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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 *Amtrak (AMTK) *Oklahoma City Streetcar *El Reno Heritage Express Defunct railroads ;Electric * Ardmore Traction Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stillwater Central Railroad
Stillwater Central Railroad is a shortline railroad operating in Oklahoma. A subsidiary of Watco, the SLWC operates over of track in the state from Sapulpa through Oklahoma City through Lawton to Snyder and has trackage rights over BNSF from Sapulpa to Tulsa, and from Snyder to Long. SLWC operates a branch from Stillwater to a connection with BNSF at Pawnee. Its primary business is handling mined, mineral, and industrial products. History In July 1998, SLWC leased of rail line from the State of Oklahoma. This included both the line between Sapulpa (near Tulsa) and Del City (near Oklahoma City), known as the Sooner Sub, as well as a branch line from Stillwater to Pawnee (geographically separated from the other line leased). In January 2002, SLWC acquired from the BNSF, and began operating, of rail line from Wheatland (south of Oklahoma City) to Long. In January 2005, SLWC leased from BNSF a line from Wheatland to Oklahoma City. In January 2010, in conjunctio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada Terminal Railway
The Ada Terminal Railway, an affiliate of the Oklahoma Central Railway, constructed a spur off the Oklahoma Central into Ada, Oklahoma Ada is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 16,481 at the 2020 United States census. The city was named for Ada Reed, the daughter of an early settler, and was in ... in 1909, with about 1.93 miles of track. Its assets were assigned July 31, 1914 to become part of the Oklahoma Central Railroad. History Construction of the Oklahoma Central Railway in the 1906-1908 timeframe bypassed the town of Ada by a small amount to the south, since Ada refused to provide any financial bonus to the builders. However, after the line fell into receivership on June 2, 1908, the trustees decided that linking the railroad to Ada would be good for business, since Ada was prospering without regard to the Oklahoma Central. Meanwhile, local Ada businessmen had decided providing some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Class I Railroad
Railroad classes are the system by which Rail freight transport, freight railroads are designated in the United States. Railroads are assigned to Class I, II or III according to annual revenue criteria originally set by the Surface Transportation Board in 1992. With annual adjustments for inflation, the 2019 thresholds were US$504,803,294 for Class I carriers and US$40,384,263 for Class II carriers. (Smaller carriers were Class III by default.) There are six Class I freight railroad companies in the United States: BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Canadian National Railway, CPKC, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad. Canadian National also operates in Canada and CPKC operates in Canada and Mexico. In addition, the national passenger railroad in the United States, Amtrak, would qualify as Class I if it were a freight carrier, as would Canada's Via Rail passenger service. Mexico's Ferromex freight railroad would also qualify as Class I, but it does not operate with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reporting Mark
A reporting mark is a code used to identify owners or lessees of rolling stock and other equipment used on certain rail transport networks. The code typically reflects the name or identifying number of the owner, lessee, or operator of the equipment, similar to IATA airline designators. In North America, the mark, which consists of an alphabetic code of two to four letters, is stenciled on each piece of equipment, along with a one- to six-digit number. This information is used to uniquely identify every such rail car or locomotive, thus allowing it to be tracked by the railroad it is traveling over, which shares the information with other railroads and customers. In multinational registries, a code indicating the home country may also be included. Standard practices North America The Association of American Railroads (AAR) assigns marks to all carriers, under authority granted by the Surface Transportation Board, U.S. Surface Transportation Board, Canadian Transportation Age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Reno Heritage Express
The El Reno Heritage Express is a heritage streetcar line in El Reno, Oklahoma. It opened in 2001 as the only operating streetcar in the state (since joined by the Oklahoma City Streetcar). A single J.G. Brill Strafford Car runs a excursion service from the Canadian County Historical Museum in the former El Reno Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Depot to a balloon loop downtown via a single-track line embedded in the road surface of Watts Street and Bickford Avenue. History From 1911 to 1947, El Reno had trolley service. It was a terminal of the El Reno Interurban Railway (later the Oklahoma Railway Company), which ran to Oklahoma City. That service ceased after World War II. The affordability of private automobiles reduced passenger traffic for mass transit. The modern trolley line was built as part of a multi-purpose project by the city to rehabilitate the downtown's drainage system, which had a history of failing and causing flooding issues for nearby busine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma City Streetcar
