Big Power At Blue Hour | At the end of a rainy Sunday, November 19, 2023, southbound CPKC manifest train M280 rolls past the yard office at Watts, OK.

Canadians Heading North | Seen through a gap in the trees along a dirt road north of Watts, OK, Canadian Pacific SD70ACU leads northbound manifest train M263 out of the siding after working... (more)

Running Light In Morning Light | The fog over Watts, OK is breaking and the sun has begun to shine through as one of the former Kansas City Southern's "dodger" locals approaches t... (more)

KCS 4025 leads its train south at Watts Oklahoma.

M Train Works The Yard | Having just stopped at the yard office to pick up some paperwork, southbound CPKC manifest train M262 moves forward toward the south end of Watts siding in Watts, O... (more)

Golden Memories | A GE AC4400CW - still wearing the old "gray ghost" paint scheme - leads a newer ES44AC and a rather long train of empty grain hoppers across the Illinois River j... (more)

The Road Less Traveled | A pair of Canadian Pacific engines lead northbound empty crude oil train Q577 past a seldom-used dirt road near Watts, OK on a rainy Sunday, July 9, 2023 morning.

Blue Hour At The Bridge | Northbound CPKC empty grain train G387 rolls across the bridge over the Illinois River near Watts, OK on the warm and humid evening of Sunday, July 2, 2023.

Saturday Evening in the Sooner State | Southbound crude oil train Q576 cruises down the main track past the yard at Watts, OK on a sunny Saturday, May 27, 2023 evening. Having just met a no... (more)

Misty Monday Morning Manifest | Sunlight and a light fog bathe the landscape near Watts, OK in a warm glow while manifest train M261 heads north on the pleasant morning of Monday, May 22, 2... (more)

Foggy Spring Dawn | Northbound crude oil train Q573 heads through the fog which is sitting on the Illinois River north of Watts, OK early on the morning of Monday, May 22, 2023.

Gray Ghosts Under Gray Skies | Two AC4400CWs - both wearing the older "gray ghost" paint scheme - pull on the head end of a northbound empty grain train on a bridge across the Illinois Rive... (more)

Southern Belle in the Dead of Night | Returning to Shreveport after Friday's merger celebrations in Kansas City, the CPKC Southern Belle FP9s cruise across a bridge just south of Watts, OK ... (more)

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)

Twilight sets in on a cool and cloudy Saturday, March 11, 2023 evening as southbound manifest train M260 cruises through the signals at Control Point North Watts near Watts, OK.