Kaw River Railroad

Kaw River Railroad

Type	Railroad
Industry	Transportation
Founded	June 2004
Headquarters	Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
Products	Iron and steel, corn starch, lumber products and aggregates
Number of employees	25
Parent	Watco Companies
Website	www.watcocompanies.com

The Kaw River Railroad (reporting mark KAW) is a Kansas City, Missouri railroad, established in June 2004. Twelve miles of original track served the Kansas City Southern Railroad and its customers in Kansas City MO/KS and Union Station. The original KAW was a Kansas City Southern Railway Company property and was the first shortline Watco Companies began operating for KCS, serving customers in the Greater Kansas City area and interchanges with the BNSF, KCS, and UP. The April 2005 expansion was a BNSF property serving customers in Clay County, MO and interchanges with the BNSF at Birmingham, MO. The KCTL interchanges with the BNSF, ICE, KCS, NS and UP at Kansas City.

The KAW operations office is located in Kansas City, KS and Customer Service is located in both Pittsburg and Kansas City, KS.

Collectively, the KAW and KCTL handle approximately 15,000 carloads of animal byproducts, chemicals, plastics and industrial products annually. The KAW also has a transload site available for handling dry bulk products and other carload traffic.

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Additions and expansions

The Kaw expanded from its original form in April 2005 by adding 16 miles of track from Birmingham, MO to Kearney, MO. In March 2006 the KAW took up operations for the Kansas City Terminal Railway (KCTL),adding more than 30 customers. In May 2007, nearly 15 miles of industrial track was added to serve customers of the Bedford Yard.

References

↑ http://www.watcocompanies.com/Railroads/kaw/kaw%20main%20page.htm

Watco Companies

American railroads	Alabama Southern Alabama Warrior Ann Arbor Arkansas Southern Austin Western Autauga Northern Baton Rouge Southern Bogalusa Bayou Birmingham Terminal Blue Ridge Southern Boise Valley Eastern Idaho Grand Elk Great Northwest Kanawha River Kansas & Oklahoma Kansas City Terminal Kaw River Louisiana Southern Mission Mountain Mississippi Southern Pacific Sun Palouse River & Coulee City Pennsylvania Southwestern Pecos Valley Southern San Antonio Central South Kansas and Oklahoma Stillwater Central Swan Ranch Timber Rock Vicksburg Southern Wisconsin & Southern Yellowstone Valley

Australian railroads	Watco Western Australia

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

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