Editing Marion County, Kansas (section)

====Rock Island Railroad====
[[Image:Map elk chase kansas.jpg|thumb|left|1893 Railroad Map]]
In 1887, the [[Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway]] extended its main line from [[Herington, Kansas|Herington]] to [[Pratt, Kansas|Pratt]].<ref name="Rock Island Rail History">{{Cite web |url=http://home.covad.net/~scicoatnsew/rihist4.htm |title=Rock Island Rail History |access-date=April 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619230000/http://home.covad.net/~scicoatnsew/rihist4.htm |archive-date=June 19, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  This main line connected Herington, [[Ramona, Kansas|Ramona]], [[Tampa, Kansas|Tampa]], [[Durham, Kansas|Durham]], [[Waldeck, Kansas|Waldeck]], [[Canton, Kansas|Canton]], [[Galva, Kansas|Galva]], [[McPherson, Kansas|McPherson]], [[Groveland, Kansas|Groveland]], [[Inman, Kansas|Inman]], [[Medora, Kansas|Medora]], [[Hutchinson, Kansas|Hutchinson]], [[Whiteside, Kansas|Whiteside]], [[Partridge, Kansas|Partridge]], [[Arlington, Kansas|Arlington]],  [[Langdon, Kansas|Langdon]], [[Turon, Kansas|Turon]], [[Preston, Kansas|Preston]], [[Natrona, Kansas|Natrona]] and Pratt. In 1888, this main line was extended to [[Liberal, Kansas|Liberal]]. Later, this line was extended to [[Tucumcari, New Mexico]], and [[El Paso, Texas]]. This line is called the "Golden State Limited".

In 1887, the [[Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway]] built a branch line north–south from [[Herington, Kansas|Herington]] to [[Caldwell, Kansas|Caldwell]].<ref name="Rock Island Rail History"/>  This branch line connected Herington, [[Lost Springs, Kansas|Lost Springs]], [[Lincolnville, Kansas|Lincolnville]], [[Antelope, Kansas|Antelope]], [[Marion, Kansas|Marion]], [[Aulne, Kansas|Aulne]], [[Peabody, Kansas|Peabody]], [[Elbing, Kansas|Elbing]], [[Whitewater, Kansas|Whitewater]], [[Furley, Kansas|Furley]], [[Kechi, Kansas|Kechi]], [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]], [[Peck, Kansas|Peck]], [[Corbin, Kansas|Corbin]], [[Wellington, Kansas|Wellington]] and Caldwell. By 1893, this branch line was incrementally built to [[Fort Worth, Texas]]. This line is called the "OKT".

The "Rock Island" has switches in Peabody and Lost Springs to allow connections to the crossing "Santa Fe" railroad in each city.

The [[Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway]] was foreclosed in 1891 and was taken over by [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway]], which shut down in 1980 and reorganized as [[Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad]], merged in 1988 with [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]], and finally merged in 1997 with [[Union Pacific Railroad]]. Most locals still refer to this railroad as the "Rock Island". {{citation needed|date=June 2015}}