Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad

Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad (reporting mark BNG) was a short-line railroad headquartered in Blackwell, Oklahoma. It operated on tracks owned by the Blackwell Industrial Authority (BIA) and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT).

The BNG was a replacement for the Blackwell and Northern Railway (BNR), which started service over the same line on November 4, 2002, and which was in turn the replacement for the prior operator, the South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad. The rails were former Santa Fe trackage, with a portion around Blackwell originating with the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. The BNG was chartered in Oklahoma on October 31, 2005, contracted to replace the BNR in late 2005, and began operating January 2, 2006. The BNG was an employer for the purposes of the Railroad Retirement Act.

It operated 35.26 miles of line from Blackwell to Hunnewell, Kansas, with trackage rights to Wellington, Kansas. It interchanged with the BNSF Railway at Wellington, and (via the BNSF) with Union Pacific. It also generated revenue storing railcars for larger railroads. It had 8 employees as of 2017.

When the region experienced flooding in May 2019, the line was severely damaged in areas around Blackwell, Braman, Oklahoma, and South Haven, Kansas. The line was temporarily shut down while the affected areas were repaired.

In October 2023, BNG filed to extend its leases on both the BIA and ODOT portions of its line.