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Oklahoma City and Western Railroad: SLSF: 1901 1907 St. Louis-San Francisco Railway: Oklahoma City Junction Railway: ATSF: 1909 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the BNSF Railway: Oklahoma City Terminal Railroad: SLSF: 1900 1901 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad: Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad: OKKT MKT: 1980 1989 Missouri ...
For a more complete list, see List of Oklahoma railroads. ... Oklahoma & Rich Mountain Railroad; Oklahoma City and Western Railroad; Oklahoma-Southwestern Railway;
An independent entity called the Oklahoma City Junction Railway was incorporated in Oklahoma on June 10, 1909. [3] [6] Its primary purpose was to operate a terminal (principally consisting of stock pens) in the stockyards district of OKC, but the project included 1.724 miles of mainline and 3.779 miles of yardtracks and sidings, and was built between April and October of 1910. [6]
The Oklahoma City and Western Railroad Company was the brainchild of Charles G. Jones, a developer and former mayor of Oklahoma City. [1] [2] Though incorporated July 15, 1899 under the laws of Indian Territory, [3] [4] the railroad made little progress until the latter part of 1901, when a company called Johnston Brothers was contracted to do the construction. [1]
Oil Fields Short Line Railroad; Oklahoma Central Railway (1905–14) Oklahoma Central Railroad (1914–1942) Oklahoma City–Ada–Atoka Railway; Oklahoma City and Western Railroad; Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad; Oklahoma Railway Company; Oklahoma, New Mexico and Pacific Railway; Osage Railway; Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway
The Oklahoma City – Ada – Atoka Railway (OCAA) was formed from trackage from Oklahoma City to Atoka via Shawnee, Ada, and Coalgate, Oklahoma. [1] Atoka to Coalgate had been built between 1882 and 1886 as feeder to the old Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (Katy) main line, and Coalgate-Shawnee-Oklahoma City had been constructed by Katy affiliates, and specifically the first 40 miles ...
This is a list of current shortline railroads (FRA Class III) in the United States. The reporting mark assigned by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) is listed for each entry. This transport-related list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Railway towns are particularly abundant in the midwest and western states, and the railroad has been credited as a major force in the economic and geographic development of the country. [1] Historians credit the railroad system for the country's vast development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as having helped facilitate a ...