According to the VR site, sponsoring an existing cam on their platform runs $3500 a year and sponsoring a new camera runs $5,000 a year. That said, I saw the Dunsmuir, CA Depot is doing their own rail

Just FYI, there's a new railcam online in Quanah, TX. Says it is hosted by the City of Quanah, but I don't know if that means it's sponsored. Therefore I'm not sure if it will stay free or go behind a

Spotted a Trinity Rail Express car at the tail end of a UP mixed freight today. Rolling southbound at 13:00 through Okarche, OK. Depending on crew availability, it should be southbound out of Chickash

Clearing out some stuff and I have way too much railroad paper. It's all free, you just pay for the shipping. This includes: 2 sets of General Code of Operating Rules, effective April 2005, still in t

This is dated (2017), but UP uses (or used) Accuweather to monitor the weather on their system. Assuming the two entities still work together, the article notes dispatchers get real time alerts of pen

A 9-car Union Pacific officer's special is headed northbound on the UP Enid sub at this time. Lead unit UP 8174. Spotted through Okarche, OK at 4:15. WSW ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! Oklahoma -

FYI I know you've all been notified about this before but, as there's now a website with all the images in one place, I thought it might merit a second look… The family of the late Andy Harmantas is o

FYI, spotted the KCS 4859 Safety Starts Here unit southbound on the UP Enid sub at 833 this morning in Okarche, OK. Fourth unit in the consist pulling an enormous M train. Couldn't get the number of t

The biggest question is where Santa Fe Southern will operate from. As Barton noted, their previous base in the station is now a tourist information center iirc and the nearby area is now a popular des

Saw this posted elsewhere. Written by Steve Presley, Mayor of Palestine, TX. I have no dog in this hunt. Just passing it along for the interest of the group. Bill in OKC Union Pacific Railroad’s Betra

For those of you looking for something different or a reason to get out of the house, UP 1943 the Spirit of the Union Pacific military appreciation unit is on the head end of a southbound manifest tra

Bit of an unusual train on the Union Pacific's Enid and Duncan subs (former Rock Island trackage) today as a southbound intermodal train went through Okarche, OK at 1517 (led by UP 5882). I realize th

Thanks Tom. Sounds like we were both headed in the right direction. Someone else pointed me to a posting on the Diesel Roster Data list which said they were for the "Colorado & Central Texas (previous

Saw a northbound BNSF manifest through Edmond, OK at 755 this morning with some unusual color in the consist. However, as I was driving, I'm not sure what I saw. While the first three engines were var

From the Daily Oklahoman. Posted for informational purposes only. Cut and pasted here without permission!~) Bill in OKC 'The Polar Express' Train Ride returning to Oklahoma for 2019 holiday season Her

Assuming this is the plant that's closing, Gibbons Creek Reservoir Gibbons Creek Reservoir ★★★★☆ · Lake · Texas 77830 it appears the answer would be yes… ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! Oklahoma -

I'm not gonna argue that much of Tucumcari, especially the downtown area, isn't what it once was, but to say the town has lost its reason to exist is a bit of an overstatement. What keeps that town go

OK, let's slow down just a sec… Considering that Monday was April 1st, let's go back and look at the very last line of copy in that "release." Note that it says (Source AFD)". Does AFD stand for Amari

One more posted (without permission!) from the Daily Oklahoma Ameripointe ready to ship, receive by rail and air from Ardmore, Oklahoma Ameripointe ready to ship, receive by rail and air from Ardmore,

Copied (without permission!) from this morning's Daily Oklahoman… An extension of passenger rail service from Oklahoma City to Kansas is included in Amtrak’s Fiscal Year 2020 grant request report, whi