Colorado and Southern Railway

Colorado and Southern Railway
System map Schematic map of C&S lines
Reporting marks	CS
Locale	Colorado
Dates of operation	1898 – 1981
Successor line	Burlington Northern
Track gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters

The Colorado and Southern Railway began as the consolidation of bankrupt railroads on 1898. The Colorado Central Railroad and Cheyenne and Northern Railway were brought together to form the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Railroad in 1890. When Union Pacific went bankrupt in 1893 they were separated from the Union Pacific and united with the Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway and others, by Frank Trumbull to form the Colorado and Southern Railroad in 1898. In 1908 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad bought control of the C&S. It would later merge in to the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1981 and is still in use today.

The following lines were consolidated to form the Colorado & Southern Railroad:

• Canon de Agua Railroad
• Cheyenne and Northern Railway
• Chicosa Canon Railway
• Colorado Central Railroad
• Denver and Middle Park Railroad
• Denver, Marshall and Boulder Railway
• Denver, Texas and Fort Worth Railroad
• Denver, Texas and Gulf Railroad
• Fort Worth & Denver City Railway
• Georgetown, Breckenridge and Leadville Railway
• Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railway
• Road Canon Railroad

References

• Drury, George H. (1991). The Historical Guide to North American Railroads. Kalmbach Publishing Co.. 0-89024-072-8. 

External links

• http://www.history.state.co.us/chs_Library/research_coll_files/Finding_Aids/Colorado&Southern_find_aid.htm
• http://www.ironhorse129.com/rollingstock/CandS/frank_trumbull.htm
• Colorado and Southern Railroad from the Handbook of Texas Online
• Fort Worth and Denver Railway from the Handbook of Texas Online