Private company

Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad

Logo: Choctaw Route, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American railroad

The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad (CO&G), known informally as the "Choctaw Route," was an American railroad in the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1894Founded1
  • HeadquartersMcAlester1

The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad (CO&G), known informally as the "Choctaw Route," was an American railroad in the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma.2

The story

The company, originally known as the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, completed its main line between West Memphis, Arkansas, and western Oklahoma by 1900. In 1901, the CO&G chartered a subsidiary company, the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Texas Railroad, to continue construction west into the Texas Panhandle, and by 1902, the railroad had extended as far west as Amarillo.

From Wikipedia’s article on Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad1

Timeline

  1. 1894Founded Founded1