Gateway Western Railway: Map, Roster, History
Last revised: October 22, 2026
By: Adam Burns
The Gateway Western Railway was the Class II railroad on the Chicago, Missouri & Western line from Kansas City, Kansas, to East St. Louis, Illinois. Reporting mark GWWR. By January 11, 1990, Wertheim Schroder & Company had completed its purchase of that east-west line and was calling the property the Gateway Western. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe had a haulage agreement, negotiated the previous September, to move a guaranteed volume of freight between Kansas City and East St. Louis. Kansas City Southern control became effective on May 5, 1997. The company was scheduled to merge into the Kansas City Southern on or shortly after September 28, 2001.
Gateway Western GP38 2037, built as Penn Central 7797, at Kansas City on May 26, 1993. Fred Krause photograph. Author’s collection.
On this page: Chicago, Missouri & Western · The railroad · 1931 map · At a glance · Diesels · Kansas City Southern
Chicago, Missouri & Western
The Chicago, Missouri & Western Railway was incorporated on February 13, 1986, as a wholly owned subsidiary of Venango River Corporation, to buy and operate rail lines in Illinois and Missouri. It began rail operations on April 28, 1987, when it purchased rail assets from the Illinois Central Gulf. On April 1, 1988, it filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11.
The Chicago Tribune of January 11, 1990, reported that Wertheim Schroder’s purchase of the Chicago, Missouri & Western east-west line was complete. Santa Fe was to start service under the haulage agreement, routing a guaranteed volume of traffic between Kansas City and East St. Louis and giving the new operation a revenue base. The firm was calling the line the Gateway Western Railway.
By 1995 the owner was Gateway Management Partners, L.P. McCarren Corporation was the sole general partner. J. Reilly McCarren, the railroad’s president, was the sole shareholder of that corporation. Wertheim Schroder & Co. remained a non-voting limited partner. An Interstate Commerce Commission exemption letting that group continue in control of the Gateway Eastern became effective on July 27, 1995.
The railroad
In its 1997 control application the Surface Transportation Board described the Gateway Western as a Class II carrier operating about 461 miles, from East St. Louis, Illinois, to Kansas City, Kansas, with branch lines to Springfield, Illinois, Jacksonville, Illinois, and Fulton, Missouri. It held haulage rights over the Union Pacific between Springfield and Chicago. The main line between Godfrey and Church, Illinois, was owned jointly with SPCSL Corporation, a subsidiary of Union Pacific and the company that held the former Southern Pacific Chicago line. In 1995 the Gateway Western built a track connection at East St. Louis for a direct interchange with CSX and Conrail.
About half the revenue came from haulage for other carriers between Kansas City and East St. Louis. The railroad also switched for other carriers in both cities. It ran four scheduled road trains a day over the main line, and on the order of 75 local movements and 360 yard crews a month. Local trains ran between Kansas City and Mexico, Missouri; Mexico and Roodhouse, Illinois; Roodhouse and Jacksonville; Roodhouse and Springfield; and East St. Louis and Roodhouse.
Gateway Eastern Railway, a Class III carrier wholly owned by the Gateway Western, began in January 1994. It owned about 17 miles between East Alton and East St. Louis and switched industries in the Alton and Wood River area, with a regular turn five days a week to Conrail’s Rose Lake Yard.
1931 map
A 1931 system map of the Alton Railroad. The territory the Gateway Western later operated is highlighted in blue. Author’s collection.
