Happy Thanksgiving! A push-pull passenger set-up (with Geeps "Wichita" and "Creek") rests prior to Saturday's rail excursion.
Farmrail System's GNBC 3648 "Cherokee" and FMRC 316 "Pawnee" sit silently in the yard in Snyder, OK the day before Thanksgiving.
FMRC 8255 "Wichita" and FMRC 280 "Arapaho" sit in the yard at Altus. Even with the recent rains, activity in Altus has picked up quite a bit here in late fall.
After a week of constant rain, the sun finally came out and I was able to catch these old Geeps resting in the yard before they got away!
Just after leaving American Gypsum with a load of wallboard, HE 8170 crosses this neat looking trestle in Duke.
HE 8170 'slams' (5 MPH) the Navajoe grade crossing in preparation for dropping its load of wallboard.
HE 8170 brings its load of wallboard into Altus on this picturesque morning.
HE 8170 chugs across the plains of OK and swings by this impressive grain elevator in Victory.
HE 8170 brings a load of wallboard to Altus as it passes the old fenced and boarded up MKT station on Main St.
Ketchup and mustard-colored WTJR 4364 rests in the yard in Altus. First time I've seen one of these Geeps up this way...
Creme and Green BN 9623 rolls south through USAFA with a coal drag in the early morning sun.
Several times I've seen this Bluebonnet along with BNSF 138 running the Chickasha sub through Altus, OK late at night.
A lone BNSF geep idles and chugs on the wye in Quanah. My first GP60M, a sharp-looking little locomotive.
The grain facitlity has been silent since the end of summer, but Altus still sees HE 8170 on a daily basis as it brings wallboard from the American Gypsum plant in Duke for pickup by BNSF.
After dropping off a load of wallboard earlier, a shutdown HE 8170 rests with a lone trash gon, waiting for a delivery of empties later in the day.
