Known railroads and their operations for Kansas are listed here. Subdivisions that cross state lines will only contain information and GPS ranges to approximately the state line to prevent unnecessary overlap.

Due to operational changes, mergers and general changes, some railroad radio channels may be reused by the same or adjacent railroads. However, if using RadioReference aware scanners or software, you can reduce seeing or duplicating this information by scanning just the subdivisions or locations that you are interested in.

Railroads are listed by size starting with the largest and ending with historical/tourist operations and in alphabetical order.

Passenger operations can be heard on the respective railroad they are operating on unless passenger stations have specific radio assignments.

The greater Kansas City Metropolitan area may include some Missouri information as the greater metro area is operationally complex and interlaced. Known information is generally concentrated for Kansas.

Short Alpha names are comprised of the railroads AAR reporting mark, AAR channel number and subdivision or major use function. The description field will contain actual use or location information to provide the best possible information for various scanners, users and readability.

The BNSF operates radio PBX systems in some areas and is comprised of legacy BN or ATSF systems. On the BN it is known as MRAS (Mobile Radio Access System) and the ATSF side known is PBX. Both are shown in their respective formats as well as general coverage area, if known.