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Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway

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Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway
NKCR/Omnitrax diesel locomotive #414 (right) and a rail car (left) standing in front of grain silos at Imperial, NE, in June 2022
NKCR/Omnitrax 414; Imperial, NE, 2022
Overview
HeadquartersGrant, Nebraska
Reporting markNKCR
LocaleColorado, Kansas, Nebraska
Dates of operation1996–
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Other
Websiteomnitrax.com/nebraska-kansas-colorado-railway-llc

The Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway (reporting mark NKCR), formerly the Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet, is based in Grant, Nebraska, and operates about 509 miles (819 km) of track in southwestern Nebraska, northern Kansas and northeastern Colorado. It carries mainly agricultural-related products, especially grains, as well as coal to the Nebraska Public Power District's Gerald Gentleman Station which is Nebraska's largest coal-fired power plant. It is owned by OmniTRAX.

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