OKLAHOMA CITY Nov 16 1981 — Katy GP7 105 is shown at Harter Yard east of city center. This facility was once operated by the Rock Island. EMD built the 105 (b/n 12063) in February 1951 and deliv... (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY OK Dec 18 1983 — MKT GP40 178 poses for a roster shot at the former Rock Island Harter Yard. At this time the facility was operated by the Oklahoma Kansas Texas (a Katy subsidiary)... (more)

CUSHING OK (September) 1977 — Katy GP40 217, a loaded car and a caboose are ready to return to Oklahoma City. The station was abandoned but still accessible. Papers were strewn everywhere. EMD b... (more)

KCS 4025 leads its train south at Watts Oklahoma.

Tank Train At Nightfall | Half an hour since the sun dipped below the horizon on a warm and pleasant Sunday, September 10, 2023 evening, CPKC crude oil train Q576 proceeds south through the... (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY Feb 3 1980 — Rock Island caboose 17801 sits beside the engine shed at Harter Yard. Complete shutdown of the Rock is only days away. One of my train-chasing friends was a yard clerk... (more)

EL RENO OK March 13 1980 — The Rock Island will be shut down in only days as outside-braced caboose No. 17651 awaits its fate. My photo.

EL RENO OK April 13 1980 — The Rock Island has shut down and this string of Rock Island cabooses await their fate. My photo.

EL RENO OK April 13 1980 — Rock Island Scale Test Car 85381 awaits its fate after shut down of the Rock Island. I wish I could have hooked up to it and taken it home. My photo.

ENID OK Aug 4 1978 — Rock Island GP38-2 4321 (Texas), U28B 263, GP38-2 4348 (Tom Foster) and GP35 330 haul a mixed freight past a freshly plowed field south of Enid. EMD built the unit in Septem... (more)

Golden Light On Curtis Hill | Climbing a railroad grade known as Curtis Hill, westbound manifest train H-GALBAR9-02 rounds a curve in western Oklahoma near the community of Belva, OK under ... (more)

Dawn Over Gloss Mountains | As day breaks on a gorgeous Sunday, September 3, 2023 morning, a westbound train rounds a curve in the Gloss Mountains area of western Oklahoma, several miles so... (more)

NS 8099 leads solo on UP empty grain train GK3EMI through the small town of Delaware, OK.

OKLAHOMA CITY (April) 1977 — Rock Island GP38-2 4300 and an all blue lashup lead a mixed freight westbound at Harter Yard. EMD delivered the 4300, named the Rock Islander, in August-September 19... (more)

TULSA OK (April) 1985 — BN SD45 6502 lays over at the Cherokee Yard engine facility. This SD45 was delivered by EMD in June 1971 and was retired in February 1986. Wisconsin Central acquired it a... (more)