The Ottawa Northern Railroad (ONR, ) is a class III shortline railroad and excursion railroad based in Kansas. It operates of track running north from Ottawa, Kansas.
As a subsidiary of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, it primarily serves the region by interchanging freight with the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) Transcontinental.
History On March 9, 2023, the Ottawa Northern Railroad filed notice with the Surface Transportation Board that it was acquiring the line, and replacing the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad (LLGR), doing business as the Baldwin City and Southern Railroad Company (BCSR) as the common carrier service provider on it.
The notice indicated in part that there were currently no customers on the line, and accordingly, no shippers to notify. the Ottawa Northern Railroad indicates on its website that it completed the acquisition, and that plans are in the works to bring back the excursion trains.
Locomotive fleet LocomotiveBuild dateBuilderModelPurchasedConditionNotesMKT 142June 1951ALCORS-3m2023OperationalLTEX 310August 1985EMDF40PHR2023BUGX 401February 1953F72024StoredBUGX 402December 1949SPTX 4079April 1962EMDGP202023OperationalRILX 4613January 1962GP102025Operational
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