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Kiamichi Railroad

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Type
Freight railroad — Class III freight railroad owned by Genesee & Wyoming, operating about 173 miles in Oklahoma on the Ashdown, Hope and Paris subdivisions network across Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas.
Market · Region
United States · Oklahoma
Open tenders
0
Technology areas
Track & civil

Genesee & Wyoming short line selected for a federal grant to relay 76 miles of track across three states.

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Short line carried because FRA selected it for a CRISI track upgrade well above the floor: 76 miles of jointed rail replaced with continuous welded rail, 114 crossings resurfaced and trespass barriers at ten crossings.

Type
Freight railroad — Class III freight railroad owned by Genesee & Wyoming, operating about 173 miles in Oklahoma on the Ashdown, Hope and Paris subdivisions network across Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas.
Where
Oklahoma · Oklahoma City
Programmes
FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
Technology areas
Track & civil

Structure

  • funded by FRA — CRISI selection of for the Kiamichi Tri-State rail upgrade, phase 2 (2024 round) (pending)
  • controlled by G&W — Parent company of the Kiamichi Railroad (active)
Sources for these relationships (2)
  • ● Oklahoma State Rail Plan, June 2026 (Version 1.0, draft) · ODOT's draft 2026 State Rail Plan as posted for comment: Freight Mobility Branch, 142 miles of state-owned track, Heartland Flyer funding tables 2-6 and 2-7, CRISI and RCE awards, Tulsa Ports rail projects, passenger rail chapter and the 107-project Rail Service and Investment Program. A draft, not an adopted plan (published 2026-06 · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ○ Progressive Railroading: other CRISI short-line awards by state (12 November 2024) · Trade-press list quoting the FRA CRISI report: Kiamichi Railroad Co. $56.6 million and Stillwater Central Railroad $29.4 million, with project scopes. Secondary: the FRA's CRISI selection page (railroads.dot.gov) returns 403 (published 2024-11-12 · checked 2026-10-08)

Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
Kiamichi Tri-State rail upgrade, phase 2Planned$25–100m

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  • Award history (2)
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4 sources · 3 primary
  • ● Oklahoma State Rail Plan, June 2026 (Version 1.0, draft) · ODOT's draft 2026 State Rail Plan as posted for comment: Freight Mobility Branch, 142 miles of state-owned track, Heartland Flyer funding tables 2-6 and 2-7, CRISI and RCE awards, Tulsa Ports rail projects, passenger rail chapter and the 107-project Rail Service and Investment Program. A draft, not an adopted plan (published 2026-06 · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ○ Progressive Railroading: other CRISI short-line awards by state (12 November 2024) · Trade-press list quoting the FRA CRISI report: Kiamichi Railroad Co. $56.6 million and Stillwater Central Railroad $29.4 million, with project scopes. Secondary: the FRA's CRISI selection page (railroads.dot.gov) returns 403 (published 2024-11-12 · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● USAspending award 69A36523403770CRSOK (FRA CRISI, ODOT) · FRA CRISI award to ODOT of $10,006,289 signed 13 December 2022 for the Kiamichi Railroad network in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma; period of performance to 30 April 2027 (published 2022-12-13 · checked 2026-10-08)
  • ● FRA FY 2023-2024 CRISI Grant Program selections: project summaries (29 October 2024) · FRA's list of CRISI selections dated 29 October 2024, including Kiamichi Tri-State Phase 2 (up to $56,619,066, Kiamichi Railroad Company LLC) and the Oklahoma Short Line Track Upgrade and Growth Project (up to $29,495,400, Stillwater Central Railroad, LLC). Read from the web.archive.org copy because railroads.dot.gov returns 403 to automated clients (published 2024-10-29 · checked 2026-10-08)

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