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. The present railroad was created in July 2000, when WATCO merged one short line railroad, the Southeast Kansas Railroad (SEKR), with another short line, the South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad. SKOL was the surviving company.^[1]

Rail lines of the present SKOL include:^[1]

Tulsa, OK to Humboldt, KS,
Cherryvale to Oxford, KS,
Cherryvale to Sherwin, KS to Liberal, MO,
Cherryvale to Coffeyville, KS,
Sherwin to Columbus, KS,
Owasso, OK to Catoosa, OK.

The only part of the former SEKR system that still operates is Sherwin, KS to Liberal, MO.^[1]

SKOL was honored as Regional Railroad of the Year for 2008 by rail industry magazine Railway Age.^[2]

References

1 2 3 "South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad SKOL #701." Accessed November 24, 2016.
↑ 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

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

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

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

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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