The Oklahoma City Streetcar (OKC Streetcar), also known as the MAPS 3 streetcar, is a streetcar system in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, that opened in 2018 and is operated by Embark_(transit_authority), Embark. The system serves the greater Downtown Oklahoma City, downtown Oklahoma City area using modern, low-floor streetcars, the first of which was delivered in February 2018. The initial system has two lines that connect Oklahoma City's Central Business District with the entertainment district, Bricktown, Oklahoma City, Bricktown, and the Midtown Oklahoma City, Midtown District. Expansion to other districts surrounding downtown as well as more routes in the CBD is planned. History The streetcar was first conceived in a 2005 regional transit study known as the Fixed Guideway Study. The concept lay dormant until local Oklahoma City businessman, inventor, and political activist Jeff Bezdek promoted the project to the Government of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Council to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak (; ), is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates intercity rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United States, contiguous U.S. states and three Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian provinces. ''Amtrak'' is a portmanteau of the words ''America'' and ''track.'' Founded in 1971 as a Quasi-corporation, quasi-public corporation to operate many U.S. passenger rail routes, Amtrak receives a combination of state and federal subsidies but is managed as a for-profit corporation, for-profit organization. The company's headquarters is located one block west of Washington Union Station, Union Station in Washington, D.C. Amtrak is headed by a Board of Directors, two of whom are the United States Secretary of Transportation, secretary of transportation and chief executive officer (CEO) of Amtrak, while the other eight members are nominated to serve a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wichita, Tillman And Jackson Railway
The Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway is a shortline railroad subsidiary of the Rio Grande Pacific Corporation that operates in Oklahoma and Texas. The line for which it is named extends from Wichita Falls, Texas to just north of Altus, Oklahoma, through Wichita County, Texas, Tillman County, Oklahoma, and Jackson County, Oklahoma. It interchanges with the Union Pacific (UP) and BNSF at Wichita Falls, with Farmrail (FMRC), Stillwater Central Railroad (SLWC), and the BNSF at Altus, and with Grainbelt (GNBC) at Frederick, Oklahoma. It carries predominantly grain, chemicals and agricultural products. History The line in question was completed by the Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway (the Oklahoma portion) and the affiliated Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway of Texas (the Texas portion) in 1910, and became part of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway (MKT) system in 1911. The line was originally longer, but was cut back from Forgan, in the Oklahoma Panh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verdigris Southern Railroad
Verdigris Southern Railroad, known as “VESO,” was initiated in 2021 to serve the Tulsa Port of Inola, one of the Tulsa Ports. VESO connects Port customers to the Union Pacific Railroad. History Verdigris Southern Railroad, L.L.C. was created in Delaware on November 16, 2021, and then qualified to do business in Oklahoma. It is owned by Watco. VESO's purpose is to be a common carrier railroad to connect Tulsa Port of Inola businesses with an interchange with the Union Pacific at Inola, Oklahoma. Watco indicates the line is about 3.3 miles in length. An abandoned rail line provided the trackage, which was rehabilitated for under $20 million. The project included funding from Port resident Sofidel and the United States Department of Transportation The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is headed by the secretary of transportation, who reports directly to the president ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFEC Railroad Company
WFEC Railroad Company-- reporting mark: WFEC-- is a Class III industrial rail line running 14.98 miles from Western Farmers Electric Cooperative's Hugo Power Plant at Fort Towson, Oklahoma, near Hugo, to an interchange with the Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad (TOE) at Valliant, Oklahoma. It is owned by Western Farmers, and was built in 1997. History The coal-fired Hugo Power Plant was completed in 1982, and was equipped with six miles of rail line and 330 rail cars. The plant got Wyoming coal at Fort Towson from the Kiamichi Railroad through that line's interchange with the Burlington Northern. WFEC came about pursuant to a 1997 agreement among WFEC, Western Farmers, TOE, the Union Pacific The Union Pacific Railroad is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United States after BNSF, ... (UP), and Kansas City Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad is a Railroad classes, Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United States after BNSF Railway, BNSF, with which it shares a duopoly on transcontinental freight rail lines in the Western United States, Western, Midwestern United States, Midwestern and West South Central states, West South Central United States. Founded in 1862, the original Union Pacific Rail Road was part of the first transcontinental railroad project, later known as the Overland Route (Union Pacific Railroad), Overland Route. Over the next century, UP absorbed the Missouri Pacific Railroad, the Western Pacific Railroad, the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. In 1995, the Union Pacific merged with Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, completing its reach into the Upper Midwest. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
