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By:Rick Morgan
Dates:1/1/1974 - 12/31/2007
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Rock Island Geeps face off
Title:  Rock Island Geeps face off
Description:  Two generations of Rock Island Geeps look at each other in the road's El Reno engine terminal. GP35 324 came from EMD in 1965; GP9 1321 is eight years older and one of the few RI GP7s or 9s that received a chopped nose during its life.
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 7:05:03 PM
Location:  El Reno, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 1321(GP9)
Views:  1314   Comments: 2
RI 531
Title:  RI 531
Description:  Rock Island SW1 531 at OKC in Aug 1974.
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 5/25/2008 9:19:11 AM
Location:  Oklahoma City, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 531(SW1)
Views:  1080   Comments: 3
Tulsa Dusk
Title:  Tulsa Dusk
Description:  Three Frisco units prepare to depart Tulsa's Cherokee Yard at dusk in the summer of 1974. GP38-2 407 is followed by sister 421 and U30B 836.
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 2/27/2009 3:52:52 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 407(GP38-2) SLSF 421(GP38-2) SLSF 836(U30B)
Views:  1033   Comments: 0
TP GP9M 109
Title:  TP GP9M 109
Description:  TP 109 is the former Midland Valley 153. Built as a GP7 in 1953, it was involved in a collision at Bokoshe OK and rebuilt by EMD as a GP9M while retaining its original number (MV 153) and a new builders number. It eventually become TP 109 within the Missouri Pacific system. Not long after this picture was taken it was renumbered 1696 and survived until 1979. It's shown here on what used to be home rails, the former MV yard in Tulsa OK.
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 2/27/2009 3:53:13 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  MP 109(GP9)
Views:  1541   Comments: 2
Rock Island SW8 838
Title:  Rock Island SW8 838
Description:  Rock Island had a large fleet of six-cylinder EMD switchers to work its yards and perform branch work. SW8 838, the last of 25 on the road, is shown at El Reno.
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 5/27/2009 10:58:37 PM
Location:  El Reno, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 838(SW8)
Views:  812   Comments: 0
On the El Reno back lot
Title:  On the El Reno back lot
Description:  RI F9A 4166 was one of a batch of F-units the Rock Island bought from UP in 1972. The group had originally been built as F3s and rebuilt to F9s by EMD in 1959. 4166 is shown here dead behind the El Reno shops awaiting work.
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 5/28/2009 9:41:23 PM
Location:  El Reno, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 4166(F9A)
Views:  1031   Comments: 0
Trip Trey
Title:  Trip Trey
Description:  Rock Island GP35 333 sits at the road's El Reno terminal in the summer of 1974.
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 5/28/2009 9:40:45 PM
Location:  El Reno, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 333(GP35)
Views:  1629   Comments: 1
Rock Island NW2 769
Title:  Rock Island NW2 769
Description:  RI NW2 769 sits in the ready line at El Reno in August 1974
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 5/30/2009 10:36:25 AM
Location:  El Reno, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 769(NW2)
Views:  795   Comments: 0
KO&G depot, Miami OK
Title:  KO&G depot, Miami OK
Description:  The east side of the former KO&G depot at Miami, OK in August 1974. The line through here was abandoned in the early '60s with some trackage being taken over by the Frisco to serve local industry. The structure itself no longer stands.
Photo Date:  8/19/1974  Upload Date: 7/18/2013 9:31:27 PM
Location:  Miami, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  337   Comments: 0
Weeds
Title:  Weeds
Description:  Clearance sign and tracks at the former KO&G depot in Miami OK.
Photo Date:  8/19/1974  Upload Date: 7/18/2013 9:31:03 PM
Location:  Miami, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  303   Comments: 0
Frisco GP38-2s
Title:  Frisco GP38-2s
Description:  A pair of Frisco GP38-2s head for their train in the Tulsa Yard
Photo Date:  8/19/1974  Upload Date: 1/25/2008 8:21:55 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SLSF 408(GP38-2)
Views:  625   Comments: 0
Rock Island F7A 124
Title:  Rock Island F7A 124
Description:  Rock Island F7A 124 bears the scars of many years of hard work; it's shown here at El Reno in Jan 1975.
