6:52am Westbound No. 27 The Antelope
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11:53pm Westbound No. 11 The Kansas Cityan
When the Santa Fe arrived in Guthrie for the first time Oklahoma was not even a state. In 1907 it was the capitol of Oklahoma but the residents of Oklahoma City stole the state seal under cover of night in effect stunting Guthrie's growth. Guthrie was also the termination of the Denver Enid and Gulf railroad. The Rock Island, Missouri Kansas and Texas, St. Louis, El Reno and Western, and Fort Smith and Western railroads also called this town home before pulling out. All were gone by the mid to late 1930's. An Interurban also ran to the depot from Oklahoma City. One wonders what would have happened had the Capitol remained in Guthrie. The depot hosted many of these railroads during their short stay in Guthrie.
Just North of the depot the soon-to-be-abandoned Enid District splits off from the Oklahoma Division 1st District. Although the blame for this abandonment is given due to a bridge washout at Cottonwood Creek it is more than likely due to the merger of the BN and Santa Fe. Trains from Enid now run on the Avard sub to Perry and then "west" to Guthrie.
Sitting vandalized and in poor shape this depot has new life in 1997. The Preservation minded residents of this former Oklahoma Capitol are restoring this depot.