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South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad (Watco)
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- Type
- Freight railroad — Class II short line, 458.7 miles across Kansas and Oklahoma, owned and operated by Watco Companies
- Market · Region
- United States · Kansas
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
Watco short line whose Neodesha Subdivision rebuild carries a federal CRISI selection and a 2025 track-work request for proposals.
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Operates and rebuilds a 458.7-mile short line; its Neodesha Subdivision upgrade is financed by a federal CRISI selection with KDOT as grantee, and Watco lets the track work.
- Type
- Freight railroad — Class II short line, 458.7 miles across Kansas and Oklahoma, owned and operated by Watco Companies
- Where
- Kansas · Cherryvale
- Programmes
- FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
Structure
- Contract detail and values (2)In the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (2)
- ● Kansas Register: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad request for proposals · Notice published 6 February 2025 in the State's official register: Watco, for SKOL, seeks proposals for the Southeast Kansas Short Line Rail Upgrade and Growth Project (Neodesha Subdivision, mileposts 350.0 to 387.0, 49 crossings, 37 miles of welded rail and surfacing); KDOT project number cited; schedule with proposal due 26 March 2025 and award 11 April 2025 (published 2025-02-06 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending: CRISI award to KDOT, South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad Rehabilitation Project · Award 69A36521402770CRSKS, $29,570,583 federal obligation, non-federal funding $13,627,880, total funding $43,198,463, signed 3 June 2021, 1 May 2021 to 31 October 2026 (record last modified 26 May 2026) (published 2021-06-03 · checked 2026-10-08)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKOL Neodesha Subdivision rebuild | Bids closed | $25–100m |
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- Procurement structure
- Published contacts (2)
- Award history (2)
- Entry path
- Portals (2)
Full detail withheld: 5 fields. In the United States edition · See a fully open example
4 sources · 3 primary
- ● Kansas Register: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad request for proposals · Notice published 6 February 2025 in the State's official register: Watco, for SKOL, seeks proposals for the Southeast Kansas Short Line Rail Upgrade and Growth Project (Neodesha Subdivision, mileposts 350.0 to 387.0, 49 crossings, 37 miles of welded rail and surfacing); KDOT project number cited; schedule with proposal due 26 March 2025 and award 11 April 2025 (published 2025-02-06 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ WIBW: Two Kansas railroad companies awarded $47 million in federal funding · Television report of the Governor's 3 October 2023 announcement of CRISI awards of up to $15,740,943 to Watco (eight battery locomotives, 20% match) and up to $31,225,484 to the South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Neodesha Subdivision (about 37 miles of track; KDOT and SKOL 20% match). Secondary because the Governor's release returns 403 (published 2023-10-03 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Watco newsroom · Watco's news index (Watco is the parent of the South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad); page loads, no SKOL award notice was found on it this run (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Kansas Register publication index · The State's official register, where SKOL's 2025 request for proposals was published (published 2026-10-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
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