A bright September 10, 2022 morning sees a southbound coal train cruising through Bunch, OK. Though I made it trackside at 7:30 that morning, it wasn't until almost 11 that I saw the first train o... (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY (October) 1979 — Katy F7A 72C is tied down at the old roundhouse site in Turner Yard. It had the point on the journey from McAlester OK but will relinquish its lead spot for the re... (more)

OKARCHE OK Jan 17 1983 — Katy GP40 3109 and GP40 171 are switching cars at a bulk loading facility. This was the Rock Island's north-south line which Katy took over and operated as the Oklahoma... (more)

DAVIS OK July 25 1979 — Santa Fe GP9u 2250 and GP30u 3276 approach the East 1750 Road road overpass on the south side of Davis as they power the southbound Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey ... (more)

On the morning of September 15, 2022, a southbound coal train soars over the Arkansas River just north of Spiro, OK.

ES44AC number 4848 splits the crossing gates at Cherry St in Westville, OK with southbound manifest train MKCSH09 in tow on the warm evening of September 10, 2022. Having swapped some cars in the ... (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY OK Oct 16 1983 -- ATSF GP7u 1313 and stablemates are handling switching duties at Flynn Yard between I-240 and Moore. On March 26 1930, not far east of this location, the Wild Mary S... (more)

WAYNOKA OK (May) 1978 — Santa Fe U36C 8757 rolls past the slow-moving GP30 3235 eastbound on the Transcon. Note the crewman on the GP30 waving hello. I slept under the stars in a pickup bed alon... (more)

BNSF 7662 leads a loaded grain unit of Sweetbran westbound as the train begins the climb up Curtis Hill.

With several KCS locos dead-in-tow, a pair of BNSF units lead a northbound empty coal train across the Illinois River near Watts, OK on a warm September 3, 2022.

A pair of GE units - one old, battered, and owned by Union Pacific, the other much newer and owned by BNSF Railway - lead a loaded coal train southbound across the Illinois River near Watts, OK on... (more)

Empty coal loads on a BNSF train cruise northbound past the power for the Watts Dodger local, at this point off-duty for the day, in Watts, OK on a stormy August 29, 2022 afternoon.

With power that may become more common in this area in the near future, an empty crude oil train heads north out of Watts, OK on August 29, 2022 on the return trip to Canada after unloading at a r... (more)

The cloudy morning of August 29, 2022 sees a somewhat short Watts Dodger local heading north out of Watts, OK. Their first stop for the day would be Pipelife Jet Stream just a few miles ahead in S... (more)

GMTX 423 on Farmrail at Altus, OK.