Olathe to Lawrence, KS.- Station----- M.P. Blt.- Aban. P.C.---- County- Olathe-------6.1 1871 1894 SLL&DRR3 Johnson Corliss------ 0.0. 1871 1894 SLL&DRR3 Johnson DeSoto Jct.- 0.0. 1871 1894 SLL&DRR3 Johnson DeSoto Jct.-- ?.?? 1865 ---- SLL&DRR1 Johnson DeSoto------ 11.1 1865 ---- SLL&DRR1 Johnson Eudora------ 19.0 1865 ---- SLL&DRR1 Douglas Lawrence---- 26.5 1865 ---- SLL&DRR1 Douglas Predecessor Companies- 1) SLL&DRR1 St.Louis, Lawrence & Denver RR (1) 2) SLL&DRR3 St.Louis, Lawrence & Denver RR (3) Notes- 1) Corliss also known as DeSoto Junction. 2) The St.Louis, Lawrence & Denver RR under went 4 reorganizations before being renamed the St.Louis, Lawrence & Western RR on 2/26/1874. 3) Olathe to Corliss sold to Pleasant Hill & DeSoto RR 10/18/1877. 4) Corliss to Lawrence sold 10/18/77 to Kansas City, Topeka & Western RR 10/18/1877. 5) DeSoto Junction to Lawrence under ATSF mileposts. I have never found anything with ATSF listing a station DeSoto Junction or Corliss. The distance between DeSoto Juntion and DeSoto is about a mile or two. 6) Corliss to Lawrence in service as BNSF's Topeka Sub. 8/3/01.
