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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Oklahoma |
| Dates of operation | 1900–1901 |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) |
The Oklahoma City Terminal Railroad (“Terminal”) built depot trackage in the heart of Oklahoma City in 1900 on behalf a predecessor of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (“Frisco”). The line was sold to that company the next year.
History
[edit]As background, Oklahoma City entrepreneurs Henry Overholser and Charles G. Jones had already collaborated on the organization of the St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad in 1895.[1][2] That entity was sold in 1899 to the Saint Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company (“SLSF”), an entity incorporated in 1896.[3][4]
Working together again, Overholser and Jones on April 7, 1900 incorporated Terminal under the laws of Oklahoma Territory.[5] Terminal built between April and November of that year about one to one-and-a-half miles of trackage in central Oklahoma City to service the SLSF depot.[4][5] The single standard-gauge line connected the trackage of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad with that of the SLSF, and was placed in operation on November 1, 1900.[5] The line was then sold to the SLSF on June 21, 1901.[4]
With subsequent corporate purchases and reorganizations, the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf came under control of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (“Rock Island”) in 1902, with its trackage being leased to the Rock Island for 999 years in 1904.[6] The assets of the SLSF were sold out of foreclosure on September 15, 1916 to become the core of the new Frisco, incorporated that year.[4]
In later history, in response to the growing inconvenience to all parties of having all-important rail lines cluttering up the center of a busy town, Oklahoma City came up with a plan, funded by municipal bonds, to move the surface rail lines and passenger stations of the Rock Island and Frisco out of downtown.[7] The former Terminal trackage was sold to the City of Oklahoma City in late 1928, a new Union Depot was constructed in a different location on behalf of the Frisco and Rock Island, and some or all of the former trackage land became part of the Oklahoma City Civic Center and public parks.[8][9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Overholser, Henry (1846-1915)". Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ^ "Jones, Charles Gasham (1856-1911)". Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ^ "St. Louis and San Francisco Railway". Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "The Oklahoma City Terminal Railroad Company". Railroads of Oklahoma, June 6, 1870-April 1, 1978, pp. 66-69 (accessed on Oklahoma DigitalPrairie. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ^ a b c "The Frisco Family—The Oklahoma City Terminal Railroad Company" (PDF). All Aboard, The Frisco Railroad Museum, March 1988, p.3 (accessed on CondrenRails.com). Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway History". Railroads of Oklahoma, June 6, 1870-April 1, 1978, pp. 40-44 (accessed on Oklahoma DigitalPrairie. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ^ "Okc Trains Part 2". Doug Dawd. 27 August 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
- ^ "Jones v. Oklahoma City, 192 Okla. 470, 137 P.2d 233". CaseText. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "Oklahoma City v. Dobbins, 44 P.2d 148". CaseText. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, Union Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
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