South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad

South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
#102, an EMD GP7 still in Southeast Kansas Railroad markings.
Reporting mark	SKOL
Locale	Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma
Dates of operation	1991–
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Length	511 miles (822 km)
Headquarters	Cherryvale, Kansas

South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (reporting mark SKOL) is a short line railroad which operates 511 miles (822 km) of rail lines in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri that used to belong to Missouri Pacific, Frisco and Santa Fe lines. SKOL is a unit of Watco Companies.

SKOL was honored as Regional Railroad of the Year for 2008 by rail industry magazine Railway Age.^[1]

References

↑ Bronson, Carol (2008-03-21). "Watco earns accolades for rails". Pratt Tribune. Retrieved 2008-03-25.

External links

Media related to South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad at Wikimedia Commons

Regional railroads of North America

Current (as of 2006)	AGR ARR BPRR Cartier CC CMQ CORP DMVW EJE FEC GLC IAIS INRD IORY KO KYLE MNA MRL NKCR NECR NYSW NPR ONT PAL PAR PNWR PW RRVW QNS&L SJVR SKOL TNER TXPF UTAH WE WSOR

Former	AC BAR BCOL BLE CKRY CV DME DH DM DMIR DWP FVW GSF GSWR GWWR ICE IMRL MMA MSRC PLE RFP SO SR SSWN TPW TSBY WC WCRC WICT WRPI

Preceded by Florida East Coast Railway	Regional Railroad of the Year 2008	Succeeded by Wisconsin and Southern Railroad

Common carrier railroads of Kansas

Current	BNG BHW BNSF CVR GCW KAW KCS KO KYLE MNA NKCR NS SKOL UP VSR WTA

See also: List of United States railroads by political division

Railroads of Missouri

Common carriers	AM BNSF BSDA CMR CP CSXT CT DME KCS KCT KCTL KAW MNA MNC MOC MRS MVP NS OVRR SE SIM SKOL TRRA UP

Passenger carriers	AMTK BSRX BST MOTX SLIM

Private carriers	HTSX JGDX JSRC MRIX RRC SHRX

Former carriers	A ATSF BN BO BVS CBQ CBRM CEI CGW CNW CO CR GMO GWWR HC IC ICG LN MI MILW MKT MP MS NKP NYC PC PRR RI RSM SBD SLSF SOO SOU SSW WAB WGRY

See also: List of United States railroads by political division

Common carrier railroads of Oklahoma

Current	AOK ARS ATLT BNG BNSF CVR FMRC GNBC KCS KRR NOKL SKOL SLWC SS SW TOE TSU UP WTJR

See also: List of United States railroads by political division

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