Photo Date:  1/7/1975  Upload Date: 5/30/2009 10:35:22 AM
Location:  El Reno, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 124(F7A)
Views:  1168   Comments: 2
CRIP SW1 534
Title:  CRIP SW1 534
Description:  Rock Island SW1 534 rests between jobs at Chickasha OK in August 1975
Photo Date:  8/17/1975  Upload Date: 1/15/2011 3:18:30 PM
Location:  Chickasha, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 534(SW1)
Views:  967   Comments: 3
Frisco Geep at Okmulgee
Title:  Frisco Geep at Okmulgee
Description:  Frisco GP7 510 idles at Okmulgee between trips up the Muskogee branch
Photo Date:  8/17/1975  Upload Date: 7/17/2013 8:50:32 PM
Location:  Okmulgee, OK
Author:  \ick Morgan
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Locomotives:  SLSF 510(GP7)
Views:  311   Comments: 0
Frisco Geep at Okmulgee
Title:  Frisco Geep at Okmulgee
Description:  The Frisco's Muskogee branch connected with the Sapulpa to Dallas main at Okmulgee. GP7 510 idles there in August 1975.
Photo Date:  8/17/1975  Upload Date: 2/27/2009 3:54:01 PM
Location:  Okmulgee, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  SLSF 510(GP7)
Views:  691   Comments: 0
Santa Fe local power
Title:  Santa Fe local power
Description:  Santa Fe branchline power of the mid-70s; a CF7 and a GP20 idle at Altus.
Photo Date:  8/17/1975  Upload Date: 1/16/2008 10:31:14 PM
Location:  Altus, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ATSF 2558(CF7)
Views:  1061   Comments: 1
Late afternoon CF7
Title:  Late afternoon CF7
Description:  It's late in the day at Shawnee OK and the local is tied up next to the depot, the unit's 567 engine chanting to itself as it waits for tomorrows work. Although the day has been stiffling hot, a cool breeze has kicked up, the cicadas are screaming and everything's right in the Sooner State.
Photo Date:  8/17/1975  Upload Date: 3/10/2008 7:48:24 PM
Location:  Shawnee, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 2567(CF7)
Views:  1006   Comments: 1
Okmulgee Depot
Title:  Okmulgee Depot
Description:  The Frisco depot at Okmulgee OK
Photo Date:  8/18/1975  Upload Date: 7/17/2013 8:51:05 PM
Location:  Okmulgee, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  175   Comments: 0
MP (TP) Caboose 12235
Title:  MP (TP) Caboose 12235
Description:  MP (TP) caboose 12235 at Muskogee OK in August 1975. It's the former KO&G 1543, built in 1952 and retired in 1977.
Photo Date:  8/19/1975  Upload Date: 10/29/2010 10:37:54 PM
Location:  Muskogee, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  718   Comments: 1
MP GP18 1941
Title:  MP GP18 1941
Description:  MP GP18 1941 at Muskogee OK (Shopton) in August 1975.
Photo Date:  8/19/1975  Upload Date: 10/29/2010 10:36:37 PM
Location:  Muskogee, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  MP 1941(GP18)
Views:  637   Comments: 2
Katy Local Behind a Single GP40
Title:  Katy Local Behind a Single GP40
Description:  Katy GP40 204 runs a local northbound at Pryor OK in 1975
Photo Date:  8/19/1975  Upload Date: 7/18/2013 9:31:51 PM
Location:  Pryor, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MKT 204(GP40)
Views:  264   Comments: 0
Shopton
Title:  Shopton
Description:  Shopton was located on Muskogee's southeast side and was the shops for the appropriately named Muskogee Lines. The shops were still being used by MP in 1975 for car repairs. This is the engine facility, with several cabooses and a pair of GP18s around to work what was left of the old Midland Valley.
