| Railroad Name: | Sapulpa and Oil Field Railroad |
| Locale: | Oklahoma |
| Length: | 9miles |
| Start Year: | 1915 |
| End Year: | 1917 |
The Sapulpa and Oil Field Railroad (S&OF) was a shortline railway which was constructed by 1915 or 1916 from the oil boomtown of Depew, Oklahoma to the newer boomtown of Shamrock, Oklahoma, about 9 miles.[1] [2] [3] Despite the name, the line never came close to the city of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, which was far to the northeast.[4]
Depew already had rail service from the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco).[1] But when the S&OF bypassed Shamrock by three-quarters of a mile, the arrival of that railroad was important enough that the townspeople of Shamrock relocated their establishments to the southeast to be closer to the tracks.[2] The railway carried both passengers and freight traffic related to development of the Shamrock oil field.[3] The Frisco acquired the railroad and began operating it effective July 1, 1917.[3] Shamrock began declining in the mid-1920's when oil production shifted to other areas, and the site is now considered a ghost town.[5] The rail line was abandoned in October 1957.[2]