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| Overview | |
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| Headquarters | Garden City, Kansas |
| Reporting mark | GCW |
| Locale | Kansas |
| Dates of operation | 1916–present |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The Garden City Western Railway (reporting mark GCW) is a railroad operating in the U.S. state of Kansas. GCW was organized in 1916, first owned by The Garden City Sugar and Land Company and then owned by the Garden City Coop, Inc. The GCW is located in southwest Kansas and totals 40 miles (64 km) of operating railroad and interchanges with BNSF Railway. GCW was purchased by Pioneer Railcorp on April 29, 1999.[1] The primary commodities include grain, frozen beef, fertilizer, farm implements, feed products and utility poles.
- ^ Pioneer Rail Corporation. "Garden City Western Railway". Archived from the original on April 23, 2006. Retrieved July 14, 2006.