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The railroad of the Anthony & Northern Railway Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad, extending in a general northwestwardly direction from Pratt to Vaughn, Kans., with branch lines from Trousdale to Kinsley and Junction to Iuka, Kans., a total of 100.36 miles of first main track. The carrier wholly owns and uses 106.327 miles of all tracks, which are classified in the trackage table in Appendix 1.


CORPORATE HISTORY

The carrier was incorporated December 12, 1912, under the general laws of the State of Kansas for the stated purpose of acquiring and operating a railroad to extend from Anthony, Kans., to Hastings, Nebr., a distance of about 275 miles.

DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY

The owned mileage of the carrier, amounting to 100.36 miles, was all acquired by it through construction, as indicated below: