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<p>In 1860, the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad (KC&C) began construction on a 54 mile railroad line, extending from Kansas City, Missouri; north to Cameron, Missouri. Work on the railroad was discontinued during the Civil War, resuming in 1866, and the line was completed in 1869. At Cameron, the line would connect to the mainline of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad (H&StJ). The KC&C would be merged into the H&StJ in 1870. The H&StJ was heavily affiliated with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q), which utilized this route to run traffic to and from Chicago. The CB&Q took control of the H&StJ in 1883, and consolidated the railroad in 1901. The CB&Q had acquired and constructed a large railroad network throughout the Midwest, and this route provided a connection from the mainline at Cameron to Kansas City. The CB&Q invested in a new cutoff between Kansas City and Brookfield during the 1950s, significantly shortening travel time from Chicago to Kansas City, and reducing the need for this line. The Kearney to Cameron segment would be abandoned in 1962. CB&Q merged with Northern Pacific Railway and Great Northern Railway to form Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) in 1970. In 1996, BN merged with Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway to form BNSF Railway, the current owner of the remaining portion of this line. Today, BNSF operates the remaining line as a branch line to Kearney.<br></p>
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