Yukon Oklahoma Railway Depot
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Off N 4th St between Cedar Ave and W Main Street behind Bohannan Insurance

Google Maps Directions: https://goo.gl/maps/UqsHcj3xVerY9JHcA

Located off N 4th St between Cedar Ave and W Main Street (old Route 66), the Yukon passenger railroad station originally built by the Oklahoma Railway. It was used by the Oklahoma Railway Company's Interurban trolley system. It is just across the railroad tracks from Yukon's Best Railroad Museum (https://goo.gl/maps/gFcZ5nNkDQbdUfZm8)

This depot is a white-painted wood building and is currently used for storage, along with the metal transformer station directly north of the depot. It has a mural painted on its east side showing a trolley car from this system.

The Oklahoma Railway Company acquired existing electric railway lines in the early half of the 20th century. They were linked toghether into a large troley system. Service began in 1902 in the OKC area. From there followed the development of the Interurban lines linking OKC to the surrounding touwns of Putnam City, Bethany, Yukon and El Reno to the west; Moore and Norman to the south; and Nichols Hills, Britton, Edmond and Guthrie to the north.

Sources:
https://www.american-rails.com/support-files/oklahoma-railroad-stations.pdf
https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBFK5_Oklahoma_Railway_Depot_Yukon_OK

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