HE 8170 with a load of wallboard slips through Victory toward Altus. Note the old-school cross buck...

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

The home of HE 8170: American Gypsum. This is the starting and end points for the Hollis & Eastern Railroad on its daily trips to Altus and back.

HE 8170 glides over this frost-covered trestle on its way to Altus on this sunny, cold morning.

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

Just after leaving American Gypsum with a load of wallboard, HE 8170 crosses this neat looking trestle in Duke.

HE 8170 'slams' (5 MPH) the Navajoe grade crossing in preparation for dropping its load of wallboard.

HE 8170 brings its load of wallboard into Altus on this picturesque morning.

HE 8170 chugs across the plains of OK and swings by this impressive grain elevator in Victory.

HE 8170 brings a load of wallboard to Altus as it passes the old fenced and boarded up MKT station on Main St.

The grain facitlity has been silent since the end of summer, but Altus still sees HE 8170 on a daily basis as it brings wallboard from the American Gypsum plant in Duke for pickup by BNSF.

After dropping off a load of wallboard earlier, a shutdown HE 8170 rests with a lone trash gon, waiting for a delivery of empties later in the day.

My first shot in southwest OK! This sharp-looking, ex-IC geep set a load out in Altus, and is returning west to Duke empty after a brief stop at the diamond.

ex-IC Paducah rebuild. Resting for the weekend.