 With Iowa Pacific no longer involved, in June of 2018, the Stillwater Central, being only a freight operator, issued a request for proposal to begin the process of securing another private rail carrier to provide the passenger service.The terms included an initial period of 10 years, and involved only the route between Sapulpa and Del City, but with the expectation of working with city officials to expand service to the downtowns of both Tulsa and Oklahoma City.Government officials were not optimistic that the original August 2019 deadline would be met.