List of Oklahoma railroads

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

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Common freight carriers

Passenger carriers

Oklahoma train stations
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Oklahoma City
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Norman
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Purcell
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Pauls Valley
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Ardmore
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Defunct railroads

Name Mark System [nb 1] FromToSuccessorNotes
Ada Terminal Railway ATSF 19091914 Oklahoma Central Railroad
Altus, Wichita Falls and Hollis Railway MKT 19101911 Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway
Arkansas and Choctaw Railway SLSF 18951902name change to St. Louis, San Francisco and New Orleans Railroad
Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad SLSF 18981901 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Arkansas Valley and Western Railway SLSF 19021907 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Arkansas Western Railroad KCS 18991904 Arkansas Western Railway
Arkansas Western Railway ARW KCS 19041992 Kansas City Southern Railway
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad ATSF 18881895 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ATSFATSF18951996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad SLSF 18661897 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad BME MKT 19121972N/A
Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railway BES SLSF 19001907 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Blackwell and Northern Railway BNR20002006 Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad
Blackwell and Southern Railway ATSF 18991900 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Buffalo and Northwestern Railroad ATSF 19191920 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Buffalo and Northwestern Railway ATSF 19161919 Buffalo and Northwestern Railroad
Burlington Northern Inc. BN19801981 Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad BN19811996 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Canadian Valley and Western Railway ATSF 19041905 Oklahoma Central Railway
Cheyenne Railroad ATSF 19161920 Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railroad
Cheyenne Short Line Railroad ATSF 19121916 Cheyenne Railroad
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway RI 18871891 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad RI, ROCKRI19471980 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 RIRI18911948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chickasha Terminal Railway ATSF 19101914 Oklahoma Central Railroad
Choctaw Coal and Railway Company RI 18881894 Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Choctaw, Newcastle and Western Railroad 19071919/21N/A
Choctaw Northern Railroad RI 19011902 Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad RI 18941948 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Western Railroad RI 19021904 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Cimarron River Valley Railway CRVC19851989N/A
Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railway ATSF 19081920 Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railroad
Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railroad ATSF 19201948 Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Cushing Traction Company ATSF 19141915 Oil Fields and Santa Fe Railway
Denison and Washita Valley Railway MKT 18861903 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, Texas and Oklahoma Railroad
Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad ATSF 19021907 Eastern Oklahoma Railway
Eastern Oklahoma Railway ATSF 18991907 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Enid and Anadarko Railway RI 19011903 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Enid Central Railway ENIC19821983 [1] Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Enid and Tonkawa Railway RI 18991899 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Fort Smith, Poteau and Western Railroad 19151919 Poteau and Cavanal Mountain Railroad
Fort Smith, Poteau and Western Railway 18991915 Fort Smith, Poteau and Western Railroad
Fort Smith and Van Buren Railway FSVB KCS 19391992 Kansas City Southern Railway
Fort Smith and Western Railroad FS&W18991923 Fort Smith and Western Railway
Fort Smith and Western Railroad of Oklahoma 19021907 Fort Smith and Western Railroad
Fort Smith and Western Railway FS&W, FSW19211939 Fort Smith and Van Buren Railway
Gulf Railroad ATSF 18961899 Hutchinson and Southern Railway
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 18841965 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Guthrie and Kingfisher Railway RI 18991900 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Guthrie and Western Railway ATSF 19001902 Eastern Oklahoma Railway
Healdton and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 19251948 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Hutchinson and Southern Railroad ATSF 18891898 Hutchinson and Southern Railway
Hutchinson and Southern Railway ATSF 18971899 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway MP 18881909 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Kansas and Southeastern Railroad ATSF 18971899 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad SLSF 18961901 Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway SLSF 19011928 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad ATSF 19141925 Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway ATSF 19251941 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway ATSF 19001914 Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad
Kansas City and Pacific Railroad MKT 18861899 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad KCS 18931900 Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway KOG MP 19191970 Texas and Pacific Railway
Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway SLSF 18971899 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway ATSF 18931900 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kansas and Southeastern Railroad ATSF 18971899 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Kingston and Choctaw Valley Railroad 18981901
Kiowa, Chickasha and Fort Smith Railway ATSF 18991904 Eastern Oklahoma Railway
Lawton, Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway
Miami Mineral Belt Railroad SLSF 19171950 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Midland Valley Railroad MV MP 19031967 Texas and Pacific Railway
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad MKT 19011904 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad MKTMKT19231989 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad MKT 18701870 Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway MK&T MKT 18701923 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad MP 19101919 Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway MP 19041919 Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
Missouri Pacific Railroad MPMP19171997 Union Pacific Railroad
Muskogee Southern Railroad MP 19021904 Midland Valley Railroad
Muskogee Bridge Company MP 19031904 Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
Muskogee City Bridge Company SLSF 19011903 Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway
Muskogee Union Railway MP 19031904 Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
North Central Oklahoma Railway NCOK19821985 AT&L Railroad
North Texas and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 19161948 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Northeast Oklahoma Railroad NEO SLSF 19191967 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Oil Fields and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 19151941 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Oil Fields Short Line Railroad 19161923N/A
Oil Belt Terminal Railway ATSF 19141915 Oil Fields and Santa Fe Railway
Okarche Central Railway OCRI19821982 Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Oklahoma Belt Railroad 19171944N/A
Oklahoma Central Railroad OCR19871988N/A
Oklahoma Central Railroad ATSF 19141942 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Oklahoma Central Railway ATSF 19051914 Oklahoma Central Railroad
Oklahoma City – Ada – Atoka Railway ATSF 19231967 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Oklahoma City and Western Railroad SLSF 19011907 St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
Oklahoma City Junction Railway ATSF 1909Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the BNSF Railway
Oklahoma City Terminal Railroad SLSF 19001901 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad OKKT MKT 19801989 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Railway SLSF 19171919 Northeast Oklahoma Railroad
Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Inter-Urban Railway SLSF 19081917 Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Railway
Oklahoma, New Mexico and Pacific Railway ON&P ATSF 19131926 Healdton and Santa Fe Railway
Oklahoma & Rich Mountain Railroad 19261942N/A
Oklahoma-Southwestern Railway 19201930N/A
Oklahoma Union Railway MP 19111912 Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Okmulgee Northern Railway SLSF 19151964 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Osage Railroad ORR19902000Discussed on the Osage Railway page
Osage Railway (one of the Muskogee Roads)19211953N/A
Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway SLSF 19031907 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway ATSF 19201965 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Poteau and Cavanal Mountain Railroad 19231931N/A (Owned trackage but never actually operated)
Poteau Valley Railroad KCS 19001926N/A
Ringling and Oil Fields Railway ATSF 19161926 Healdton and Santa Fe Railway
St. Louis, El Reno and Western Railway SE&W19031923N/A
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway MP 18861917 Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad SLSF 18951899 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway SLSF 18951901 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway SLSFSLSF19161980 Burlington Northern Inc.
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad SLSF 18961915 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
St. Louis and San Francisco Railway SLSF 18761896 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis, San Francisco and New Orleans Railroad SLSF 19021907 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis Southwestern Railway SSW SP 19801997 Union Pacific Railroad
Sapulpa and Oil Field Railroad SLSF 19151917 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Shawnee, Oklahoma and Missouri Coal and Railway SLSF 18991903 Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway
Southeast Kansas Railroad SEKR19941999 South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
Southern Kansas Railway ATSF 18841899 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Southwestern Railroad SW19902007Abandoned its route west out of Shattuck, Oklahoma
Sulphur Springs Railway SLSF 19021907 St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Tecumseh Railway RI 18961900 Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Texas North Western Railway TXNW19821987Railroad still exists but no longer extends into Oklahoma
Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (1991) TXOR19911993 Farmrail Corporation
Texas and Oklahoma Railroad (1902) MKT 19021903 Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
Texas and Pacific Railway T&P, TP MP 19671976 Missouri Pacific Railroad
Watonga and Northwestern Railroad RI 19001901 Choctaw Northern Railroad
Webber Falls, Shawnee and Western Railroad 19111914 Webbers Falls Railroad
Webbers Falls Railroad WFRR19161918N/A
West Tulsa Belt Railway SLSF 19091922 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Western Oklahoma Railroad RI 19001902 Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway WF&N MKT 19061923 Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad
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Notes

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

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