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SKOL has interchange points at: Coffeyville, KS- UP; Columbus, KS – BNSF; Pittsburg, KS – CPKC; Wichita, KS – KO; Winfield, KS – BNSF & UP; Tulsa, OK – BNSF, SLWC, & UP via BNSF; and, Tulsa Port of
Catoosa, OK – PC.
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The last hopper car on the South Kansas & Oklahoma
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Pacific - Short Line Railroads - South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad SKOL
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