At a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Reporting mark | GWWR |
| Class | Class II. Gateway Eastern, its subsidiary, was Class III |
| States | Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas |
| Began | January 1990. The Wertheim Schroder purchase was complete by January 11, 1990 |
| Main line | About 461 miles, East St. Louis, Illinois, to Kansas City, Kansas, plus branches to Springfield, Jacksonville, and Fulton |
| Gateway Eastern | About 17 miles, East Alton to East St. Louis, from January 1994 |
| Gauge | 4 feet, 8½ inches |
| 1992 diesel fleet | 39 locomotives, each frame once |
| Kansas City Southern control | Effective May 5, 1997. STB Finance Docket 33311 |
| Merged into Kansas City Southern | Scheduled on or shortly after September 28, 2001. STB Finance Docket 34099. Gateway Eastern remained a subsidiary |
| Later system | Canadian Pacific Kansas City. STB Finance Docket 36500 is effective April 14, 2023 |
Diesels
The locomotives came with the Chicago, Missouri & Western property. The 1992 list pairs seven SW1500s with Pittsburgh & Lake Erie numbers, the GP38s with Penn Central numbers, the GP38AC with an Illinois Central number, and four GP40s with Western Pacific numbers. Sixteen of the GP38s, and SW1500 1505, are marked sold on that list. They left before Kansas City Southern control. The table keeps them, with the sale noted, because they were on the railroad’s own list.
Andre Kristopans’s Electro-Motive compilation gives the order numbers. Penn Central 7675–7814 are order 7191, serials 35304–35443, built June–November 1969. Penn Central 7815–7824 are order 7202, serials 35444–35453, built in November 1969. Robert Sarberenyi’s GP38 list puts dynamic brakes on these Penn Central units and gives the narrower date bands in the table. The ten locomotives 7815–7824 had tandem control stands and an extended cab face. Gateway Western 2046 and 2047 are two of them. The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie switchers are order 72649, May 1973, numbers 1534–1543, serials 72649-1 through 72649-10. The Gateway Western took seven of the ten. Illinois Central 9500–9519 are order 5747, February 1970, serials 35665–35684, so 9512 is serial 35677.
Don Strack’s Union Pacific roster follows the Western Pacific GP40s that the Chicago, Missouri & Western leased for its 1987 start. All 26 passed to the Gateway Western in January 1990, numbered 3000–3009, 3010, and 3011–3025. In July 1990 five were sold to Morrison Knudsen and completed in November 1990 as St. Louis Southwestern GP40-2s 7275, 7277, 7278, 7279, and 7280. In September 1990 seventeen were sold to Wilson Railway and rebuilt for the Wisconsin Central at North Fond du Lac between September 1990 and January 1991, as Wisconsin Central 3000, 3002–3007, 3009, 3011, 3012, 3014, 3015, 3017, and 3022–3025. Four stayed on the Gateway Western and are the GP40s in the table: 3008, 3013, 3019, and 3020. The other twenty-two had left before the 1992 list was drawn up.
| Model | Numbers | Builder | Serial | Order | Built | Qty | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SW1500 | 1500 | EMD | 72649-1 | 72649 | May 1973 | 1 | Built as Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 1534 |
| SW1500 | 1501 | EMD | 72649-3 | 72649 | May 1973 | 1 | Built as Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 1536 |
| SW1500 | 1502 | EMD | 72649-4 | 72649 | May 1973 | 1 | Built as Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 1537 |
| SW1500 | 1503 | EMD | 72649-5 | 72649 | May 1973 | 1 | Built as Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 1538 |
| SW1500 | 1504 | EMD | 72649-8 | 72649 | May 1973 | 1 | Built as Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 1541 |
| SW1500 | 1505 | EMD | 72649-9 | 72649 | May 1973 | 1 | Built as Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 1542. Sold March 1990 |
| SW1500 | 1506 | EMD | 72649-10 | 72649 | May 1973 | 1 | Built as Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 1543 |
| GP38 | 2020 | EMD | 35376 | 7191 | July–September 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7747, Conrail 7747. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38 | 2021 | EMD | 35379 | 7191 | July–September 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7750, Conrail 7750. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38 | 2022 | EMD | 35390 | 7191 | July–September 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7761, Conrail 7761. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38 | 2023 | EMD | 35391 | 7191 | July–September 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7762, Conrail 7762. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38 | 2024 | EMD | 35392 | 7191 | July–September 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7763, Conrail 7763, Chicago, Missouri & Western 2024. Rebuilt as Gateway Western GP38-3 4098. Later Kansas City Southern 2005, then Kansas City Southern de México 401 |
