Kyle Railroad

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Kyle Railroad
Reporting mark	KYLE
Locale	Kansas
Dates of operation	1982–
Track gauge	4 ft 8¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters	Phillipsburg, Kansas

The Kyle Railroad (reporting mark KYLE) is a regional railroad line that runs from North Central Kansas into Eastern Colorado. It is based in Phillipsburg, Kansas and runs on 561 miles (903 km)^[1] track, mostly the former Rock Island Railroad Chicago to Denver main line. The Kyle has been owned by Rail America from 2002 to 2012.^[1] Genesee & Wyoming Inc. bought RailAmerica in late 2012.

History

The Kyle Railroad was formed for the 1982^[1] Northern Kansas Harvest season by the Willis B. Kyle Organization, which consisted of several railroad properties, including the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway, the Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway, the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad and the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad. Included was about 243 miles (391 km) of trackage from Belleville, KS to Limon, CO, with trackage rights over the Cadillac and Lake City Railroad from Limon, CO to Colorado Springs, CO. Officially, on September 16, 1980, The Kyle Railroad signed with the MSPA (Mid-States Port Authority) a contract for the Hallam, NE to Limon, CO and Belleville, KS to Clay Center, KS line, as well as 90 miles (140 km) of trackage rights over the Union Pacific Railroad from Limon, CO to Denver, CO, totalling 455 miles (732 km). The Kyle Railroad acted as the MSPA's operator of these lines.

Recently the Kyle Railroad bought the tracks on which it operates from the MSPA.^[2]

Power for the trains consisted of former Burlington Northern Railroad ALCO Century 425s, most tracing their heritage to the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway.

Traffic

The railroad handles mostly agricultural commodities, although limited amounts of construction materials are carried. KYLE transported around 20,000 carloads in 2000.^[1]

References

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine (Kalmbach Publishing). June 2010.
↑ "KYLE to buy the track it operates". Retrieved October 26, 2009.

External links

Genesee & Wyoming -KYLE

v t e Regional railroads of North America

Current (as of 2006)	AGR ARR BPRR Cartier CC CORP DMVW EJE FEC GLC IAIS INRD IORY KO KYLE MNA MRL NKCR NECR NYSW NPR ONT PAL PAR PNWR PW RRVW QNS&L SJVR SKOL TNER TXPF UTAH WE WSOR

Former	AC BAR BCOL BLE CKRY CV DME DH DM DMIR DWP FVW GSF GSWR GWWR ICE IMRL MMA MSRC PLE RFP SO SR SSWN TPW TSBY WC WCRC WICT WRPI

v t e Railroads of Colorado

Common carriers	BNSF CVR CW DRIR GWR KO KYLE NKCR RRRR SLC SLRG UP UTAH VST

Miscellaneous	AMTK CCV CTSR DSNG FCMX GLRX LCSR MPP PVTX RGSR RTDZ CRRX SKTX WFUX

Former	ATSF BN CLK CBQ C&S CM DRGW MP MTR RI SP

See also: List of United States railroads by political division

v t e Common carrier railroads of Kansas

Current	BNG BHW BNSF CVR GCW KAW KCS KO KYLE MNA NKCR NS SKOL UP VSR WTA

See also: List of United States railroads by political division

v t e Genesee & Wyoming railroads

G&W railroads	Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad Allegheny and Eastern Railroad AN Railway Arizona Eastern Railway Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad Atlantic and Western Railway Bay Line Railroad Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad Chattahoochee Bay Railroad Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway Columbus and Greenville Railway Columbus and Ohio River Railroad Commonwealth Railway Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad East Tennessee Railway First Coast Railroad Fordyce and Princeton Railroad Galveston Railroad Genesee and Wyoming Railroad

RailAmerica railroads	Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway Arizona and California Railroad Bauxite and Northern Railway California Northern Railroad Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway Carolina Piedmont Railroad Cascade and Columbia River Railroad Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad Central Railroad of Indiana Central Railroad of Indianapolis Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad Connecticut Southern Railroad Dallas, Garland and Northeastern Railroad Eastern Alabama Railway Goderich–Exeter Railway Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad Huron and Eastern Railway Indiana and Ohio Railway Indiana Southern Railroad Kiamichi Railroad Kyle Railroad Massena Terminal Railroad Michigan Shore Railroad Mid-Michigan Railroad Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad New England Central Railroad North Carolina and Virginia Railroad Ottawa Valley Railway Otter Tail Valley Railroad Point Comfort and Northern Railway Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad San Joaquin Valley Railroad South Carolina Central Railroad Southern Ontario Railway Texas Northeastern Railroad Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway Ventura County Railroad

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