Kyle Regional Railroad 6843 with second out Buffalo and Pittsburgh locomotive 3341 head Westbound at Arriba, CO on the Goodland Subdivision. I’m told that it’s rare to catch trains along this short line so I’m glad it happened!
The Kyle Railroad (reporting mark KYLE) is a regional railroad line that runs from North Central Kansas into Eastern Colorado. It is based in Phillipsburg, Kansas and runs on 508 miles (818 km) of track, mostly the former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad’s Chicago to Denver main line. The Kyle was owned by RailAmerica from 2002 to 2012.
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. bought RailAmerica in late 2012. As of 2024, KYLE holds 508 total miles (89 in Colorado and 419 in Kansas), has a maximum capacity of 286,000 gross pounds per railcar. KYLE also has two interchanges with two railroads: BNSF at Courtland, Kansas and Concordia, Kansas, and Union Pacific at Limon, Colorado and Salina, Kansas.
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