Okla. Stat. tit. 66, § 66-184: Company may lease or sell

Any railroad company, owning any railroad in this state, may

sell or lease the whole or any part of its railroad and branches

constructed or to be constructed, or any interest therein, together

with all the property, rights, privileges, and franchises thereto

pertaining, to any other railroad company, subject to the provisions

of Article 9 of the Constitution: Provided, that no such sale or

lease shall be entered into unless the line of railroad so sold or

leased shall, when constructed, form a continuous line of railroad

with the road of the company purchasing or leasing the same, either

by direct connection therewith, or through an intermediate line or

lines, constructed, or to be constructed, which such purchasing or

leasing company shall have the right, by contract or otherwise, when

completed, to use or operate, and any railroad company which shall

so purchase or lease a railroad or railroads in this state shall

possess and enjoy, within this state all the rights, powers,

privileges, and franchises conferred by the laws of this state upon

a railroad corporation formed thereunder.