Florence, El Dorado, and Walnut Valley Railroad

The Florence, El Dorado, and Walnut Valley Railroad was a short-line railroad in central Kansas.

In 1877, the Florence, El Dorado, and Walnut Valley Railroad Company built a branch line from Florence to El Dorado. In 1881, it was extended to Douglass, and later to Arkansas City.^[1] In 1901, the line was leased and operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, which used the name "Florence & Arkansas City Division" for it.^[2]

The line from Florence to El Dorado was abandoned in 1942^[3][4] to reclaim the metal rails for the war effort during World War II because of a shortage of materials during those years.

Currently, the remaining part of the former Florence, El Dorado, and Walnut Valley Railroad that still exists is:^[5]

• El Dorado to Arkansas City.

At a high-level, the railroad connected the primary cities of Florence (north end), El Dorado, Augusta, Winfield, Arkansas City (south end).

Marion County

• Florence (north end)
• Hampson, station ^[6]
• Burns

Butler County

• Alki, station
• De Graff
• El Dorado
• Augusta
• Douglass

Cowley County

• Rock
• Akron, station ^[7]
• Winfield
• Arkansas City (south end)

• Marion and McPherson Railroad, a defunct railroad that started in Florence.
• Southern Transcon, currently uses tracks from El Dorado to Augusta.
• List of Kansas railroads

• Stouffer's Railroad Map of Kansas; J.W. Stouffer; 1 page; 1915–1918.
• Standard Atlas of Marion County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 103 pages; 1902.
• Standard Atlas of Butler County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 69 pages; 1905.
• Standard Atlas of Cowley County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 54 pages; 1905.

• Current Kansas Railroad Map