The Road Less Traveled | A pair of Canadian Pacific engines lead northbound empty crude oil train Q577 past a seldom-used dirt road near Watts, OK on a rainy Sunday, July 9, 2023 morning.

Blue Hour At The Bridge | Northbound CPKC empty grain train G387 rolls across the bridge over the Illinois River near Watts, OK on the warm and humid evening of Sunday, July 2, 2023.

Saturday Evening in the Sooner State | Southbound crude oil train Q576 cruises down the main track past the yard at Watts, OK on a sunny Saturday, May 27, 2023 evening. Having just met a no... (more)

Misty Monday Morning Manifest | Sunlight and a light fog bathe the landscape near Watts, OK in a warm glow while manifest train M261 heads north on the pleasant morning of Monday, May 22, 2... (more)

Foggy Spring Dawn | Northbound crude oil train Q573 heads through the fog which is sitting on the Illinois River north of Watts, OK early on the morning of Monday, May 22, 2023.

Gray Ghosts Under Gray Skies | Two AC4400CWs - both wearing the older "gray ghost" paint scheme - pull on the head end of a northbound empty grain train on a bridge across the Illinois Rive... (more)

Southern Belle in the Dead of Night | Returning to Shreveport after Friday's merger celebrations in Kansas City, the CPKC Southern Belle FP9s cruise across a bridge just south of Watts, OK ... (more)

It is kind of surprising how ones steps back in time with the way the KCS still does business. Some of this railroad isn't built for speed. Heavy grades, twisting railroad, and an old signal syste... (more)

Twilight sets in on a cool and cloudy Saturday, March 11, 2023 evening as southbound manifest train M260 cruises through the signals at Control Point North Watts near Watts, OK.

The light in the sky is fading as a northbound train of empty coal hoppers cruises past a seldom used grade crossing near Watts, OK on a cloudy Saturday, March 11, 2023.

As the sky grows ever darker, a southbound grain train moseys along towards a stop signal at Watts, OK on a pleasant Saturday, March 4, 2023 evening. This train would then hold on the main before ... (more)

Across a field north of Watts, OK, the southbound 'Watts Dodger' is seen approaching its home siding at noon on a warm Monday, February 27, 2023. The Dodger generally departs the siding at Watts i... (more)

A pair of locomotives - the first an ES44AH owned by CSX, the other an SD70ACe owned by Kansas City Southern - lead a loaded grain train through the signals at control point North Watts near Watts... (more)

Two locomotives - one an SD70ACe in belle paint, the other an older AC4400CW in the classic "gray ghost" scheme - bring up the rear of a southbound manifest train, seen here crossing the... (more)

In the woods at the north end of Watts siding in Watts, OK, a pair of GE AC4400CWs lead a southbound grain train on a gloomy Sunday, January 22, 2023 morning.