Abandoned Rails: The Leavenworth-Western Branch

The abandoned railroad route between Knox and Clay Center, known as The Leavenworth-Western Branch, of which 143.156 miles have been abandoned, was once operated in Kansas by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad.

ICC Abandonment Filings

ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
Docket Number: 10060	Date: 7/1/1933	Section: 1
Application of Union Pacific Railroad for certificate to (1) abandon (a) that part of its Leavenworth-Western Branch from Knox to Clay Center, Kansas, a distance of 143.156 miles; (b) that part of its Junction City Branch from Clay Center to Concordia, Kansas, a distance of 35.81 miles; (c) all of its Belleville Branch from Lawrenceburg to Belleville, Kansas, a distance of 17.15 miles; (2) to operate under trackage rights over the line of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway between Miltonvale and Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas, a distance of 20.06 miles; and (3) to construct a connecting track 800 feet in length at Concordia, Kansas.
Length: 196.116 miles	Citation:

Also under this filing: The Junction City Branch, The Belleville Branch

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Knox to Clay Center

The Leavenworth-Western Branch

ICC Abandonment Filings

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