The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Kansas. Common freight carriers Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad (BNG) Blue Rapids Railway (BRRY) Boot Hill and Western Railway (BHWY) BNSF Railway (BNSF) Cimarron Valley Railroad (CVR) Colorado Pacific Railroad (CPRR) Garden City Western Railway (GCW) Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) Kansas City Terminal Railway (KCT) Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (KO) Kaw River Railroad (KAW) Kyle Railroad (KYLE) Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA) South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL) Operates the Kansas Eastern Railroad (KE) Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Operates the Blue Rapids Railway and Wichita Terminal Association V&S Railway (VSR) Wichita Union Terminal Railway (WUT) Passenger carriers Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad Amtrak (AMTK) Midland Railway Baldwin City & Southern Railroad (LLG) Private New Century AirCenter Railroad Defunct railroads During World War II, less popular routes were reclaimed by the war effort for the metal rails, because of a shortage of materials during those years. Electric Arkansas Valley Interurban Railway Hutchinson and Northern Railway (HN) Joplin–Pittsburg Railway Kansas City, Kaw Valley Railroad Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway (KV&W, KVW) Kansas City, Lawrence and Topeka Railway Kansas City-Leavenworth Railway Kansas City, Leavenworth and Western Railway Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway Kansas City Public Service Company Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway Northeast Oklahoma Railroad (NEO) Southwest Missouri Railroad Company Union Electric Railway Not completed Nebraska, Kansas and Southern Railway Notes References Kansas DOT railroad map (PDF) Kansas Board of Railroad Commissioners Annual Reports 1883- KGI Online Library, State Library of Kansas Kansas Railroads