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)

May Flowers in Oklahoma | Looking across pastures just north of Westville, OK, a northbound empty coal train is being led by Candadian Pacific AC4400CWM number 8145 on a sunny Saturday, May... (more)

ANADARKO OK June 27 1979 — The crew of this lashup with Rock Island GP7R 4543 in front has tied down the engines and gone to beans. My photo.

WAUKOMIS OK Aug 4 1978 — Rock Island GP7R 4507 leads a mixed freight south as it approaches the E0500 grade crossing on the Rock's north-south main line. My photo.

PURCELL OK Jan 29 1978 — Santa Fe GP7 2837 and Track Geometry Scientific Testing Car 85 await the return of their crews. EMD built the unit in December 1952 and delivered it in zebra stripe pain... (more)

HEAVENER OK April 1977 — Kansas City Southern F7 76 awaits an assignment. EMD built the unit as 76A in April 1951. After being renumbered 76 it was renumbered 4063. My photo.

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.

NORMAN OK June 4 1978 — Santa Fe CF7 2633 leads train 514 as it departs to the north. EMD built this unit as F7A 312L:2 in March 1953. It was delivered in silver with a red warbonnet without an ... (more)

Westbound double stack at Curtis Hill, OK, summit pulled by 4 Brand New GE Es44C4's - #'s 3894,3892,3893 and 3895.

PURCELL OK (September) 1977 — Santa Fe CF7 2486 awaits a crew. EMD built the unit as F7A 259C and delivered it in a blue body with creme and vermillion trim. In January 1975 Santa Fe’s Cleburn... (more)

Farmrail 8253 (built in 1955 for Northern Pacific) has reached the end of its life, meeting the torch in Clinton, Okla.

NORMAN OK (September) 1978 — Santa Fe CF7 2472 is laying over in city center between Main and Gray. It headed up the southbound local and will return north in the morning as the trailing unit. I... (more)

GUTHRIE OK March 26 1979 — Santa Fe CF7 2455 is assigned to switching duties in this one-time capital of Oklahoma. The unit is tied up just south of the station. EMD built the F unit in May 1951... (more)

NORMAN OK — This undated photo shows southbound train 15 making a station stop with Amtrak SDP40f 519 in the lead. Of interest (to me at least) is the front end of our 1955 Chevrolet convertible... (more)