| GP38 | 2025 | EMD | 35393 | 7191 | July–September 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7764, Conrail 7764. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38 | 2026 | EMD | 35394 | 7191 | July–September 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7765, Conrail 7765. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38 | 2027 | EMD | 35396 | 7191 | August–September 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7767, Conrail 7767. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38 | 2028 | EMD | 35403 | 7191 | August–November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7774, Conrail 7774 |
| GP38 | 2029 | EMD | 35406 | 7191 | August–November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7777, Conrail 7777 |
| GP38 | 2030 | EMD | 35408 | 7191 | August–November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7779, Conrail 7779. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38 | 2031 | EMD | 35413 | 7191 | August–November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7784, Conrail 7784. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38 | 2032 | EMD | 35415 | 7191 | August–November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7786, Conrail 7786 |
| GP38 | 2033 | EMD | 35416 | 7191 | August–November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7787, Conrail 7787. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38 | 2034 | EMD | 35417 | 7191 | August–November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7788, Conrail 7788. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38 | 2036 | EMD | 35422 | 7191 | October 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7793, Conrail 7793, Chicago, Missouri & Western 2036. To Kansas City Southern 2036 |
| GP38 | 2037 | EMD | 35426 | 7191 | October 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7797, Conrail 7797, Chicago, Missouri & Western 2037. Sold to MPIX and scrapped |
| GP38 | 2038 | EMD | 35427 | 7191 | August–November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7798, Conrail 7798. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38 | 2039 | EMD | 35428 | 7191 | August–November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7799, Conrail 7799 |
| GP38 | 2040 | EMD | 35429 | 7191 | August–November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7800, Conrail 7800 |
| GP38 | 2041 | EMD | 35433 | 7191 | August–November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7804, Conrail 7804 |
| GP38 | 2042 | EMD | 35434 | 7191 | August–November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7805, Conrail 7805. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38 | 2043 | EMD | 35435 | 7191 | August–November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7806, Conrail 7806 |
| GP38 | 2044 | EMD | 35436 | 7191 | August–November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7807, Conrail 7807. The September 2007 photograph is this frame, rebuilt as a GP38-3 |
| GP38 | 2045 | EMD | 35439 | 7191 | August–November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7810, Conrail 7810. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38 | 2046 | EMD | 35444 | 7202 | November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7815, Conrail 7815. Tandem control stands and an extended cab face. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38 | 2047 | EMD | 35452 | 7202 | November 1969 | 1 | Penn Central 7823, Conrail 7823. Tandem control stands and an extended cab face. Sold October 1991 |
| GP38AC | 2048 | EMD | 35677 | 5747 | February 1970 | 1 | Built as Illinois Central 9512. Frame 5747-13 |
| GP40 | 3008 | EMD | 36786 | 7272 | August 1970 | 1 | Western Pacific 3525, Chicago, Missouri & Western 3008. To Kansas City Southern |
| GP40 | 3013 | EMD | 37841 | 7332 | August 1971 | 1 | Western Pacific 3530, Chicago, Missouri & Western 3013. One of the four GP40s still on the railroad after the 1990 sales |
| GP40 | 3019 | EMD | 37847 | 7332 | August 1971 | 1 | Western Pacific 3536. Carried Union Pacific 684 on a short 1985 lease, then Chicago, Missouri & Western 3019. Later Kansas City Southern 3019, then 3151 |
| GP40 | 3020 | EMD | 37848 | 7332 | August 1971 | 1 | Western Pacific 3537, Chicago, Missouri & Western 3020. One of the four GP40s still on the railroad after the 1990 sales |
Kansas City Southern
Kansas City Southern Industries, KCS Transportation Company, and the Kansas City Southern Railway applied on January 14, 1997, to control the Gateway Western and the Gateway Eastern. The Board decided the case on April 28, 1997, served the decision on May 1, and made it effective on May 5, 1997. The two Gateway companies were to remain separate corporations and to be marketed with the Kansas City Southern. The application said Kansas City Southern had no plan at that time to merge them into the railway company.
