Gerdau sold the railway to shortline railroad holding company OmniTRAX on July 1, 2014, having previously shut down its steel plant in 2009.
[3] Page additionally offered incentives for factories to build in Sand Springs, including $200,000 and free supplies of gas.
[7] Contracts for the grading of the line were issued by March, reported to require the movement of 7,000 cubic yards of earth per mile.
A number of industries had already opened or begun building factories in Sand Springs, including manufacturers of oil well supplies, glass, and cotton goods.
[13] The company also served a waterworks facility on the western outskirts of Tulsa, connecting it to the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (known as the Frisco) in downtown.
[16] It maintained corporate headquarters at the First National Bank Building in Tulsa, with a repair shop located in Sand Springs.
With the extension granted, the new terminus was to be located at the intersection of Main and Archer Streets, with the Brady Hotel to be used as a waiting room for passengers.
[17] Within a few years of electrification, the two McKeen gas cars were sold to two other lines in Texas and Oklahoma, as the units were found to be inadequate for the Sand Springs Railway's needs.
[15] In March 1914, the Sand Springs Railway purchased a unique 50 ton, 400 horsepower Baldwin-Westinghouse electric locomotive to handle increasing freight traffic.
[15] By 1940, the Sand Springs Railway handled a total of more than 1 million passengers each year, along with approximately 11,000 freight cars.
[21] Writing in 1961, a local newspaper opined that the "line might still be running today if the company could have secured a more direct entry into downtown Tulsa".
[22] Dieselization took place around the same time as electric operations ended, with the company replacing steam power with three new EMD SW900s in 1956.
In 1975, the Sand Springs Railway counted over 70 customers along its line, and also benefitted from an exclusive franchise originally established by Page.
[23] The railroad's president also cited the dedication of its employees, which while being fully unionized had never gone on strike, to supporting the children's home.
[29] In 1993, the railroad was bought by Sheffield Steel, which operated a melt shop and rolling mill in the city of Sand Springs, later declaring bankruptcy.