- Cimarron Valley Railroad
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Cimarron Valley Railroad Reporting mark CVR Locale Kansas Dates of operation February 1996– Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge) Headquarters Satanta, Kansas The Cimarron Valley Railroad (reporting mark CVR) was built circa 1912 and purchased from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad in February 1996. It runs over former C.V. and Manter Subdivisions of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad tracks in Oklahoma, Colorado and Kansas. One line runs from Dodge City, KS to Boise City, OK, the other from Satanta, KS to Springfield, CO. It runs a total of 254 miles of track primarily hauling agricultural commodities (such as wheat, corn, and milo), along with sand, cement, poles, pipe, and fertilizers.[1]
As of November 2009, the Kansas Department of Transportation and partners are planning a renovation and upgrade of the line.[2]
- ^ "Cimarron Valley Railroad, LC", Western Railroad Builders. Accessed June 29, 2011.
- ^ "KDOT, partners plan short-line rail upgrade." Wichita Eagle, November 7, 2009. http://www.kansas.com/news/state/story/1044630.html
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