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The Kansas Pacific Railway (KP) was a historic railroad company that operated in the western United States in the late 19th century. It was a federally chartered railroad, backed with government land grants. At a time when the first transcontinental railroad was being constructed by the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific, it tried and failed to join the transcontinental ranks. It was originally the "Union Pacific, Eastern Division", although it was completely independent. The Pennsylvania Railroad, working with Missouri financiers, designed it as a feeder line to the transcontinental system. The owners lobbied heavily in Washington for money to build a railroad from Kansas City to Colorado, and then to California. It failed to get funding to go west of Colorado. It operated many of the

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  • Die Kansas Pacific Railway war eine amerikanische Eisenbahngesellschaft. Ihre Ursprünge liegen in der Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad von 1855; 1880 ging sie in der Union Pacific Railroad auf. Die Arbeiten an der Hauptstrecke von Kansas City aus in Richtung Westen begannen im September 1863. Im Folgejahr waren die ersten 64 km bis nach Lawrence in Betrieb. Im Herbst 1866 reichte die Strecke bis nach Junction City; dort wurde ein Lokschuppen errichtet. Unterstützt durch Investoren aus Deutschland begannen im Oktober 1869 die Arbeiten zur Verlängerung der Strecke nach Colorado. Im März 1870 reichte die Strecke bis . (de)
  • The Kansas Pacific Railway (KP) was a historic railroad company that operated in the western United States in the late 19th century. It was a federally chartered railroad, backed with government land grants. At a time when the first transcontinental railroad was being constructed by the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific, it tried and failed to join the transcontinental ranks. It was originally the "Union Pacific, Eastern Division", although it was completely independent. The Pennsylvania Railroad, working with Missouri financiers, designed it as a feeder line to the transcontinental system. The owners lobbied heavily in Washington for money to build a railroad from Kansas City to Colorado, and then to California. It failed to get funding to go west of Colorado. It operated many of the first long-distance lines in the state of Kansas in the 1870s, extending the national railway network westward across that state and into Colorado. Its main line furnished a principal transportation route that opened up settlement of the central Great Plains, and its link from Kansas City to Denver provided the last link in the coast-to-coast railway network in 1870. The railroad was consolidated with the Union Pacific in 1880, and its mainline continues to be an integral part of the Union Pacific network today. (en)
  • La compagnie des chemins de fer Kansas Pacific opérait dans l'ouest des États-Unis à la fin du XIXe siècle. Il s'agissait d'une compagnie à charte fédérale, financée par des concessions de terres faites par le gouvernement. Dans les années 1870, elle faisait fonctionner bon nombre des premières lignes longues distances du Kansas, étendant dans cet état et dans celui du Colorado le réseau ferroviaire national vers l'ouest. Sa ligne principale offrit un itinéraire de transport d'une importance capitale qui permit le développement de la colonisation des Grandes Plaines. Sa liaison Kansas City-Denver était la dernière liaison du réseau ferroviaire permettant d'aller d'une côte à l'autre en 1870. Cette compagnie fut consolidée par l'Union Pacific en 1880, et aujourd'hui, sa ligne principale fait toujours partie intégrante du réseau de l'Union Pacific. (fr)
  • Kansas Pacific Railway (KP) var ett amerikanskt järnvägsföretag verksamt i de västra delstaterna 1863-1880. (sv)
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  • Wyandotte, Kansas (en)
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  • Die Kansas Pacific Railway war eine amerikanische Eisenbahngesellschaft. Ihre Ursprünge liegen in der Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad von 1855; 1880 ging sie in der Union Pacific Railroad auf. Die Arbeiten an der Hauptstrecke von Kansas City aus in Richtung Westen begannen im September 1863. Im Folgejahr waren die ersten 64 km bis nach Lawrence in Betrieb. Im Herbst 1866 reichte die Strecke bis nach Junction City; dort wurde ein Lokschuppen errichtet. Unterstützt durch Investoren aus Deutschland begannen im Oktober 1869 die Arbeiten zur Verlängerung der Strecke nach Colorado. Im März 1870 reichte die Strecke bis . (de)
  • Kansas Pacific Railway (KP) var ett amerikanskt järnvägsföretag verksamt i de västra delstaterna 1863-1880. (sv)
  • The Kansas Pacific Railway (KP) was a historic railroad company that operated in the western United States in the late 19th century. It was a federally chartered railroad, backed with government land grants. At a time when the first transcontinental railroad was being constructed by the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific, it tried and failed to join the transcontinental ranks. It was originally the "Union Pacific, Eastern Division", although it was completely independent. The Pennsylvania Railroad, working with Missouri financiers, designed it as a feeder line to the transcontinental system. The owners lobbied heavily in Washington for money to build a railroad from Kansas City to Colorado, and then to California. It failed to get funding to go west of Colorado. It operated many of the (en)
  • La compagnie des chemins de fer Kansas Pacific opérait dans l'ouest des États-Unis à la fin du XIXe siècle. Il s'agissait d'une compagnie à charte fédérale, financée par des concessions de terres faites par le gouvernement. Dans les années 1870, elle faisait fonctionner bon nombre des premières lignes longues distances du Kansas, étendant dans cet état et dans celui du Colorado le réseau ferroviaire national vers l'ouest. (fr)
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  • Kansas Pacific Railway (fr)
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