[2][3] The line was independently owned from the Midland Valley, but was jointly operated with the Midland Valley and two other lines as part of the Muskogee Roads.
[1] Beginning July 2, 1923 and completing in early 1924, the Osage Railway's trackage was extended northwesterly from Shidler through Webb City to Lyman, Oklahoma, about another 6 miles.
[4][5] Oil production in the area began to decline in the late 1920s and the start of the Great Depression lowered demand and prices.
[7] That company, a unit of Watco, bought a 35-mile-long rail line between Tulsa and Barnsdall, Oklahoma from the Union Pacific (UP) in 1990.
[10][11] But Watco abandoned the line in 2000,[7] and at least part of the route subsequently became a multi-use rail trail.