Oklahoma Short-Line Railroad Sold To Florida Corporation

A private Florida-based company has agreed to purchase Weyerhaeuser&#39;s short-line railroad in southeastern Oklahoma. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.patriotrail.com/index.php" target="_blank">Patriot Rail Corporation</a><a href="http://www.patriotrail.com/index.php"></a>

Tuesday, August 10th 2010, 11:58 am

By: News On 6


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McCURTAIN COUNTY -- A private Florida-based company has agreed to purchase Weyerhaeuser's short-line railroad in southeastern Oklahoma.

The sale of the DeQueen and Eastern Railroad company to Patriot Rail Corporation operates a total of 87 route miles in southeast Oklahoma and southwest Arkansas.

In a news release from Weyerhaeuser and Patriot Rail, the sale also includes the purchase of five other Weyerhaeuser short-line railroads in Washington state and Mississippi.

The six railroads currently handle about 60,000 carloads of freight a year.

The railroads serve Weyerhaeuser and International Paper mills in the four states by moving finished products to mainline railroads.

Patriot Rail is a short line and regional freight railroad holding company based in Boca Raton, Florida.

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