Cimarron River Valley Railway

On November 28, 1983, following the shutdown of the Hudson Refinery in Cushing the previous year,^[2] the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) filed to abandon a railway segment commonly known as the Camp-Cushing line.^[3][4] This extended from a connection point on AT&SF's trackage near Pawnee known as Camp, and continued into the City of Cushing, a distance of 25.47 miles.^[3][5] Such abandonment would have left Cushing without rail service.^[5] In response, a local enterprise in the rail car cleaning and repair business known as Cushing Rail Car on September 12, 1984, created a subsidiary called the Cimarron River Valley Railway Company to instead lease the line from AT&SF and continue to run it.^[4][5][6] The new railroad officially began work on January 1, 1985.^[4] The line employed a small staff and at least four used EMD GP7 locomotives.^[4][7]

However, the railway ended up shutting down in April 1989, and receiving abandonment authority in July of that year.^[8] Because of this, the City of Cushing no longer has any rail connections.^[9]