 423, Class NW-2, in December 1980 and retired in August 1983. It was sold as EC 1 in September 1983 and resold as Eli Lilly & Co no number.

2, GP7, was built by Electro-Motive.

Garden City Western Ry.

101, 50DE58b, was built by Whitcomb in October 1947, #60746. It was sold as Ventura County Ry 3 in May 1962 and resold as Quick-Car Co 3.

202, SW1, was built by Electro-Motive in April 1949, #8154, as Chicago Short Line RR 201. It was sold as GCW 202 and later sold as Nevada Industrial Switching 202.

Hutchinson Salt Co.

1284, SW1200, was built by Electro-Motive in March 1957, #23082, as Cuyahoga Valley RR 1284. It was sold as HSCo 1284 in 1995.

C. D. Jennings Grain Co.

515, JDT 20 Ton, was built by Plymouth in March 1959, #6176. It became Continental Grain Co 515.

Johnson County Airport Commission

1992, SW900, was built by General Motors and was acquired from National Railway Leasing Co in 1992.

Kansas & Missouri Railway & Terminal Co.

3, 46 Ton, was built by General Electric on October 25, 1941, #13163, for Benecia Arsenal. It became Unites States Army 4505 and sold to Columbia Steel & Shafting Inc. It was sold as Kansas City Public Service Freight Operation 2 in 1960 and later sold as KM 3.

Kansas City Terminal Ry.

We have a special page on the Kansas City Terminal.

Kyle RR

We have a page on this railroad.

Neosho Construction Co.

6400, GP9u, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1956 #21465, as Spokane Portland & Seattle 150. It became Burlington Northern 1975, Class GP-9, in 1970 and became National Museum of Transport in June 1985. Later it was traded to Morrison Knudsen for two MARC E9s. MK was rebuilt it as NCCo 6400.

Northeast Kansas & Missouri RR

This line was built as a Union Pacific line between Saint Joseph and Marysville and served as a Railtex line. But after several years, it was sold back to the UP.

23, GP9, was built by Electro-Motive in February 1955, #20141, as Southern Pacific 5616, Class DF-605. It was renumbered 3453, Class EF418-5, and rebuilt on April 2, 1970, as 3303, Class EF418E-1. It was retired on December 17, 1986, and sold as Cape Cod & Hyannis 203 in May 1988. It was renumbered 23 and sold to Railtex in April 1989. It was assigned as North Carolina & Virginia 23 and reassigned as NEKM 23 in May 1991..

1308, GP7, was built by Electro-Motive in October 1951, #15250, as Chesapeake & Ohio 5744, Class MRSE-15. It was reclassified Class GP-7 in 1964 and retired in April 1984. It was sold to Lambton Cartage & Warehousing and then as Herzog Contracting Co 1308. It was then leased as NEKM 1308 and sold as MidWest Rail Holdings 1308.

2022, GP7u, was built by Electro-Motive in October 1952, #17459, as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 2804, Class 2650. It was rebuilt at Cleburne in September 1981 as 2022, Class 2000. It was retired in March 1990 and sold to Railtex in August 1990. It was assigned to NEKM as 2022 and later moved to Texas Northeastern as 2022. In April 1992 it became Dallas Garland & North Eastern 2022 as one of the first locomotives.

2167, GP7u, was built by Electro-Motive in October 1952, #17011, as AT&SF 2784, Class 2650. It was rebuilt in August 1979 at Cleburne as 2167, Class 2050. It was retired in October 1989 and sold to Railtex in July 1990. They assigned it to NEKM as 2167, Spirit of Hiawatha" and transferred it to Missouri & Northern Arkansas as 2167 in October 1991.

2210, GP7u, was built by Electro-Motive in January 1952, #15798, as AT&SF 2698, Class 2650. It was rebuilt in October 1980 at Cleburne as 2210, Class 2050. It was retired in June 1989 and sold to Railtex in February 1990. It was assigned to NEKM as 2210 "The Spirit of Seneca" and later transferred to M&NA as 2210.

Northeast Kansas Rail Museum

6540, FP9A, was built by General Motors in July 1958, #A1400, as Canadian National 6540, Class GPA-17e. It became Via Rail Canada 6540, Class DPA-17e, on March 31, 1971, and sold to Rail Enterprise Inc on February 19, 1994. It was sold as NKRM in 1994 and sold at Boone & Scenic Valley RR 6540 in 2002.

Ottaway Mfg. Co.

There is a special page covering this miniature locomotive builder.

South East Kansas RR

This is a Watco shortline.

South Kansas & Oklahoma RR

This is a Watco shortline.

Union Equity Cooperative Grain Corp.

This is part of Farmland Industries.

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