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<p>In 1886, the Chicago, Kansas &amp; Western Railway (CK&amp;W) began construction on a new railroad, 163 miles in length.&nbsp; The new line would connect to an existing Atchison, Topeka &amp; Santa Fe Railroad (ATSF) line at Gladstone, Kansas, and extend to Superior, Nebraska.&nbsp; The line was completed in 1888.&nbsp; The CK&amp;W would be acquired by the ATSF in 1889, but did not formally convey the property to the
 ATSF until 1901.&nbsp; The ATSF was reorganized as the Atchison, Topeka
 &amp; Santa Fe 
Railway in 1895. The segment between Gladstone and Strong City would be abandoned prior to 1900.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The ATSF had acquired and constructed a large number 
of railroad lines throughout the western United States, particularly in 
Kansas and Oklahoma.&nbsp; This line served as a connection between the existing mainlines in central Kansas and additional branch lines in northern Kansas.&nbsp; The ATSF would merge with Burlington Northern Railroad in 1996 to form 
BNSF Railway, the current owner of this line.&nbsp; The line between Strong City and Lost Springs, Kansas would be abandoned in 2005.&nbsp; The remainder of this route is currently operated as the Strong City Subdivision.<br></p>

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