The Enid and Tonkawa Railway Company' was incorporated on March 20, 1899,''Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners'', State of Kansas, Volume 17 under the laws of the territory of Oklahoma. The company constructed a railroad line from

North Enid, Oklahoma North Enid is a town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 860 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The town is served by the Chisholm Public Schools, Chisholm school district. North E ...

, to Billings, Oklahoma. The

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called ''Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway'') was an American Class I railroad. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock. At the end ...

purchased the company on December 22, 1899. Rock Island completed the line from North Enid to

Tonkawa, Oklahoma Tonkawa is a city in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Salt Fork Arkansas River. The population was 3,216 at the 2010 census, a decline of 2.5 percent from the figure of 3,299 in 2000. History Named after the Tonkawa tribe, the city ...

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Defunct Oklahoma railroads Railway companies established in 1899 Railway companies disestablished in 1899 Railway companies in Enid, Oklahoma 1899 establishments in Oklahoma Territory {{Oklahoma-transport-stub