List of Oklahoma railroads

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

Common freight carriers

Arkansas–Oklahoma Railroad (AOK)
Arkansas Southern Railroad (ARS)
AT&L Railroad (ATLT)
Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad (BNGR)
BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)
Cimarron Valley Railroad (CVR)
Farmrail Corporation (FMRC)
Grainbelt Corporation (GNBC)
Kiamichi Railroad (KRR)
Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad (NOKL)
Port of Muskogee Railroad (PMR)
Sand Springs Railway (SS)
South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL)
Stillwater Central Railroad (SLWC)
Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad (TOE)
Port of Catoosa Industrial Railroad (PCIR)
Tulsa–Sapulpa Union Railway (TSU)
Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
WFEC Railroad Company (WFEC)
Verdigris Southern Railroad (VESO)
Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway (WTJR)

Passenger carriers

Oklahoma train stations

Heartland Flyer
to Fort Worth

Defunct railroads

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

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

References

Association of American Railroads (2003), "Railroad Service in Oklahoma" (PDF).. Retrieved May 11, 2005.

^ "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)

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

[2] "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)

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