Rock Island mail and express kept No.21, the Memphis-Tucumcari train in the timetable in November 1962, as W/B FP7 410 leaves El Reno, OK. Only a chair car was operated for the few passengers,... (more)

Nightfall at the North Signal | Exiting the siding at Control Point North Watts after meeting a southbound grain train, northbound CPKC autorack train 2261 lights up the woods near Watts, O... (more)

Pluvial Dusk | Ten minutes past sunset on a rainy Sunday, June 15, 2025 evening, northbound CPKC autorack train 2261 cruises past fields near the town of Westville, OK.

Waynoka has been more in the past than it is now. Once a crew change and passenger stop it still has a classic ATSF facility which I hope is preserved for other use. A few yard tracks still exis... (more)

Late Spring Morning Light | As the sun climbs into the sky on the morning of Wednesday, June 11, 2025, a southbound coal train cruises down the CPKC's Heavener Subdivision just south of Wat... (more)

Golden Wednesday In Watts | Cruising past the yard in Watts, OK on the warm morning of Wednesday, June 11, 2025, a loaded CPKC grain train heads south on the former Kansas City Southern's H... (more)

Gloomy Sunday Dawn | As the heavily-clouded sky grows lighter on the rainy morning of Sunday, May 18, 2025, an empty CPKC coal train heads north across the Illinois River near Watts, OK.

Sunday Storm Serendipity | Just as the rain begins to fall at the front of a sizeable thunderstorm, southbound CPKC intermodal train 180 cruises through the community of Baron, OK on the da... (more)

Ozark Mountain Dusk | Cruising through the valley at Bunch, OK on the mild evening of Sunday, April 27, 2025, a southbound CPKC manifest train passes a cow pasture beneath a colorful sky.

Painted Sky Over Bunch | Blues, oranges, and pinks cast a brilliant glow in the sky above the community of Bunch, OK where a southbound CPKC coal train cruises through the valley between th... (more)

KCS 2828 leads the Sallisaw local through Howe just north of Heavener Oklahoma. The Rock Island diamond is long gone as the end of the Rock Island track is seen to the right.

KCS 4615 leads the CPKC 262 through Page Oklahoma.

CP 6302 brings up the rear of a northbound light power move at Page Oklahoma.

Rounding the super elevated curve at Stand Pipe Rd, KCS 4615 leads a southbound loaded grain train out of Heavener Oklahoma on a beautiful afternoon.

Rounding the super elevated curve at Stand Pipe Rd, KCS 4708 leads a light power move northbound toward Heavener.