Sand Springs Railway
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[edit] Sand Springs Railway Company
Reporting Marks SS
Nature of Firm
SS operates freight service between Sand Springs and Tulsa, OK with 32 miles of trackage (all yard limits). Connections are made with UP, BNSF and South Kansas Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL). Traffic handled includes steel, pulpboard, scrap iron, scrap paper, petroleum products, plastics and lumber.
History
This company was incorporated February 6, 1911 and was opened west from Tulsa to Sand Springs with 8.6 miles in May 1911 by the Sand Springs Home. The railroad was operated by electricity until 1955 when it discontinued passenger service and changed over to diesel locomotives. The Sands Springs Home sold to HMK, Inc. in 1987. Sheffield Steel is the current owner.