The Claremore local leaves town. Trailing units are GP15-1 1494, GP9B 1701, EMDX GP38-2 781 and GP38-2 2318.
TULSA OK (April) 1985 — BN SD45 6502 lays over at the Cherokee Yard engine facility. This SD45 was delivered by EMD in June 1971 and was retired in February 1986. Wisconsin Central acquired it a... (more)
TULSA OK (April) 1985 — Burlington Northern SD45 6435 awaits an assignment. EMD built the unit (s/n 31603) for the Great Northern as GN 405 in May 1966. My photo.
As dawn breaks over downtown Tulsa, OK, a westbound train of autoracks drifts along on a cool Monday, February 20, 2023.
Working customers on the northeast side of town, this crew has run out of time, and is waiting for a van to take them back to Cherokee Yard. Their locomotive was delivered to AT&SF in June 1969.
BNSF 5522 leads a westbound Z train through Tulsa as it takes the curve to the west onto the BNSF Avard Sub.
BNSF 7047 leads the H-MEMTUL1-04A westbound into BNSF's Cherokee Yard in Tulsa, OK.
A stop while driving from Fort Worth to KC between training assignments netted this view at Frisco's Cherokee yard service track in 1980. The Frisco SD45's had the L shaped windshield that only a ... (more)
M-K-T F3(A) 70A with GP40 216, and 223 with Caboose at Tulsa, Oklahoma. An original Kodachrome slide from my collection.
A set of local power returns to Cherokee Yard in Tulsa, OK.
A pair of hump sets work at the west end of Cherokee Yard with two wagon wheel executive MAC's leading each set. With many SD70MAC's that have an unknown fate, it's nice to see them still working ... (more)
Frisco (SL-SF) SD40-2 nos. 950-957.
The daily-except Sunday turn from Jenks works former Midland Valley trackage in West Tulsa.
The Frisco Meteor resting under the Tulsa Night Sky.