UP 2466 at Cherryvale.

WAMX 4199 at Cherryvale.

WAMX 4158 at Cherryvale.

Well, not really UP, but WAMX, waiting to be put in service or maybe a parts supply for the others sitting by the shops, already relettered. Great to see oldies get a new lease on life. Yard off... (more)

Two SKOL trains get up close and personal as former UP/MP and NS SDs lead trains on former Frisco and Santa Fe rails.

Northbound grain train waiting to depart this tiny town that was once an important junction. Probably my favorite SD40 configuration, a “basic” and a “cobra”.

Ex-CN “Cobras” on a northbound freight at SKOLs hub.

Cherryvale is the operational hub of the South Kansas and Oklahoma. This ex-CN unit is about to lead a train to Tulsa, as a set of ex-Apalachian & Ohio SD50s waits to head west to Winfield. Ther... (more)

The boys on the South Kansas & Oklahoma RR got the weekend off --- eight units of various paint schemes tied up at Cherryvale, Kansas, March 30, 2013. Old, original AT&SF track, here, that forme... (more)