Defunct Railroads
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Name | Mark | System | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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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 | 1896 | 1902 | 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 | 1973 | 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 | 1909 | 1914 | Oklahoma Central Railroad | ||
Choctaw Coal and Railway Company | RI | 1888 | 1894 | Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad | ||
Choctaw and Memphis Railroad | RI | 1898 | 1900 | Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad | ||
Choctaw, Newcastle and Western Railroad | ||||||
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 | 1984 | 1989 | N/A | ||
Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railway | ATSF | 1908 | 1920 | Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railroad | ||
Clinton and Oklahoma Western Railroad | ATSF | 1920 | 1981 | N/A | ||
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 | 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 | 1923 | 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 | 1890 | 1898 | Hutchinson and Southern Railway | ||
Hutchinson and Southern Railway | ATSF | 1897 | 1899 | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway | MP | 1886 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern 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 | 1888 | 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 South-western 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 Railway | ||||||
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 | Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway | ||
Muskogee City Bridge Company | SLSF | 1901 | 1903 | Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway | ||
Muskogee Union Railway | MP | 1903 | 1904 | Missouri, 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 | 1924 | N/A | |||
Oil Belt Terminal Railway | ATSF | 1914 | 1915 | Oil Fields and Santa Fe Railway | ||
Okarche Central Railway | OKCE | Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad | ||||
Oklahoma Belt Railroad | 1917 | 1944 | N/A | |||
Oklahoma Central Railroad | OCR | 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 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 City and Western Railroad | SLSF | 1899 | 1907 | 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 and Rich Mountain Railroad | 1925 | 1941 | 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 | N/A | |||
Osage Railway | 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 | N/A | ||||
Poteau Valley Railroad | KCS | 1900 | 1926 | N/A | ||
Ringling and Oilfields 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 | ||
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 | N/A | ||
Texas and Oklahoma Railroad | TXOR | 1991 | 1992 | Farmrail Corporation | ||
Texas and Oklahoma Railroad | 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 | ||||||
Webbers Falls Railroad | ||||||
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 |
- Electric
- Ardmore Traction Company
- Bartlesville Interurban Railway
- Chickasha Street Railway
- Choctaw Railway and Lighting Company
- Choctaw Electric Company
- El Reno Interurban Railway
- Enid City Railway
- Guthrie Railway
- Indian Territory Traction Company
- Muskogee Electric Traction Company
- Northeast Oklahoma Railroad (NEO)
- Oklahoma Railway (OK)
- Oklahoma City Railway
- Oklahoma City and Suburban Railway
- Oklahoma Traction Company
- Oklahoma Union Railway
- People's Electric Railway
- Pittsburg County Railway
- Sand Springs Railway
- Sand Springs Interurban Railway
- Sapulpa and Interurban Railway
- Sapulpa Union Railroad
- Shawnee–Tecumseh Traction Company
- Shawnee Traction Company
- Tulsa Street Railway
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