Tulsa, Oklahoma

====Railways====
[[Rail freight transport|Freight railways]] bisect the city in every direction; the state's chief freight rail transporter is [[BNSF]], operator of the Cherokee Rail Yard in Tulsa, which facility includes a freight terminal, diesel shop and hump yard for railcar sorting.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.tulsaworld.com/business/transportation/here-for-long-haul-bnsf-railway-investments-mirror-footprint-in/article_2f5f134e-d9da-5598-b3a6-8a7c77580e60.html | title= Here for the long haul: BNSF Railway investments mirror footprint in Oklahoma | newspaper=Tulsa World| access-date=December 4, 2018}}</ref>  Other Class I transporters are [[Union Pacific Railroad]], as well as the [[CPKC]] (formerly the [[Kansas City Southern Railway]]) via a short-line switch on the [[South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tulsaport.com/shipping/ | title=Shipping | publisher=Tulsa Port of Catoosa | access-date=December 4, 2018 | archive-date=December 5, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205060734/http://www.tulsaport.com/shipping/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Tulsa Union Depot]] served [[Frisco Railway|Frisco]], [[M-K-T]] and [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe]] passenger trains until the 1960s. The Santa Fe continued service through use of its own station until 1971.<ref>{{cite web | url=  http://roottulsa.com/stories/3079| title= Santa Fe Depot| publisher=Tulsa Foundation for Architecture| access-date=January 25, 2019}}</ref>  There are no mass transit rail lines in Tulsa, but the prospect of passenger rail lines from [[Downtown Tulsa]] to the suburb of [[Broken Arrow, Oklahoma|Broken Arrow]] has been studied.<ref>{{cite news | date=May 1, 2007 | url=http://tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=070501_1_A2_Commu05642 | first=Brian | last=Barber | title=Tulsa Commuters: Rail, Buss Mass Transit Studied: Take the BA train | newspaper=The [[Tulsa World]] | access-date=May 9, 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20070811123505/http://tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=070501_1_A2_Commu05642 | archive-date=August 11, 2007 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Long-distance passenger rail transportation today serves Tulsa only through [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound bus lines]], which provide bus connections to nearby cities with [[Amtrak]] stations.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cwrr.com/Amtrak/mw_thrwy.html| title=Amtrak's Thruway Bus Service | publisher=Ribbon Rail Productions| access-date=May 25, 2008}}</ref>  A private proposal to re-establish passenger service between Oklahoma City and Tulsa via a train called the ‘’[[Eastern Flyer]]’’ fell through in 2019.<ref name="Falls Through">{{cite web | url= https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/okc-to-tulsa-passenger-rail-service-falls-through/article_bc5d3916-a8f2-5103-b780-adf865127146.html | title= OKC-to-Tulsa passenger rail service falls through | date= August 6, 2019 | publisher=Randy Ellis, Tulsa World, August 6, 2019 | access-date=August 6, 2019}}</ref>  However, in early 2024, the Federal Railroad Administration released an interim report on its ongoing Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study regarding fifteen new or previously discontinued rail routes under consideration for federal funding, which included a proposed route from Oklahoma City to Tulsa, and on from Tulsa to St. Louis in one direction and Kansas City in another.<ref name=Study>{{cite web|url= https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/fra-releases-long-distance-study-interim-report-invites-comments/ |title= FRA releases long-distance study interim report, invites comments|publisher= Trains.com, February 21, 2024|accessdate=March 13, 2024}}</ref>

Tulsa has two static displays of antique steam railroad [[locomotives]] for free public viewing: the 1917 wood-burning [[Dierks Forests|Dierks Forest]] 207, a [[Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin]] [[2-6-2]] Prairie-type located at the [[Tulsa State Fair]]grounds;<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.krmg.com/photo/news/local/steam-locomotive-tulsa-fairgrounds/pDSKg/| title=Steam Locomotive on the Tulsa Fairgrounds| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707103216/http://www.krmg.com/photo/news/local/steam-locomotive-tulsa-fairgrounds/pDSKg/| archive-date=July 7, 2015| df=mdy-all}}</ref> and, the 1942 oil-burning [[St. Louis-San Francisco Railway|Frisco]] [[Meteor (train)|Meteor]] [[St. Louis–San Francisco 4500|4500]], a [[Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin]] [[4-8-4]] Northern-type at the [[Route 66 Historical Village]] at 3770 Southwest Blvd.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.19375 | title= Route 66 Historical Village | publisher= TravelOK.com | access-date= January 16, 2019 | archive-date= September 15, 2020 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200915042206/https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.19375 | url-status= dead }}</ref>