The story
On May 3, 1902, the line was incorporated as the Acme, Red River and Northern Railway. The founders' original, never-realized plans were to extend the line 500 miles (800 km) from the Red River to El Paso, Texas.
On January 28, 1909, the railroad assumed the name of the Quanah, Acme and Pacific. One of the largest shareholders was Harry Koch.
In 1911, the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway assumed control of the QA&P.
On June 8, 1981, the QA&P was merged into the Burlington Northern Railroad, which had merged the QA&P's corporate parent, the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, on November 21, 1980.
The Burlington Northern Railroad abandoned the former QA&P line west of Paducah in 1982.
From Wikipedia’s article on Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3