Colorado and Southern Railway

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Colorado and Southern Railway
System map
Schematic map of C&S lines
Reporting marks CS
Locale Colorado
Dates of operation 1898–1981
Successor line Burlington Northern
Track gauge 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
C&S Steam locomotive #71 1941.
C&S Steam locomotive #71 1941.

The Colorado and Southern Railway began as the consolidation of bankrupt railroads on 1898. The Colorado Central Railroad and Cheyenne and Northern Railway were brought together to form the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railroad in 1890. When Union Pacific went bankrupt in 1893 they were separated from the Union Pacific and united with the Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway and others, by Frank Trumbull to form the Colorado and Southern Railroad in 1898. In 1908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad bought control of the C&S. It would later merge in to the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1981 and is still in use today.

Contents

[edit] Constituents

The following lines were consolidated to form the Colorado & Southern Railroad:

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • . OVERTON, RICHARD C (1965). Burlington Route, a History of the Burlington Lines. Knopf. 
  • Drury, George H. (1991). The Historical Guide to North American Railroads. Kalmbach Publishing Co.. 0-89024-072-8. 

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