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List of Oklahoma railroads

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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

Common freight carriers

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Passenger carriers

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Oklahoma train stations
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Streetcar
Norman
Purcell
Pauls Valley
Ardmore

Defunct railroads

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Name Mark System[nb 1] From To Successor Notes
Ada Terminal Railway ATSF 1909 1914 Oklahoma Central Railroad
Altus, Wichita Falls and Hollis Railway MKT 1910 1911 Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway
Arkansas and Choctaw Railway SLSF 1895 1902 name change to St. Louis, San Francisco and New Orleans Railroad
Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad SLSF 1898 1901 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Arkansas Valley and Western Railway SLSF 1902 1907 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Arkansas Western Railroad KCS 1899 1904 Arkansas Western Railway
Arkansas Western Railway ARW KCS 1904 1992 Kansas City Southern Railway
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad ATSF 1888 1895 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ATSF ATSF 1895 1996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad SLSF 1866 1897 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad BME MKT 1912 1972 N/A
Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railway BES SLSF 1900 1907 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Blackwell and Northern Railway BNR 2000 2006 Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad
Blackwell and Southern Railway ATSF 1899 1900 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Buffalo and Northwestern Railroad ATSF 1919 1920 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Buffalo and Northwestern Railway ATSF 1916 1919 Buffalo and Northwestern Railroad
Burlington Northern Inc. BN 1980 1981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN 1981 1996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Canadian Valley and Western Railway ATSF 1904 1905 Oklahoma Central Railway
Cheyenne Railroad ATSF 1916 1920 Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railroad
Cheyenne Short Line Railroad ATSF 1912 1916 Cheyenne Railroad
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway RI 1887 1891 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad RI, ROCK RI 1947 1980 Enid Central Railway, Farmrail Corporation, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, North Central Oklahoma Railway, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Texas North Western Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway RI RI 1891 1948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chickasha Terminal Railway ATSF 1910 1914 Oklahoma Central Railroad
Choctaw Coal and Railway Company RI 1888 1894 Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Choctaw, Newcastle and Western Railroad 1907 1919/21 N/A
Choctaw Northern Railroad RI 1901 1902 Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad RI 1894 1948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Western Railroad RI 1902 1904 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Cimarron River Valley Railway CRVC 1985 1989 N/A
Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railway ATSF 1908 1920 Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railroad
Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railroad ATSF 1920 1948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Cushing Traction Company ATSF 1914 1915 Oil Fields and Santa Fe Railway
Denison and Washita Valley Railway MKT 1886 1903 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, Texas and Oklahoma Railroad
Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad ATSF 1902 1907 Eastern Oklahoma Railway
Eastern Oklahoma Railway ATSF 1899 1907 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Enid and Anadarko Railway RI 1901 1903 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Enid Central Railway ENIC 1982 1983[1] Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Enid and Tonkawa Railway RI 1899 1899 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Fort Smith, Poteau and Western Railroad 1915 1919 Poteau and Cavanal Mountain Railroad
Fort Smith, Poteau and Western Railway 1899 1915 Fort Smith, Poteau and Western Railroad
Fort Smith and Van Buren Railway FSVB KCS 1939 1992 Kansas City Southern Railway
Fort Smith and Western Railroad FS&W 1899 1923 Fort Smith and Western Railway
Fort Smith and Western Railroad of Oklahoma 1902 1907 Fort Smith and Western Railroad
Fort Smith and Western Railway FS&W, FSW 1921 1939 Fort Smith and Van Buren Railway
Gulf Railroad ATSF 1896 1899 Hutchinson and Southern Railway
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 1884 1965 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Guthrie and Kingfisher Railway RI 1899 1900 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Guthrie and Western Railway ATSF 1900 1902 Eastern Oklahoma Railway
Healdton and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 1925 1948 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Hutchinson and Southern Railroad ATSF 1889 1898 Hutchinson and Southern Railway
Hutchinson and Southern Railway ATSF 1897 1899 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway MP 1888 1909 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Kansas and Southeastern Railroad ATSF 1897 1899 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad SLSF 1896 1901 Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway SLSF 1901 1928 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad ATSF 1914 1925 Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway ATSF 1925 1941 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway ATSF 1900 1914 Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad
Kansas City and Pacific Railroad MKT 1886 1899 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad KCS 1893 1900 Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway KOG MP 1919 1970 Texas and Pacific Railway
