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Oklahoma Statewide Freight and Passenger Rail Plan

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Chapter 3<br />

Figure 3-1<br />

BNSF rail system<br />

Figure 3-2<br />

BNSF <strong>Oklahoma</strong> rail network<br />

Mexico seaports<br />

links <strong>Oklahoma</strong> to<br />

economic centers<br />

throughout the<br />

world. Figure 3-1<br />

shows the BNSF<br />

national rail system.<br />

BNSF owns<br />

1,037 miles of <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />

rail routes <strong>and</strong><br />

operates over another<br />

372 miles owned by<br />

other railroads giving<br />

it the most extensive<br />

rail network in the<br />

Source: BNSF <strong>Rail</strong>way<br />

state. BNSF operates<br />

over two primary<br />

corridors in <strong>Oklahoma</strong>.<br />

The Transcon<br />

operating between<br />

Chicago <strong>and</strong> California<br />

traverses the<br />

northwest corner<br />

of the state <strong>and</strong> the<br />

MidCon, which<br />

operates between<br />

Canada <strong>and</strong> the Gulf<br />

Coast, generally follows<br />

or parallels the<br />

Source: BNSF <strong>Rail</strong>way<br />

I-35 corridor through<br />

<strong>Oklahoma</strong>. Another<br />

through route traverses <strong>Oklahoma</strong> from Kansas City to Dallas-Fort Worth; an east/west<br />

route through <strong>Oklahoma</strong> connects Springfield, Missouri, to the Transcon at Avard. In<br />

all, BNSF moved 3.5 million carloads of freight over these routes in <strong>Oklahoma</strong> in 2010,<br />

most of them passing through the state. Figure 3-2 depicts the BNSF route network in<br />

<strong>Oklahoma</strong>.<br />

3-2<br />

<strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Statewide</strong> <strong>Freight</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Passenger</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>

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