South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad is a short line railroad which operates 730.34 mi of rail lines in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri that used to belong to Missouri Pacific, Frisco and Santa Fe lines. SKOL is a unit of Watco.

History

Southeast Kansas Railroad

The Southeast Kansas Railroad (“SEKR”), incorporated in Kansas on March 17, 1987, became Watco’s first short line. The railway ran about 104 miles from Coffeyville, Kansas to near Nevada, Missouri, at which point it had a connection with the Union Pacific.

SKOL

The South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad was formed under Kansas Law on November 9, 1990. It originally acquired 287 miles of rail lines from the Santa Fe. SEKR merged with SKOL effective January 1, 1999. The line has gone through a number of subsequent acquisitions, leases and abandonments. The current SKOL encompasses 730.34 miles of track.

Interchanges

SKOL has interchange points at: Coffeyville, KS- UP; Columbus, KS – BNSF; Pittsburg, KS – CPKC; Wichita, KS – KO; Winfield, KS – BNSF & UP; Tulsa, OK – BNSF, SLWC, & UP via BNSF; and, Tulsa Port of Catoosa, OK – PC.

Rail lines

Rail lines of the present SKOL include: The only part of the former SEKR system that still operates is Sherwin to Liberal. SKOL was honored as Regional Railroad of the Year for 2008 by rail industry magazine Railway Age.