St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad

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St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad
Overview
Locale Oklahoma
Dates of operation1895–1899
Successor St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length103.2 miles (166.1 km)

The St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad (STLOC) was a railway existing between its corporate formation in 1895 and the conveyance of all its assets to a predecessor of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway (Frisco) in 1899. STLOC built a line between Sapulpa and Oklahoma City in 1898, being 103.2 miles in length.

History

A Frisco predecessor, the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, had built into Sapulpa in the 1885-1886 timeframe. [1] [2] Against that backdrop, two Oklahoma City businessmen incorporated STLOC on November 20, 1895, under the laws of the then Territory of Oklahoma, for the purpose of running a line from Sapulpa to Oklahoma City. [3] [4] However, they completed no actual construction by February 10, 1898, on which date they passed control of the company to the railroad's construction contractor, Indianoma Construction Company. [4] The contractor on the same date agreed to sell STLOC to another Frisco predecessor, the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company, when the trackage was finished. [4]

In that same year of 1898, STLOC completed the 103.2 miles of standard gauge, single track railroad from Sapulpa to Oklahoma City. [3] [4] STLOC was then sold in accordance with the previous agreement on January 1, 1899, with a formal conveyance by STLOC of all its property to the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company on March 28, 1899. [3] The St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company was in turn sold under foreclosure to the Frisco on September 15, 1916. [3]

The railroad trackage is still in existence, and is now operated by the Stillwater Central Railroad. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "St. Louis and San Francisco Railway". Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Sapulpa". Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Saint Louis-San Francisco Railway Company". Railroads of Oklahoma, June 6, 1870 to April 1, 1978, pp. 66-69 (accessed on Oklahoma Digital Prairie). Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "The Frisco Family, St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad Company" (PDF). All Aboard, The Frisco Railroad Museum Inc., July 1987. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Oklahoma 2018-2020 State Railroad Map" (PDF). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
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