OKLAHOMA CITY OK (October) 1975 -- Vandals broke a switch lock, threw the switch and tampered with the switch signal to show the wrong aspect. The result was that Rock Island GP40 384 left the mai... (more)

MIDWEST CITY OK June 4 1979 — Santa Fe GP7u 2158 is fresh from a rebuild in the Cleburne TX shops as it idles at the General Motors yard near Tinker AFB. At the time of this photo the GM facilit... (more)

PURCELL OK July 29 1979 — Amtrak SDP40F 526 leads the northbound Lone Star as it transitions from Santa Fe's Northern Division to Middle Division. Note peculiar font used in fireman-side number ... (more)

PURCELL OK August 1977 — Santa Fe GP30 3220 sits on a particularly soft section of track as it leans to the engineer's side. The photo is straightened using the bridge and the cloud bases. The t... (more)

PONCA CITY OK (August) 1981 — ATSF GP20u 3033 handles switching duties in this north-central city in Oklahoma. A large customer is the ConocoPhillips oil refinery but this photo highlights the ... (more)

BNSF 7077 leads a southbound ethanol train through Big Canyon south of Dougherty, OK on BNSF's Red Rock Subdivision.

Heat from the exhaust blurring the OKC skyline, an empty UP crude oil train with a Stillwater Central crew is enroute to the siding at Mustang. It will be tied down there until a fresh crew can t... (more)

WAGONER OK April 1985 — Katy GP38-2s 315 and 306 haul a mixed freight. My photo.

PURCELL OK Sept 30 1979 — Santa Fe GP38 3529, leased Chessie GP40-2 4198 (renumbered 9198) and Santa Fe GP39-2 3616 are on southbound train 365 awaiting a crew. My photo.

OKLAHOMA CITY OK June 17 1984 — MKT GP39-2 362 and Conrail GP38-2 8103 haul an Oklahoma Kansas Texas train on the way to the former Rock Island’s Harter Yard. My photo.

ENID OK Sept 4 1978 — Santa Fe GP20u 3001 and GP38 3547 handle switching duties at this grain storage facility. Grain trains were a common sight from Enid to the Gulf via Giuthrie OK. The Enid-G... (more)

PURCELL OK Nov 26 1978 — Santa Fe GP7 2878 has just been derailed at the north end of the Purcell yard. Earlier in the day the unit took off unattended from Oklahoma City and kept gaining speed.... (more)

Autumn colors are showing in Bunch, OK where a southbound grain train cruises down the Kansas City Southern main line on an overcast Sunday, October 30, 2022.

They looked great in fresh paint in 2014

Southbound manifest train MKCSZ enters the section of double track at Watts, OK on a gloomy Saturday, October 29, 2022 a few minutes before stopping at the south end to wait for a northbound train... (more)