A pair of hump sets work at the west end of Cherokee Yard with two wagon wheel executive MAC's leading each set. With many SD70MAC's that have an unknown fate, it's nice to see them still working ... (more)

KCS one of a kind Safety painted unit was waiting to go south at the north fuel rack Heavener, OK

A ex-UP SD40M-2, now NREX 2748, leads the Stillwater Central train 407 by the glass plant in Sapulpa, OK towards Oklahoma City. NREX 2748 is originally a ex-CNW SD45 and rebuilt by UP and NREX.

The all-stops local on the St. Louis- Oklahoma City run for thirty years was the WILL ROGERS. It is shown here making its Tulsa, OK pause on February 3, 1965. Photo from my slide collection, no ... (more)

UP 7663 south leads a loaded coal train through Muskogee, OK.

Frisco (SLSF) GE U25B 811, U30B 847, U30B 842 and GP35 725 heads south near Vinita, Oklahoma in July 1978. Unknown photographer photo from my collection.

The southbound Heartland Flyer slows for its Norman station stop on a clear morning. The southbound leg of the heartland flyer is lead by a Non Powered Control Unit (NPCU), former F40PH #222.

A manifest freight climbs the hill into Noble, OK as it heads south on the BNSF Red Rock Subdivision.

The bonus of being a pilot is the ability to get unique aerial train photos. On my way back to the Chickasha Airport I got a great view of a Union Pacific local easing across the Stillwater Centra... (more)

A southbound BNSF Z Train rumbles past the Amtrak station in Norman. The station serves the daily Heartland Flyer that goes from OKC to Fort Worth in the morning and returns in the evening.

The BNSF locomotives that struggle up Curtis Hill match the Oklahoma red dirt pretty well. BNSF 7905 is no exception as it leads a westbound Z train up the grade out of the Cimarron River Valley.

NS 9702 leads a westbound BNSF piggyback train up Curtis Hill. The engineer had the train in notch 8 as it was approaching the steepest part of the hill.

What would be a regular freight had some excitement on it with four B40-8's and an SD40 heading for Galveston.

A lone SD70ACe leads a unit propane train southbound on the Red Rock Subdivision through noble. It is passing the equipment repair track at Chestnut street that was formerly an industrial spur.

The work done for the day, Arkansas & Oklahoma 4098 sits in front of the yard office in McAlester.