Sadly this is a preview of what is to come! CP 9710 leads a tank train northbound but will soon to come to a stop so the DPU can take on fuel before continuing its trip north.
KCS 1908 waits patiently for its next assignment at Heavener Yard on a beautiful Oklahoma evening.
A pair of KCS GP38-2's leads a short local out of Heavener on its way to Sillisaw Oklahoma.
As the sun rises over the horizon near Rock Island, OK on Monday, April 10, 2023, local train RHV106 - the "Fort Smith Dodger" - heads east on the Fort Smith branch line. The merger betw... (more)
Dawn of a New Era | A proverbial sign of the times, the sun rises over pastures near Westville, OK where a Canadian Pacific engine leads a Kansas City Southern unit and a train of empty cru... (more)
Coal Loads at Daybreak | Under a partly cloudy sky, a southbound coal train heads down the KCS mainline at Baron, OK on a warm Monday, April 3, 2023 morning. Just a few minutes north of the... (more)
On the gorgeous spring morning of Sunday, April 2, 2023, southbound coal train CKCSH cruises by a pasture near Bunch, OK. Leading is EMD SD70MAC number 9669, one of BNSF's "executive" units.
The sun has just risen over the community of Baron, OK where a southbound coal train cruises down the Kansas City Southern mainline on a clear and chilly Monday, March 27, 2023.
It is kind of surprising how ones steps back in time with the way the KCS still does business. Some of this railroad isn't built for speed. Heavy grades, twisting railroad, and an old signal syste... (more)
A Martin Lake, TX, empty coal train is working north on the Heavener Sub. The train will go back to the BNSF at KC. The train has picked up the KCS helper power at Wade to move it back to Pittsbur... (more)
NORMAN OK (February) 1986 — Santa Fe SD40-2 5139 approaches the East Eufaula Street crossing on its way north with seven other units all hauling a mixed freight in rapidly fading afternoon light... (more)
Wichita, Tillman & Jackson Railway power at their Crouch Yard in Altus OK.
Originally a PC unit, then CR and the leasers. Photo by Tony Vanier, from my collection.
The stars are out as a GMTX lease unit on Farmrail rests for the night.
