List of Oklahoma railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
Common freight carriers
- Arkansas–Oklahoma Railroad
- Arkansas Southern Railroad
- AT&L Railroad
- Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad
- BNSF Railway
- CGB Railroad
- Cimarron Valley Railroad
- Farmrail Corporation
- Grainbelt Corporation
- Kansas City Southern Railway
- Kiamichi Railroad
- Northwestern Oklahoma Railroad
- Port of Muskogee Railroad
- Public Service of Oklahoma
- Sand Springs Railway
- South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad
- Stillwater Central Railroad
- Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad
- *Operates WFEC Railroad
- Tulsa Port of Catoosa
- Tulsa–Sapulpa Union Railway
- Union Pacific Railroad
- Wichita, Tillman and Jackson Railway
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak
- Oklahoma City Streetcar
- El Reno Heritage Express Trolley
Defunct railroads
Name | Mark | System | 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 | 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
- Oklahoma Railway
- 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