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A portion of the Hutchinson line was opened by the [[Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway]] in December 1915 as the end of a line from [[Wichita, KS|Wichita]],<ref>George W. Hilton and John F. Due, The Electric Interurban Railways in America, 1960, p. 371</ref> and the Hutchinson and Northern Railway built the remainder in 1923 as a connecting electric freight line.<ref name=shortline>Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition, [[Kalmbach Publishing]], 1996, p. 153</ref> The H&N later acquired a piece of the interurban and [[Dieselisation|dieselize]]d its lines.{{Fact|date=March 2009}}<!--p. 372 of Hilton and Due probably has this but I can't get the text--> The V&S acquired the entire property of the H&N in 2006.<ref>[http://www.vsrailway.com/hutchinson.html V&S Railway: Hutchinson, KS], accessed February 2009</ref> |
A portion of the Hutchinson line was opened by the [[Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway]] in December 1915 as the end of a line from [[Wichita, KS|Wichita]],<ref>George W. Hilton and John F. Due, The Electric Interurban Railways in America, 1960, p. 371</ref> and the Hutchinson and Northern Railway built the remainder in 1923 as a connecting electric freight line.<ref name=shortline>Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition, [[Kalmbach Publishing]], 1996, p. 153</ref> The H&N later acquired a piece of the interurban and [[Dieselisation|dieselize]]d its lines.{{Fact|date=March 2009}}<!--p. 372 of Hilton and Due probably has this but I can't get the text--> The V&S acquired the entire property of the H&N in 2006.<ref>[http://www.vsrailway.com/hutchinson.html V&S Railway: Hutchinson, KS], accessed February 2009</ref> |
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V&S as of March 2009 has acquired two CN (formerly Illinois Central) rail lines in Mississippi. The Grenada line runs roughly 175 miles from the Mississippi/Tennessee border to approximately two miles north of Canton, Miss. The 11-mile Water Valley Branch Line intersects the Grenada Line at W.V. Junction and extends to Coffeeville, Miss.<ref>[http://www.cn.ca/en/media-news-completes-mississippi-agreement-20090513.htm] |
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Revision as of 19:46, 31 July 2009
| Overview | |
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| Headquarters | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Reporting mark | VSR |
| Locale | Central Kansas |
The V&S Railway (reporting mark VSR) is a shortline railroad that operates two disconnected lines in the U.S. state of Kansas. The company acquired its first line, a former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway line between Medicine Lodge and a BNSF Railway junction at Attica, from the Central Kansas Railway in 2000. In 2006 it expanded its operations by acquiring from the Hutchinson and Northern Railway (reporting mark HN) a short segment of former interurban in eastern Hutchinson, where it interchanges with the BNSF Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, and Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad. The V&S also operates a line in Colorado as the Towner Railway, which began serving a former Missouri Pacific Railroad line that had most recently been the Colorado, Kansas and Pacific Railway in 2005. It is affiliated with A&K Railroad Materials, a scrap dealer.
History
The Southern Kansas Railway, a predecessor of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, opened a branch from Attica to Medicine Lodge in August 1885, and another Santa Fe predecessor, the Denver, Kansas and Gulf Railway, completed a line from Kiowa through Medicine Lodge to Belvidere in 1907.[1] In January 1993, the Central Kansas Railway took over operation from the Santa Fe on the remaining piece between Attica and Sun City,[citation needed] and in late 2000 the V&S Railway bought the line.[2][3] Abandonment between Medicine Lodge and Sun City was authorized in 2003.[4]
A portion of the Hutchinson line was opened by the Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway in December 1915 as the end of a line from Wichita,[5] and the Hutchinson and Northern Railway built the remainder in 1923 as a connecting electric freight line.[6] The H&N later acquired a piece of the interurban and dieselized its lines.[citation needed] The V&S acquired the entire property of the H&N in 2006.[7]
V&S as of March 2009 has acquired two CN (formerly Illinois Central) rail lines in Mississippi. The Grenada line runs roughly 175 miles from the Mississippi/Tennessee border to approximately two miles north of Canton, Miss. The 11-mile Water Valley Branch Line intersects the Grenada Line at W.V. Junction and extends to Coffeeville, Miss.<ref>[1]
References
- ^ Interstate Commerce Commission, 127 I.C.C. 1 (1927): Valuation Docket No. 625, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company et al.
- ^ V&S Railway: Medicine Lodge, KS, accessed February 2009
- ^ STB Finance Docket No. 33964, December 7, 2000
- ^ STB Docket No. AB-603 (Sub-No. 1X), August 13, 2003
- ^ George W. Hilton and John F. Due, The Electric Interurban Railways in America, 1960, p. 371
- ^ Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition, Kalmbach Publishing, 1996, p. 153
- ^ V&S Railway: Hutchinson, KS, accessed February 2009