PURCELL OK April 29 1979 — Santa Fe GP20 3154 awaits a crew to continue its journey with a mixed freight in tow. My photo.

A crude oil train heads south around a curve near Watts, OK on October 24, 2022.

On a gloomy Monday, October 24, 2022 afternoon, a mismatched set of locomotives lead a southbound train full of crude oil by a pasture near Watts, OK.

A break in the rain sees a northbound train of empty coal hoppers crossing the Illinois River near Watts, OK on Monday, October 24, 2022.

Early on the morning of Monday, October 24, 2022, the crew of the Watts Dodger local build their train at the Watts, OK yard.

NORMAN OK Oct 8 1980 — Santa Fe U36C 8729 is at the head end of train 513 as it passes the Amtrak station. The mixed freight is northbound and running at the timetable-dictated 45 mph. My photo.... (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY Dec 18 1983 — BN GP38AC 2124 lays over at the former Frisco Yard off Byars southeast of city center. EMD delivered this unit as SLSF GP38AC 647 in March 1971. My photo.

TUPELO OK Jan 28 1985 — Missouri Pacific GP50 3507 leads a southbound TOFC train as it holds the siding waiting for UP 4-8-4 8444 to pass. Note railfans on the highway 3 overpass in the left bac... (more)

TUPELO OK Jan 28 1985 — UP 4-8-4 8444 steams north with a helicopter overhead. The locomotive and its train are returning to Cheyenne WY after an appearance at the Louisiana World Exhibition in ... (more)

The KC to Sanchez Yard - Nuevo Laredo, MX, freight train is back on the move after meeting one, following one. Both trains meet a northbound grain empty here at Watts on the Heavener Sub. The KCSZ... (more)

The Heavener Sub rolls south out of the Ozark Mountains towards the Arkansas River Valley. The railroad has 100 miles of Oklahoma running as they drop down from the 1321 feet summit at Gentry, AR,... (more)

A loaded grain train from Mexico, MO, bound for Mexico City, Mexico, twist upgrade out of Watts. The 2x2 Dp'd train is working over the 210 miles crew district from Pittsburg to Heavener. The trai... (more)

A loaded grain train from Mexico, MO, bound for Mexico City, Mexico, twist upgrade out of Watts. The 2x2 Dp'd train is working over the 210 miles crew district from Pittsburg to Heavener. The trai... (more)

EL RENO OK August 15 1983 - CRIP GP71504 sits at the ready to depart the shops area. The unit was leased by the bankruptcy trustee for use cleaning up Rock Island property after the final shutdown... (more)

KINGFISHER OK Aug 15 1983 — Rock Island Trustee GP7 1504 leads a hospital train of freight cars. It has just passed under the US 81 overpass north of Kingfisher. The 1504 was built in May 1952 (... (more)