Oklahoma railroad system maps, past and present
Too tired tonight to do much more than link. I've been working on a post about the Oklahoma City Union Station rail yard / I-40 relocation controversy, but it's not ready. For now, here are links to some maps and other information about the history of the state's rail network, from most recent to oldest:
From the Oklahoma Department of Transportation's website. (Note how much of the network is owned by ODOT and leased to various railroads, including the entire Frisco route from Tulsa to Oklahoma City.)
- Oklahoma 2009 railroad map
- Oklahoma 2009 railroad map - reverse showing city detail
- Oklahoma Centennial 2007 railroad map
University of Alabama collection of historical Oklahoma maps. The browser is annoying, and you can't download high res copies, but there's some very interesting material here, including:
- A 1921 state map with railroads and interurbans, with more interurban station names
- 1917Corporation Commission map of railroads and pipelines: The Tulsa County section is shown above
Note the interurbans connecting Bartlesville to Dewey, Nowata to Coffeyville, Oklahoma City to Norman, El Reno, and Guthrie, Lawton to Ft. Sill, McAlester to Hartshorne, Shawnee to Tecumseh, and Miami to the rest of the Tristate mining region. As far as I can tell, only Tulsa's interurban lines -- Sand Springs and Tulsa-Sapulpa Union (originally the Oklahoma Union Traction Ry.) -- remain in operation, as freight-only short lines.
OkGenWeb's 1915 state map with a list of railroad names and abbreviations -- high res scan
Doug Loudenback's high res scan of a 1905 map and gazetteer of the Twin Territories.
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Was Rudd on the Katy Railroad near Harvard Avenue where a spur connected to the fairgrounds? Was Rudd a small community?
Based on some other maps, I'm inclined to think it was closer to Yale. There was at least one other spur just west of Yale, connecting to a lumber yard on the north side of the expressway. (There was a traffic light to stop cars on the BA when the spur was in use.) I've never heard of a community called Rudd. That would also have been an active coal mining area at the time, so Rudd may be the name of a mining company.
I'd never heard of Rudd, either.
I think Reid Spur was near to what is currently the northeast corner of 31st and Yale. "RUDD" appears in larger lettering between Reid Spur and Kendall, so I was guessing that Rudd might have been associated with another spur which ran along the west branch of Joe Creek from the main Katy line just east of Harvard toward 21st and Pittsburg.
My gggrandparents were killed in a train wreck in Oklahoma Nov 21, 1941. I cannot find any information about this accident. I think it was in the Stillwater area. Does anyone know what rail line this might have been?
Carol,
Stillwater Oklahoma is located on what was formerly the Eastern Oklahoma Railway a subsidary of the Atchison,Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. This branch was sold by the Santa Fe in 1998 to the Stillwater Central Railroad a subsidary of the Watco Companies. Stillwater News Press is the local newspaper. Hope this helps.