Kansas Central Railway (1871-1879)
Kansas Central Railroad (1879-1897)
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Kansas Central was changed from narrow gauge to standard gauge in 1890. Sold under foreclosure in 1897 to Leavenworth, Kansas & Western Railway. LK&W locomotives are not included here.
Locomotives shown below were all three-foot narrow gauge.
Locomotives
Kansas Central 2-4-0 -- 2 locomotives
KC Number |
Builder | Builder Number |
Builder Date |
1885 UP System Number |
Date Vacated |
Notes |
KC 1 | Baldwin | 2612 | Nov 1871 | KC 298 | 1887 | 1 |
KC 2 | Baldwin | 2582 | Oct 1871 | KC 299 | 1887 | 2 |
Description:
- Drive Wheel Diameter: 36 inches
- Cylinders: 9x16 inches
Notes:
- Built as Kansas Central number 1 in 1871, named "Leavenworth"; to Kansas Central 298 in 1885; vacated in 1887
- Built as Kansas Central number 2 in 1871, named "Grasshopper Falls"; to Kansas Central 299 in 1885; vacated in 1887
Kansas Central 2-6-0 -- 1 locomotive
KC Number |
Builder | Builder Number |
Builder Date |
1885 UP System Number |
Date Vacated |
Notes |
KC 3 | Baldwin | 2659 | Dec 1871 | KC 295 | 1887 | 1 |
Description:
- Drive Wheel Diameter: 36 inches
- Cylinders: 11x16 inches
Notes:
- Built as Kansas Central number 3 in 1871; to Kansas Central 295 in 1885; vacated in 1887
Kansas Central 2-6-0 -- 1 locomotive
KC Number |
Builder | Builder Number |
Builder Date |
1885 UP System Number |
Date Vacated |
Notes |
KC 4 | Baldwin | 3210 | Apr 1873 | KC 3 | 1887 | 1 |
Description:
- Drive Wheel Diameter: 38 inches
- Cylinders: 11x16 inches
Notes:
- Built as Kansas Central number 4 in 1873; to KC 3 in 1885; vacated in 1887
Kansas Central 2-6-0 -- 2 locomotives
KC Number |
Builder | Builder Number |
Builder Date |
1885 UP System Number |
Date Vacated |
Notes |
KC 5 | Baldwin | 4681 | Jun 1879 | KC 281 | 1 | |
KC 6 | Baldwin | 4712 | Jul 1879 | KC 282 | 2 |
Description:
- Drive Wheel Diameter: 36 inches
- Cylinders: 13x18 inches
Notes:
- Built as Kansas Central 5 in 1879; to Kansas Central 281 in 1885; vacated in (?)
- Built as Kansas Central 6 in 1879; to Kansas Central 282 in 1885; vacated in (?)
Kansas Central 2-6-0 -- 4 locomotives
KC Number |
Builder | Builder Number |
Builder Date |
1885 UP System Number |
Date Vacated |
Notes |
KC 7 | Brooks | 522 | 1881 | KC 102 | 1900 | 1 |
KC 8 | Brooks | 578 | 1881 | KC 103 | 2 |
Description:
- Drive Wheel Diameter: 42 inches
- Cylinders: 14x18 inches
Notes:
- Built as Kansas Central no. 7 in 1881, named "Sidney Dillon"; to Kansas Central 102 in 1885; transferred to Utah Northern (visible in a photo at Ogden, Utah); vacated in 1900; sold to Alberta Railway & Coal Company in 1900; sold to White Pass & Yukon no. 63; to Klondike Mines no. 1, moved to Klondike City in September 1902, stored until 1905 waiting for track, after completion of construction in 1906, no. 1 was seldom used; Klondike Mines became Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation, and KMR no.1 was returned to White Pass & Yukon at Skagway and used a a yard switcher; donated in 1961 by Yukon Consolidated Gold Corp. to the Dawson City Museum; displayed in Minto Park in Dawson City until a locomotive shed was built in 1987 on museum grounds.
- Built as Kansas Central no. 8 in 1881; to Kansas Central 103 in 1885; vacated in (?)
Kansas Central 4-4-0 -- 2 locomotives
KC Number |
Builder | Builder Number |
Builder Date |
1885 UP System Number |
Date Vacated |
Notes |
KC 9 | Brooks | 650 | 1882 | KC 287 | 1891 | 1 |
KC 10 | Brooks | 690 | Apr 1882 | KC 288 | 2 |
Description:
- Drive Wheel Diameter: 44 inches
- Cylinders: 12x18 inches
Notes:
- Built as Kansas Central number 9 in 1882; to Kansas Central 287 in 1885; vacated in 1891; sold to Mississippi River & Bonne Terre Railway in 1891; sold to Trinidad Sugar in 1895
- Built as Kansas Central number 10 in 1882; to Kansas Central 288 in 1885; vacated in (?); sold to Willamette Bridge Company number 5, Portland, Oregon
There were three previous locomotives numbered as Kansas Central 11, 12 and 13
Kansas Central 2-6-0 -- 4 locomotives
KC Number |
Builder | Builder Number |
Builder Date |
1885 UP System Number |
Date Vacated |
Notes |
KC 11 | Brooks | 825 | 1881 | KC 104 | 1 | |
KC 12 | Brooks | 826 | 1881 | KC 105 | 2 |
Description:
- Drive Wheel Diameter: 42 inches
- Cylinders: 14x18 inches
Notes:
- Built as Kansas Central 11 in 1881; to Kansas Central 104 in 1885; vacated in (?)
- Built as Kansas Central 12 in 1881; to Kansas Central 105 in 1885; vacated in (?)
Kansas Central 2-6-0 -- 1 locomotive
Previous Number |
Builder | Builder Number |
Builder Date |
1885 UP System Number |
Date Vacated |
Notes |
KC 13 | Brooks | 800 | Sep 1882 | KC 106 | 1 |
Description:
- Drive Wheel Diameter: 42 inches
- Cylinders: 14x18 inches
Notes:
- Kansas Central 13 may have been built as U&N 44 (1st)
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