That merger came in 2001. The Kansas City Southern Railway, the Gateway Western, and Kansas City Southern Transportation Company filed a notice for a corporate-family transaction. Kansas City Southern Transportation would convey all of the Gateway Western stock to the railway company, and both the holding company and the Gateway Western would merge into the Kansas City Southern, which would be the surviving company. The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or shortly after September 28, 2001, the effective date of the exemption. Gateway Eastern was to remain a wholly owned subsidiary. Locomotives were still being photographed in Gateway Western lettering after that merger. The September 2007 photograph below is GP38 2044, Penn Central 7807, after it had been rebuilt as a GP38-3.
A Gateway Western GP38-3 at Kansas City in September 2007. The frame began as Penn Central GP38 7807 and is Gateway Western 2044 on the roster above. Warren Calloway photograph.
On March 15, 2023, the Surface Transportation Board approved Canadian Pacific’s application to control the Kansas City Southern and its railroad affiliates, including the Gateway Eastern. The decision in Finance Docket 36500 is effective April 14, 2023. The combined railroad is Canadian Pacific Kansas City. The Gateway Western had already been merged into the Kansas City Southern, so the Kansas City–East St. Louis line is part of that system.
Related reading
- Kansas City Southern · Pittsburgh & Lake Erie · Penn Central
- Illinois Central · Western Pacific · Southern Pacific
- Illinois railroads · Missouri railroads · Fallen Flags
Sources
- Chicago Tribune, January 11, 1990, “Santa Fe to Haul Freight on Gateway Western.” Wertheim Schroder’s purchase of the Chicago, Missouri & Western east-west line was complete, the line was being called the Gateway Western, and Santa Fe was to start haulage under an agreement negotiated in September
- In re Chicago, Missouri & Western Ry. Co., 124 B.R. 769 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1991). Incorporated February 13, 1986, as a Venango River subsidiary. Chapter 11 petition filed April 1, 1988
- In re Chicago, Missouri & Western Ry. Co., 133 B.R. 438 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 1991). Rail operations began April 28, 1987, with the purchase of rail assets from the Illinois Central Gulf
- Federal Register, July 7, 1995, Finance Docket 32306. Continuance in control of the Gateway Eastern. Exemption effective July 27, 1995. J. Reilly McCarren, president. Gateway Management Partners as owner
- Surface Transportation Board, Finance Docket 33311, Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc., et al.—Control—Gateway Western Railway Company and Gateway Eastern Railway Company, decided April 28, 1997, served May 1, 1997, effective May 5, 1997. About 461 miles, the branches, the Godfrey–Church joint ownership, Gateway Eastern from January 1994, and the four daily road trains
- Federal Register, October 19, 2001, 66 FR 53285, FR Doc. 01-26283, STB Finance Docket 34099. Merger of the Gateway Western into the Kansas City Southern, scheduled on or shortly after September 28, 2001. Gateway Eastern to remain a subsidiary
- Surface Transportation Board press release, March 15, 2023, Docket No. FD 36500. Canadian Pacific control of the Kansas City Southern approved. The decision is effective April 14, 2023. The combined railroad is Canadian Pacific Kansas City
- Andre Kristopans, “EMD 40 Series,” and “EMD 645 Switchers,” compiled lists hosted by UtahRails. Order 7191, order 7202, Western Pacific GP40 orders 7272 and 7332, and Pittsburgh & Lake Erie SW1500 order 72649. 40 Series
- Robert Sarberenyi, “EMD’s GP38 and GP38AC – Original Owners.” Date bands, dynamic brakes, and the tandem-control extended-cab note on Penn Central 7815–7824
- Electro-Motive order list, GP38AC order 5747, February 1970, Illinois Central 9500–9519, serials 35665–35684
- Don Strack, “Union Pacific Railroad, Roster of Diesel and Turbine Locomotives, 1934–2009,” part 8, UtahRails. The 26 former Western Pacific GP40s, the January 1990 passage to the Gateway Western, the 1990 sales, and the four units that remained. Part 8
- Gateway Western’s 1992 diesel list, published with Michael W. Blaszak, “Flight of the Bumblebee,” Trains, November 1992. Road numbers, prior-railroad numbers, and the March 1990 and October 1991 sale notes
- Railroad Picture Archives, locomotive pages opened for serials 35392, 35422, 35426, 35677, 36786, and 37847. Later numbers on those frames
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