Garden City Western Railway
- Garden City Western Railway
Infobox SG rail
railroad_name=Garden City Western Railway
marks=GCW
locale=Kansas
start_year=1916| end_year=present
hq_city=Garden City, Kansas
The Garden City Western Railway, Inc. reporting mark|GCW is a railroad operating in the U.S. state of Kansas. GCW was organized in 1916, first owned by The Garden City Sugar and Land Company and then owned by the Garden City Coop, Inc. The GCW is located in southwest Kansas and totals mi to km|40 of operating railroad and interchanges with BNSF Railway. GCW was purchased by Pioneer Railcorp on April 29 1999. [cite web| url=http://www.pioneer-railcorp.com/Subsidiaries/GCW/gcw.html| title=Garden City Western Railway| accessdate=2006-07-14| author=Pioneer Rail Corporation| ] The primary commodities include grain, frozen beef, fertilizer, farm implements, feed products and utility poles.
History
The Garden City Sugar and Land Company, at Garden City, Kansas, built a railroad known as the Garden City Western Railway, constructed in 1915. This railroad extends from the Sugar Factory at Garden City in a northwesterly direction about fourteen miles through farm lands, held by the Garden City Sugar and Land Company. Road built to take care of products of Garden City Sugar and Land Company's holdings in land. The Nebraska, Kansas and Southern Railway track was laid out mi to km|12.6 from Garden City and was never operational. The rail, fastenings and ties from this railroad were sold in 1915 at a Sheriff's auction to the Garden City Western Railway Company, a subsidiary of the Garden City Sugar and Land Company.
On 1 September 1991 the Garden City Northern Railway (GCNR) merged with the Garden City Western Railway. [cite web| url=http://rrb.gov/pdf/bcd/bcd95-109.pdf| title=Employer Status Determination, Garden City Northern Railway| author=Railroad Retirement Board| year=1995| format=PDF| accessdate=2006-07-14| ]
A GCW steam locomotive is currently on static display at the Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City, located behind the Snack/Gift Shop and across the Drive-In Entrance/Kiosk.
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