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The Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway (“KOC&S”) was a railroad which in 1899 built tracks from a point near Caney, Kansas to what became Owasso, Oklahoma. After foreclosure in 1900, it was absorbed into the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (“AT&SF”).
The Osage Railway (/ ˈ oʊ s eɪ dʒ / OH-sayj) was incorporated in 1921 to accommodate traffic from the oil fields located in the Osage Nation. [1] The first part of its mainline was constructed in 1922 from a connection with the Midland Valley Railroad at Foraker, Oklahoma , to the town of Shidler, Oklahoma , about 10 miles southwest.
The Osage Railroad was abandoned in 1953. [2] In 1963, the Texas & Pacific , which was a subsidiary of the Missouri Pacific Railroad , acquired the other three lines. [ 2 ] The Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka was sold to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe that same year, while the others were consolidated into the Texas & Pacific.
The Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company was incorporated under Oklahoma law on July 28, 1910. [1] Its contribution to the effort was construction in 1910 of the bridge across the Red River to connect the Oklahoma and Texas segments of the system. [1] On December 11, 1911, it changed its name to the Oklahoma Union Railway. [1]
The tracks Kansas & Oklahoma RR operate on also includes portions of the former Missouri Pacific Kansas City to Pueblo main line in Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado. KO owns 820 miles (1,320 km) of track, and another 84 miles (135 km) is accounted for in trackage rights .
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Former railroad depot at Slick, Oklahoma, now a church, in October 2022. The standard-gauge, steam operated railroad, while primarily a freight carrier, did have passenger operations. [2] Three regular passenger trains ran daily in each direction between Bristow and Slick, and another operated daily between Slick and Nuyaka. [2]
Kansas City and Memphis Railway - took over the Arkansas, Oklahoma and Western Railroad and the Monte Ne Railroad in 1910. [320] The two predecessors proposed a line from Wagoner, Oklahoma, to Harrison, Arkansas. The KC&M abandoned the latter intention and began a trunk line to Memphis, Tennessee, from Cave Springs.