Wes
There's a short piece about the Witchita Valley Railway in Bulletin #6,
talking about the Cummins 95 ton center cab #101 (later FW&D #601)
Rupert
----- Original Message -----
From: Wes Leatherock <wleath@s...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 12:51 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Burlington in Oklahoma (Was: Lines South)
>
> Something that's not well know is that the Burlington
> Route once had operations in Oklahoma. The question came
> up on regional lists and the answer surprised me (I am an
> Oklahoman).
>
> The Wichita Falls and Oklahoma Railroad of Oklahoma
> was built in 1923 as part of a line from Wichita Falls
> northeast through the oil fields in the vicinity of
> Petrolia and Byers, Texas, and into Oklahoma at Waurika,
> where it connected with the Rock Island.
>
> The trackage in Oklahoma consisted of 7.53 miles. It
> was abandoned in 1942, probably as part of the salvage
> of steel rails from little used lines. (The oil fields
> were no longer as productive and the line probably saw
> little traffic by then.)
>
> The WF&O of Oklahoma was leased by the Wichita Valley
> Railway at an annual rental equal to interest charges.
>
> _Railroads of Oklahoma_, by Preston George and
> Sylvan Wood, was issued as a Railway & Locomotive
> Historical Society bulletin in 1943, and has since
> been incorporated into several subsequent editions
> published by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
>
> _Railroads of Oklahoma_ gives this information
> about the Wichita Valley Railway:
>
> "Controlled by the Colorado and Southern Railway
> Company through ownership of 99.9 per cent of the
> outstanding capital stock and all outstanding bonds.
>
> "The Colorado and Southern Railway Company is
> in turn controlled by the Chicago, Burlington and
> Quincy Railroad Company through stock ownership."
>
>
> Wes Leatherock
> wleath@s...
>
>
> On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 drale99@a... wrote:
> > I think the great thing about the Burlington was that it was a whole lot
more
> > than a little suburban operation. That RR went places! Everywhere it
went
> > was great, as for as I'm concerned. Anybody on the Burlington, wherever
he
> > is, is a RR buddy of mine. It doesn't seem to me that Lines South guys
have
> > anything to feel bad about. Consider the large number of emails they
have
> > generated here the last few days. Keep them coming!
> > DRale Reeves
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