Kiamichi freight eastbound approaching the KRR junction about to get on there railroad.

Not really paying much attention to the UP's Wagoner Sub, we got lucky to catch this Des Moines, IA, to North Little Rock, AR, freight train. We heard a crew give a rollby at Hanson Siding. Now th... (more)

A San Juan Del Rio, Mexico, bound grain train is in heavy braking as they roll south out of Stillwell on the Heavener Sub. The train is dropping down a heavy grade from Stillwell to Cave Springs,... (more)

The Kansas City to Shreveport freight has just pulled into the fuel pad at Heavener. The mechanical forces put a blue flag on the lead motor to protect the work they are going to do. The train wou... (more)

The Watts Dodger is pulling back into Watts for the day with a healthy train. This job works out of Watts and seems to depart pretty early for points north on the Heavener Sub. Watts is located at... (more)

Having left the KCS main line over an hour prior, the "Fort Smith Dodger" local train rolls along near Pocola, OK on a gloomy April 4, 2022 morning.

2 GE's are just beginning the hard shove on the back of this grain train as they dig into the 1% grade towards Rich Mountain. 4 GE's will fight gravity for the next 20 miles as they climb from 538... (more)

The KCS south of Heavener on the Shreveport Sub is some cool railroading!! The railroad makes the 45 mile climb over the Ouachita Mountains along the Oklahoma/Arkansas boarder. Here a 98 car loade... (more)

The KCS south of Heavener on the Shreveport Sub is some cool railroading!! The railroad makes the 45 mile climb over the Ouachita Mountains along the Oklahoma/Arkansas boarder. Here a 98 car loade... (more)

Getting serviced at the fuel racks at Heavener yard

A Kansas City Southern grain train, led by a pair of SD70ACe locomotives, head north across the Illinois River near Watts, OK on a rainy March 21, 2022 afternoon.

Heading back to the yard, the Watts Dodger local crosses the Illinois River near Watts, OK on a cloudy March 21, 2022, shortly before a thunderstorm would roll through.