The Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad was a Class 1 that formed in 1865. In the 1890s, the railroad primarily operated in Kansas and Texas, resulting in the abbreviation "K-T" or "KT" be used. It didn't take long for the nickname "The Katy" to be adopted by the railroad. A nickname that the railroad continued to use up until it was merged in to Union Pacific in 1988.
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