Kansas Pacific Railway
late 19th century railroad company operating in Kansas and Colorado
The Kansas Pacific Railway (KP) was a historic railroad company. They operated in the western United States in the late 19th century. The railroad was consolidated with the Union Pacific in 1880. Its mainline is still an important part of the Union Pacific network today.[1]
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Wyandotte, Kansas (part of present-day Kansas City, Kansas) |
| Locale | Kansas and Colorado |
| Dates of operation | 1863–1880 |
| Successor | Union Pacific |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
References
change- ↑ William R. Petrowski, "The Kansas Pacific Railroad in the Southwest." Arizona and the West (1969): 129-146.
More reading
change- Babbitt, James E. "From Albuquerque to Tucson in 1867: The Kansas Pacific Railway Survey Photographs of William A. Bell." Journal of Arizona History (1998): 289-306. in JSTOR
- Klein, Maury. Union Pacific: 1862-1893 (Vol. 1. 1987), passim.
- Petrowski, William R. The Kansas Pacific: a study in railroad promotion (Arno Press, 1981).
- Petrowski, William R. "The Kansas Pacific Railroad in the Southwest." Arizona and the West (1969): 129-146. in JSTOR
- Petrowski, William R. "Kansas City to Denver to Cheyenne: Pacific Railroad Construction Costs and Profits." Business History Review 48#2 (1974): 206-224. online
Primary sources
change- Leland, Charles Godfrey. The Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division: or, Three thousand miles in a railway car (1867) online
Other websites
change- University of Kansas: Kansas Pacific Railroad Archived 2006-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Map: Native Americans and Kansas Pacific
- UP Limon Subdivision: building of the Kansas Pacific <dead link>
- Thomas Ewing Jr. and the origin of the Kansas Pacific
- John H. McDowell Papers, 1853-1884 Archived 2017-03-29 at the Wayback Machine. McDowell was part owner of the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad Company and this collection documents the business of the railroad while he was associated with it. .44 cubic feet (processed). Finding aid compiled by Susan Wheatley. Eastern Kentucky University Special Collections and Archives