The late afternoon hazy sun, the red silt of the Red River, and blanketing cotton produce a neat effect as BNSF 7648 West coasts onto the long, low combination trestle spanning the historic Red Ri... (more)
A .31% grade is giving 13,200hp all it can handle as the grain loads are at a crawl about halfway up the 250 foot westward climb from just east of Olustee to Quanah. Time is 1708.
Utilizing light dynamic brakes to keep the heavy grain train in check through a 10 mph slow order, BNSF 7648 West begins to "chase" the Wednesday afternoon sun at 1640.
After a terminal air test and being walked by the trainmen south of Altus, 7648 West finally rumbles through Olustee at 1619. The granger roots of these small Southwestern Oklahoma towns is very ... (more)
DC GEVO 7648 and two Dash 9s shove past the Louis Dreyfuss elevators at the west edge of town as they build a grain train (from Farmrail and the Stillwater Central) to take to Quanah and eventuall... (more)