A pair of Grainbelt Geeps in Farmrail livery sit on the south side of Altus with a cut of grain hoppers picked up from Elmer late in the day.

Final stretch on home tracks for the Hollis & Eastern before joining the BNSF Chickasha Sub to drop off and pick up.

About to make the turn to the south to run through the yard, HE 8170 makes it to Altus on its 13 mile journey from Duke.

A trio of Wichita, Tillman, & Jackson (named for the three counties the railroad runs through) Geeps rest in the yard in Altus.

A Farmrail GP10 parked by the grain elevator on the west side of Altus

Two Grainbelt GP10s in patched IC black paint switch a grain elevator on the west side of Altus.

A motionless (and abandoned?; it's been here for 2+ months without moving) WTJR 4367 sits in the yard in Altus.

HE 8170 backs its 12-car load of wallboard toward the BNSF interchange. Afterwards, it will runaround a load of empties and bring them back to Duke.

HE 8170 slips by the silent WTJR 4367 and some grain cars in the western yard as it heads toward the interchange with BNSF.

Early run to Altus this morning for HE 8170 as the sun reflects off her snoot.

HE 8170 brings 12 loads of wallboard and, strangely, 3 empties east into Altus on another mis-forecast morning in Oklahoma.

All quiet in the yard on the holiday weekend, WTJR 4367 soaks up the late December sun.

What a rarity!! A southbound spartan NS 6-axle leading the Farmrail 97-car, 12800 ton covered hopper grain train. Still wet from a passing thunderstorm, NS 8878 crosses the FMRC diamond on its w... (more)

Eastbound HE 8170 chugs through the sun and cold on its daily trip to Altus with a load of wallboard.

FMRC 8255 "Wichita" and FMRC 280 "Arapaho" sit in the yard at Altus. Even with the recent rains, activity in Altus has picked up quite a bit here in late fall.