Watco Companies

Watco Companies

Watco Companies, based in Pittsburg, Kansas, is a holding company of several short-line railroads in the United States:

* Alabama Southern Railroad (ABS)
* Arkansas Southern Railroad (ARS)
* Austin and Western Railroad (AWRR)
* Eastern Idaho Railroad (EIRR)
* Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW)
* Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (KO)
* Kaw River Railroad (KAW)
* Louisiana Southern Railroad (LAS)
* Mission Mountain Railroad (MMT)
* Mississippi Southern Railroad (MSR)
* Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad (PCC)
* Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad (PSWR)
* South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL)
* Stillwater Central Railroad (SLWC)
* Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR)
* Yellowstone Valley Railroad (YSVR)

References

* Robinson, Ellen, Sidney Herald, " [http://www.sidneyherald.com/articles/2005/08/14/news/news02.txt BNSF to lease railroad lines to Yellowstone Valley Railroad] ". Retrieved August 15 2005.
* Watco Companies, " [http://www.watcocompanies.com/railroads.htm Railroads] ". Retrieved August 15 2005.

External links

* [http://www.watcocompanies.com Watco Companies] official website
* [http://www.watcocompanies.org Say NO to WATCO] Former employees of WATCO speak out


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