Editing Ardmore, Oklahoma (section)

===Rail===
Ardmore has one principal rail line,<ref name="bnsfmap">{{cite web | url = http://www.bnsf.com/tools/reference/division_maps/div_tx.pdf | title = Rail Network Map, BNSF Texas Operating Region, 2005 (PDF) | access-date = July 5, 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070711020716/http://www.bnsf.com/tools/reference/division_maps/div_tx.pdf | archive-date = July 11, 2007 }}</ref> that being one of the [[Burlington Northern Santa Fe]] mainlines running from [[Fort Worth, Texas]] to [[Oklahoma City]] (also connecting with [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] and [[Chicago]]), being the route of the current Heartland Flyer passenger rail service. This line was formerly part of the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe]] rail network before the merger with [[Burlington Northern]]. The line dates back to 1887, and the first train arrived on July 28 in that year.<ref name="ardhist">{{cite web | url = http://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos5a/CoeArdmoreHistory.doc | title = Events in the Early History of Ardmore, Oklahoma | access-date = July 5, 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070711020716/http://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos5a/CoeArdmoreHistory.doc| archive-date= July 11, 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> The company has multiple parallel tracks (5+) running through central Ardmore (MP 450.5), added concomitantly with the rise of the trading status of the city and region throughout the early 1900s. There is also a lightly used transverse rail spur from the BNSF line to the [[Michelin]] tire plant in west Ardmore, mainly intended for the transport of raw materials to the factory.  BNSF has given Site Certification to the Ameripointe Logistics Park in Ardmore, meaning the railroad has identified the location as an optimal rail-served site meeting ten economic development criteria, intended to minimize development risks customers may face.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/rail-development/certified-sites.page |title=Certified Sites|publisher=BNSF Railway|accessdate=September 23, 2021}}</ref>