Kansas City Terminal Railway

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Kansas City Terminal Railway
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Overview
Headquarters Kansas City, Missouri
Reporting mark KCT
Locale Kansas, Missouri
Dates of operation1906–present
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Other
Website kctrailway.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Kansas City Terminal Railway( reporting mark KCT) is a Class III terminal railroad that serves as a joint operation of the trunk railroads that serve the Kansas City metropolitan area, the United States' second largest rail hub after Chicago. [1] It is operated by the Kaw River Railroad. [2] [3]

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Kansas City Union Station KCUnionStation.jpg
Kansas City Union Station

The railway owns and dispatches 95 miles of track in Kansas and Missouri. [4] It no longer owns Kansas City Union Station.[ citation needed ] It leases six locomotives and no freight cars.[ citation needed ] Maintenance operations are subcontracted to BNSF Railway.[ citation needed ]

KCT now serves the Class I railroads BNSF, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific. [4] It also serves Amtrak, as well as the Class II railroad Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad and the class III railroad Kaw River Railroad (a WATCO subsidiary).[ citation needed ]

History

The railway was created after a series of floods—including a large one in 1903—inundated the West Bottoms each time and temporarily closed the Union Depot there. [4] The 12 original trunk railways of the city at the time joined to build the new Union Station and to coordinate the bridges and switches that serve the city. [4]

The original trunk railroads that were owners of the Kansas City Terminal were: [4]

Under an Interstate Commerce Commission order, the railway operated and then oversaw the liquidation of the Rock Island Line from 1979 to 1980.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bryan, Joseph; Weisbrod, Glen Elliot; Martland, Carl Douglas (2007). NCHRP Report 586: Rail Freight Solutions to Roadway Congestion: Final Report and Guidebook (Report). Transportation Research Board. p. 44. ISBN   978-0-309-09893-9 . Retrieved November 26, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Kaw River Railroad (KAW)". WatcoCompanies.com. Watco. 2015. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ "STB Finance Docket No. 34830". STB.DOT.gov. United States Department of Transportation. March 22, 2006. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "About Us". KCTRailway.com. Kansas City Terminal Railway. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
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