Atchison, Republican Valley and Pacific Railway

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The Atchison, Republican Valley and Pacific Railway was incorporated on May 15, 1878 and was planned to operate from Atchison, Kansas, along the Republican River to near Willow Island, Nebraska.^{[citation needed]} The Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad played a major role in the founding of the railroad and took over the route before any actual track was laid; it was merged into the Atchison, Colorado and Pacific Railroad (leased to the Central Branch^{[citation needed]}) on June 23, 1879.

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• Union Pacific Railroad Company, The Union Pacific Railway and Auxiliary Companies, 1886