The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway (CK&N) was formed in 1885 and Marcus Low, a former attorney for the

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad The original Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called ''Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway'') was an American Class I railroad. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock. At ...

, was its president. The CRI&P advanced the CK&N about twenty-five million dollars to begin construction in exchange for nearly all of the CK&N's stock. The CK&N put down about 1388 miles of track, mostly in

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

and

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. The company entered Oklahoma Territory in 1888, building tracks south along the Chisholm Trail and reaching the Red River by 1892. In 1889, the CK&N was failing to make payments on its interest, so the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad took over.

Construction Record

* 1886: Elwood KS - Horton KS, Beatrice NE - Fairbury NE * 1887: Horton KS - Beatrice NE, Horton KS - Topeka KS - Herington KS - Caldwell KS, Herington KS - Salina KS, Fairbury KS - Belleville KS - Mankato KS, Belleville KS - MacFarland KS * 1888: Mankato KS - Goodland KS - Limon CO - Colorado Springs CO, Herington KS - Liberal KS, purchased Dodge City KS - Bucklin KS * 1889: Caldwell KS - El Reno IT * 1890: El Reno IT - Minco IT

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References

Defunct Missouri railroads Defunct Kansas railroads Defunct Nebraska railroads Defunct Oklahoma railroads Defunct Colorado railroads Predecessors of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Railway companies established in 1886 Railway companies disestablished in 1891 {{US-rail-transport-stub