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Route 66 Rail lines question
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I can't speak for certain about this, but it seems like the Frisco line between Tulsa and Oklahoma City should have been pretty close to US66. The line ran from Supulpa on the SW edge of Tulsa to OKC. Also, the Frisco main line from St. Louis ran through Springfield (the major hub of the Frisco and the location of the Consolidated Mechanical Shops in later years) through Monett to Joplin, then to Vinita, OK, and on to Tulsa. Somebody else has mentioned Santa Fe, and maybe they had joint trackage from Tulsa to OKC. From OKC to Amarillo, you might check to see if the Rock Island paralleled US66. I know that the highway ran through El Reno where the CRI&P had a major yard, they should have been pretty well parallel all the way from there to Amarillo. The main passenger service on that route in the 50's and 60's, after the discontinuation of the Choctaw Rocket was the Chocktaw Rockette, RDC service from Amarillo to Memphis. The old RDC Rockette is one of only two passenger trains that I ever got to ride (other than excusion service).
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