The was a
Class II Railroad that operated on former
Chicago And Alton Railroad track between
Kansas City and
St. Louis, Missouri .
The Gateway Western Railway began operations in
1990 after purchasing the Kansas City to St. Louis right-of-way from the bankrupt
Chicago, Missouri And Western Railway .
In
1997 , the GWWR and its Illinois subsidiary
Gateway Eastern Railway , were purchased by
Kansas City Southern (KCS). The KCS operated the GWWR as a subsidiary until
2002 when it transferred its controlling interest to its own parent company and officially merged the GWWR into the KCS. The Gateway Eastern, however, remained a KCS subsidiary.
- ( February 2002 ), Flags fall in corporate shuffles, ''Trains Magazine'', p. 17.
