| Railroad Name: | Choctaw, Newcastle and Western Railroad |
| Locale: | Oklahoma |
| Length: | 3.3miles |
| Start Year: | 1907 |
| End Year: | 1919/21 |
The Choctaw, Newcastle and Western Railroad (“CN&W”) was a shortline rail carrier in Oklahoma. It acquired its 3.3 mile line near Alderson, Oklahoma in 1907, and sold the trackage sometime in the 1919-1921 timeframe.
The Choctaw, Newcastle & Western Railroad Company was incorporated on January 31, 1907, under the laws of Oklahoma Territory.[1] [2] Its purpose was to acquire and operate an already-constructed line which had been built as a private industrial mine spur.[1] The line extended from a connection with the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway just east of Alderson, and from there running 3.3 miles southwest to the mines.[1] [3] In 1910, the Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States from the Interstate Commerce Commission gave the length of the road as 2 miles owned and operated.[4]
Separately, the McAlester Coal Fields Company was incorporated on March 7, 1912, with headquarters in McAlester.[5] [6] This company acquired the trackage of the CN&W to serve as an industrial spur to its own mines; but, sources differ as to whether this was in 1919 or 1921.[1] [7] The line has since been abandoned.[1]