As the hour is late Saturday, this may not do anyone any good today but, as of 15:55 a grain train with a set of three ATSF warbonnets was southbound through OKC Britton led by DASH-8 ATSF 875, ATSF 8

Saw this on the SoonerStateRails list as 14:07 Sunday. Thought it might be of interest to the group! Also hope everyone stays warm and safe in today's sleet and snow storm! For those of you south of K

Bob et al As for status, it was past OKC Nowers Yard at 17:35 today, which likely won't help much come Monday! However, according to another post on Trainorders, there is a second section coming out o

Coming back from lunch today I whipped by the OKC Fairgrounds to see UP 144 pulling a cut of cars out of the siding there. UP 144, iirc, is a former Missouri Pacific B23-7. I knew there were still a f

Mike According to my handy 2003 locomotive roster by Kerr, ICE is the Iowa, Chicago, & Eastern of Bettendorf, IA. The only engines shown numbered in the 3000 series are GP38s, 3801-3803, although some

Looks like the first UP Engineering special of the year will skip through parts of RS territory. Saw this on Trainorders tonight: UP Engineering Inspection Special #1 of 4 for 2003 in charge of Engine

It's my recollection that these ran through later in the afternoon and evening with an eye to staying clear of Z-train traffic. Is that true or just coincidence that the few I saw came through OKC in

Haven't seen any skeds posted yet, but as an update, this was posted on Trainorders this afternoon: MKCLI 04 by Okajct, OK at 12:34 with 6936 still in the lead. WSW --- cpyard@... wrote: ===== ~!~

Ah, this explains why I heard the DS ask the Flyer's engineer this morning if he wanted a pilot for North Yard as the train was getting ready to depart OKC! That one had me befuddled. Thanks Mike! WSW

Saw this on Trainorders this evening: The Wimmer Special is figured out of Livonia, LA at 6 AM, headed to Longview, TX. Bill's know to leave early, however. Power is UP 5055. The 6936 is currently at

Saw this on Trainorders this afternoon. Looks like a new train with some foreign power is headed to T-town this weekend! Kansas) has been abolished from what I hear and running late tonight on the Way

That is (was) a different guy, who has since moved to Florida and (thank goodness) off list. I too have heard of the other "museum/layout" in Sayre and saw the folks at the OKC Show a few years back b

Saw this in today's Daily Oklahoman. FYI, it also includes a consultant of some form taking swipe at DART, but didn't include much support for his comments about it. Journalistic question of relevance

From today's Daily Oklahoman... Streetcar system part of city history 2003-02-09 By Steve Lackmeyer The Oklahoman Fifty-six years ago, Oklahoma City lost its elaborate system of streetcars. And for 35

From today's Daily Oklahoman, as a follow up to Sunday's stories... WSW Rail advocate wants state to halt plans 2003-02-10 By Steve Lackmeyer The Oklahoman Second of two parts Tom Elmore, one of Oklah

Since they had a couple engine failures a while back, leaving the train stranded with no power and needing a rescue from the BNSF, the control cabs have disappeared for the most part. In fact, of late

I think the story refers to the 10 track (?) "yard" that used to be there when Union Station was still active, and will perhaps again be there if the station is ever redeveloped as a light rail hub. W

In my case, the question should be what railroad *ran* through your neighborhood. I grew up being able to see the Rock Island switcher on the local spur through northwest Oklahoma City (OKRail I belie

Heard BNSF DS 21 tell the EMD 9032 West that he was "instructed to give you the railroad." He also confirmed a delay time of 49 minutes. Anybody know what that train is? My guess is its a hot Z train

Saw this in today's Daily Oklahoman. While the exceptions in the ordinance reference the Rock Island, in the age of the cell phone and impatient driver, I don't think it will make life any easier for