Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad

E28754
defunct railroad railroad company

The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, commonly known as the MKT or "the Katy," was a major American railroad that served the south-central United States, particularly linking Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad canonical 16
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad 1
Kansas–Texas main line 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
acquiredBy Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
acquisitionDate 1988 ⓘ
beganOperations late 1860s ⓘ
category Rail transport in Kansas ⓘ
Rail transport in Missouri ⓘ
Rail transport in Oklahoma ⓘ
Rail transport in Texas ⓘ
completedLineToDallas 1886 ⓘ
completedLineToGalveston 1893 ⓘ
completedLineToHouston 1893 ⓘ
completedLineToSanAntonio 1887 ⓘ
corporateColor green ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateFounded 1865 ⓘ
dateIncorporated 1865 ⓘ
endPoint Galveston ⓘ
surface form: Galveston, Texas

Houston ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas

San Antonio ⓘ
surface form: San Antonio, Texas
enteredIndianTerritory 1870 ⓘ
enteredTexas 1872 ⓘ
foundedBy Judge Levi Parsons ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
headquartersLocation Dallas, Texas ⓘ
logoFeature red herald with white MKT letters ⓘ
mergedInto Missouri Pacific Railroad ⓘ
mergerDate 1988 ⓘ
namedAfter Kansas ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
notableTrain Katy Flyer ⓘ
Texas Special ⓘ
operatedAs Class I railroad ⓘ
operatedInIndianTerritory yes ⓘ
operatedPassengerService yes ⓘ
predecessor Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch ⓘ
primaryCommodity agricultural products ⓘ
livestock ⓘ
manufactured goods ⓘ
petroleum ⓘ
reportedMarks MKT ⓘ
servedRegion Kansas ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
south-central United States ⓘ
shortName Katy ⓘ
MKT ⓘ
startPoint Junction City, Kansas ⓘ
successor Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
trackGauge 1,435 mm ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Denison, Texas, United States → hasRailHistory → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Denison, Texas
Grayson County, Texas → hasRailHistory → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
Katy Trail → namedAfter → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Katy Trail (Dallas)
Taylor, Texas, United States → hasTransportationHistory → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Taylor, Texas
Taylor, Texas, United States → railroadFounded → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Taylor, Texas
Denison → railroadServedBy → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
Denison → railroadServedBy → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katy Railroad
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway → predecessor → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad
Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch → predecessorOf → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch → successor → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
MKT → standsFor → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
MKT → reportingMarkOf → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
MKT → abbreviationOf → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
MKT → predecessor → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
this entity surface form: Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
MKT → notableRoute → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
this entity surface form: Missouri–Texas main line
MKT → notableRoute → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
this entity surface form: Kansas–Texas main line
Katy → fullName → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
Judge Levi Parsons → employer → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
subject surface form: Levi Parsons
Texas Special → operatedBy → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
Katy Flyer → operatedBy → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
Katy Flyer → namedAfter → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad nickname "Katy"
Boonville, Missouri → hasRailHistory → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad ⓘ