Choctaw, Newcastle and Western Railroad

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]