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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.
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]
Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad: Oklahoma Belt Railroad: 1917 1944 N/A Oklahoma Central Railroad: OCR 1987 1988 N/A Oklahoma Central Railroad: ATSF: 1914 1942 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: Oklahoma Central Railway: ATSF: 1905 1914 Oklahoma Central Railroad: Oklahoma City – Ada – Atoka Railway: ATSF: 1923 1967 Atchison, Topeka ...
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.
An abandoned railroad is a railway line which is no longer used for that purpose. Such lines may be disused railways , closed railways , former railway lines , or derelict railway lines. Some have had all their track and sleepers removed, and others have material remaining from their former usage.
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 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]
The St. Louis, El Reno and Western Railway was a small struggling railroad, started by local business interests in the Territorial Capital of Guthrie, Oklahoma. The railroad was built to move freight and passengers from eastern connections at Guthrie, West to the huge Rock Island Railroad hub and system cross roads at El Reno, Oklahoma.