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The Osage Railway (/ ˈ oʊ s eɪ dʒ / OH-sayj) was incorporated in 1921 to accommodate traffic from the oil fields located in the Osage Nation. [1] The first part of its mainline was constructed in 1922 from a connection with the Midland Valley Railroad at Foraker, Oklahoma, to the town of Shidler, Oklahoma, about 10 miles southwest.
The G&KR was incorporated December 29, 1899 under the laws of the Oklahoma Territory by inveterate railroad builder Warren Purdy, who wanted to construct a line to carry western Oklahoma agricultural products eastward from a connection with the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) at Kingfisher toward Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Railroads have been abandoned in the United States due to historical and economic factors. In the 19th century, the growing industrial regions in the Northeast, the agrarian regions in the South and Midwest, and the expansion of the country westward to the Pacific Ocean all contributed to the explosive growth of railroad companies and their rights-of-way across the entire country.
Still losing money, the railroad filed for abandonment of its line on August 21, 1923. [2] By a decision of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission dated December 18, 1923, its last day of operation was December 31, 1923, the abandonment being effective January 1, 1924. [2] [5] The rails were removed in July 1924. [5] There is a postscript.
Former railroad depot at Slick, Oklahoma, now a church, in October 2022. The standard-gauge, steam operated railroad, while primarily a freight carrier, did have passenger operations. [2] Three regular passenger trains ran daily in each direction between Bristow and Slick, and another operated daily between Slick and Nuyaka. [2]
The Osage Railroad was abandoned in 1953. [2] In 1963, the Texas & Pacific, which was a subsidiary of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, acquired the other three lines. [2] The Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka was sold to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe that same year, while the others were consolidated into the Texas & Pacific. [2]
The railroad changed its name to the Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Railway Company on May 8, 1917. [1] This was purchased on December 1, 1919, by the Northeast Oklahoma Traction Co., which had been incorporated July 25 of that year. [1] The assets were then moved to the Northeast Oklahoma Railroad Co., which was incorporated December 29, 1919. [1]
However, never operated commercially. Was building from Sallisaw to McAlester, and hoped to use the abandoned works of the Kansas City, Oklahoma and Houston Railroad (see above) from there to Honey Grove, Texas. [189] Texas, Oklahoma and Northwestern Railroad - 1907 was grading between Weatherford and Taloga on a line to Woodward. [190]