Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Missouri-Kansas-Texas_Railroad
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:MKT
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:MKT
gptkb:the_Katy
gptkbp:dissolved 1988
gptkbp:founded 1865
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Dallas,_Texas
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first railroad to enter Texas from the north
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Katy_Trail_State_Park_(Missouri)
gptkbp:logo red circle with white 'Katy' script
gptkbp:mainCargo gptkb:coal
gptkb:livestock
gptkb:oil
agricultural products
passengers
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Katy_Bridge_(Boonville,_Missouri)
gptkbp:notableEvent transitioned from steam to diesel locomotives in the 1950s
acquired by Union Pacific in 1988
bankruptcy in 1915
reorganization in 1923
gptkbp:notableRoute Dallas to San Antonio
Kansas City to Houston
St. Louis to Galveston
gptkbp:notableStation gptkb:Kansas_City,_Missouri
gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkb:Oklahoma_City,_Oklahoma
gptkb:San_Antonio,_Texas
gptkb:Tulsa,_Oklahoma
gptkb:Waco,_Texas
gptkb:Dallas,_Texas
gptkb:Fort_Worth,_Texas
gptkb:Houston,_Texas
gptkb:Sedalia,_Missouri
gptkb:Galveston,_Texas
gptkb:Denison,_Texas
gptkb:The_Bluebonnet
gptkb:The_Katy_Flyer
gptkb:The_Texas_Special
gptkb:Topeka,_Kansas
gptkb:Parsons,_Kansas
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Kansas
gptkb:Missouri
gptkb:Oklahoma
gptkb:Texas
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:reportingMark gptkb:MKT
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Western_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5