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway SLSF 1897 1899 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway ATSF 1893 1900 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas and Southeastern Railroad ATSF 1897 1899 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kingston and Choctaw Valley Railroad 1898 1901
Kiowa, Chickasha and Fort Smith Railway ATSF 1899 1904 Eastern Oklahoma Railway
Lawton, Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway
Miami Mineral Belt Railroad SLSF 1917 1950 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Midland Valley Railroad MV MP 1903 1967 Texas and Pacific Railway
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad MKT 1901 1904 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad MKT MKT 1923 1989 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad MKT 1870 1870 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway MK&T MKT 1870 1923 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad MP 1910 1919 Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway MP 1904 1919 Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
Missouri Pacific Railroad MP MP 1917 1997 Union Pacific Railroad
Muskogee Southern Railroad MP 1902 1904 Midland Valley Railroad
Muskogee Bridge Company MP 1903 1904 Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
Muskogee City Bridge Company SLSF 1901 1903 Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway
Muskogee Union Railway MP 1903 1904 Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
North Central Oklahoma Railway NCOK 1982 1985 AT&L Railroad
North Texas and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 1916 1948 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Northeast Oklahoma Railroad NEO SLSF 1919 1967 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Oil Fields and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 1915 1941 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Oil Fields Short Line Railroad 1916 1923 N/A
Oil Belt Terminal Railway ATSF 1914 1915 Oil Fields and Santa Fe Railway
Okarche Central Railway OCRI 1982 1982 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 and Santa Fe Railway
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–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Railway SLSF 1917 1919 Northeast Oklahoma Railroad
Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Inter-Urban Railway SLSF 1908 1917 Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Railway
Oklahoma, New Mexico and Pacific Railway ON&P ATSF 1913 1926 Healdton and Santa Fe Railway
Oklahoma & Rich Mountain Railroad 1926 1942 N/A
Oklahoma-Southwestern Railway 1920 1930 N/A
Oklahoma Union Railway MP 1911 1912 Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Okmulgee Northern Railway SLSF 1915 1964 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Osage Railroad ORR 1990 2000 Discussed on the Osage Railway page
Osage Railway (one of the Muskogee Roads) 1921 1953 N/A
Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway SLSF 1903 1907 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 1920 1965 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Poteau and Cavanal Mountain Railroad 1923 1931 N/A (Owned trackage but never actually operated)
Poteau Valley Railroad KCS 1900 1926 N/A
Ringling and Oil Fields Railway ATSF 1916 1926 Healdton and Santa Fe Railway
St. Louis, El Reno and Western Railway SE&W 1903 1923 N/A
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway MP 1886 1917 Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad SLSF 1895 1899 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway SLSF 1895 1901 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway SLSF SLSF 1916 1980 Burlington Northern Inc.
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad SLSF 1896 1915 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
St. Louis and San Francisco Railway SLSF 1876 1896 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis, San Francisco and New Orleans Railroad SLSF 1902 1907 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis Southwestern Railway SSW SP 1980 1997 Union Pacific Railroad
Sapulpa and Oil Field Railroad SLSF 1915 1917 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Shawnee, Oklahoma and Missouri Coal and Railway SLSF 1899 1903 Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway
Southeast Kansas Railroad SEKR 1994 1999 South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
Southern Kansas Railway ATSF 1884 1899 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Southwestern Railroad SW 1990 2007 Abandoned its route west out of Shattuck, Oklahoma
Sulphur Springs Railway SLSF 1902 1907 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Tecumseh Railway RI 1896 1900 Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Texas North Western Railway TXNW 1982 1987 Railroad still exists but no longer extends into Oklahoma
Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (1991) TXOR 1991 1993 Farmrail Corporation
Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (1902) MKT 1902 1903 Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
Texas and Pacific Railway T&P, TP MP 1967 1976 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Watonga and Northwestern Railroad RI 1900 1901 Choctaw Northern Railroad
Webber Falls, Shawnee and Western Railroad 1911 1914 Webbers Falls Railroad
Webbers Falls Railroad WFRR 1916 1918 N/A
West Tulsa Belt Railway SLSF 1909 1922 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Western Oklahoma Railroad RI 1900 1902 Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway WF&N MKT 1906 1923 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
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Notes

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  1. ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References

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  • Association of American Railroads (2003), "Railroad Service in Oklahoma" (PDF).. Retrieved May 11, 2005.
  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-03-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)