Enid and Tonkawa Railway

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railroad_name=Enid and Tonkawa Railway Company|

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locale=Oklahoma|

length={{convert|26.7 |mi|km|abbr=on}}|

start_year=1899|

end_year=1899|

successor_line=Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad|

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hq_city=Enid, Oklahoma|

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The Enid and Tonkawa Railway was incorporated on July 20, 1899, under the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma.{{cite web|url= https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/okresources/id/70290 |title= The Enid and Tonkawa Railway Company|publisher=Railroads of Oklahoma, June 6, 1870-April 1, 1978, pp. 41-43 (accessed on Oklahoma DigitalPrairie) |accessdate=March 25, 2024}} The company constructed a railroad line from North Enid, Oklahoma to Billings, Oklahoma, 26.7 miles, in that year. Passing through what would become the town of Breckinridge, Oklahoma, the line would in the future intersect the tracks of the Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railroad, built though that same location in the 1900-1901 timeframe.{{cite web|url= https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=GA012 |title=Garfield County|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society|accessdate=March 25, 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=BR012 |title=Breckinridge|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society|accessdate=March 25, 2024}}

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad purchased the company on December 22, 1899. Rock Island did not complete the line from Billings to Tonkawa, Oklahoma, 14.9 miles, until 1926, but promptly connected Tonkawa to Ponca City, another 11.4 miles, just a year later in 1927.

The entire line has subsequently been abandoned.{{cite web|url= https://www.odot.org/maps/railroad/2016-2017/RRmap1_2016-17_web.pdf |title=Oklahoma 2018-2020 State Railroad Map|publisher=Oklahoma Department of Transportation|accessdate=April 4, 2024}}