Photo Date:  8/19/1975  Upload Date: 1/13/2008 3:33:40 PM
Location:  Muskogee, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
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Views:  864   Comments: 1
Former KO&G depot
Title:  Former KO&G depot
Description:  When the Kansas Oklahoma & Gulf abandoned its line to Baxter Springs KS in 1962 the Frisco took over a small portion of tracks in Miami OK to serve local industries. The old KO&G depot remained for several years before being demolished.
Photo Date:  8/19/1975  Upload Date: 2/20/2008 10:49:05 PM
Location:  Miami, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  704   Comments: 3
NEO Shops
Title:  NEO Shops
Description:  The NEO was merged into the SLSF in 1964 yet its former shops remained through the 1970s as a base for Frisco locals in the area.
Photo Date:  8/19/1975  Upload Date: 2/20/2008 10:49:35 PM
Location:  Miami, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  394   Comments: 0
Katy local power at Pryor
Title:  Katy local power at Pryor
Description:  A pair of red Katy geeps sit at the Pryor, OK depot awaiting their next call for local duty in August 1975.
Photo Date:  8/19/1975  Upload Date: 4/6/2008 5:29:15 PM
Location:  Pryor, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Station
Locomotives:  MKT 115(GP7)
Views:  671   Comments: 1
TSU
Title:  TSU
Description:  Tulsa Sapulpa Union 101, the ex Wabash 105, sits in Tulsa.
Photo Date:  12/17/1975  Upload Date: 1/24/2008 8:15:23 PM
Location:  Tulsa, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  TSU 101(SW1)
Views:  806   Comments: 1
Road Warrior
Title:  Road Warrior
Description:  Rock Island GP7 1232 still shows its stripes at El Reno in December 1975. It was later rebuilt into RI 4461 and eventually became CNW 4136.
Photo Date:  12/18/1975  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 9:39:22 PM
Location:  El Reno, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 1232(GP7)
Views:  705   Comments: 0
Big Red
Title:  Big Red
Description:  Looking older than its two years, a late afternoon winter sun accents Rock Island U30C 4586 at El Reno in December 1975.
Photo Date:  12/18/1975  Upload Date: 7/12/2010 9:39:04 PM
Location:  El Reno, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 4586(U30C)
Views:  1071   Comments: 0
Going to work
Title:  Going to work
Description:  RI GP18 1341 is prepared to head out for its train>late on a December afternoon. After Rock Island's demise it woulš!be sold to Chrome Crankshaft and eventually end up on New England Southern.
Photo Date:  12/18/1975  Upload Date: 4/27/2008 10:35:28 PM
Location:  El Reno, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 1341(GP18)
Views:  898   Comments: 0
Rock Island in Cherry Red
Title:  Rock Island in Cherry Red
Description:  Rock Island received 20 GP40s from EMD in 1970 with the financial help of UP, which were numbered in the 4700 series in anticipation of a me|ger with the bigger road that never ocurred. They ended up going to the UP after the Rock's 1980 shutdown, 4705 becoming UP 636. It has since become MNA 4014.
Photo Date:  12/18/1975  Upload Date: 4/29/2008 7:38:07 PM
Location:  El Reno, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 4705(GP40)
Views:  730   Comments: 0
CRIP 4153
Title:  CRIP 4153
Description:  Rock Island F9A 4153 in cherry red at El Reno in Dec 1975; the ex UP 517.
Photo Date:  12/18/1975  Upload Date: 5/30/2009 10:35:43 AM
Location:  El Reno, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 4153(F9AM)
Views:  799   Comments: 0
CRIP 4154
Title:  CRIP 4154
Description:  Another ex-UP F9A on the Rock Island- 4154 sits at the El Reno wash rack in December 1975. Built as an F3A in 1948, it was rebuilt as an F9A IN 1958 and sold to the RI in 1972
Photo Date:  12/18/1975  Upload Date: 5/30/2009 10:35:53 AM
Location:  El Reno, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 4154(F9AM)
Views:  1378   Comments: 0
The Rock Works Enid
Title:  The Rock Works Enid
Description:  Rock Island GP7 4434 has a Katy covered hopper in tow as it works in Enid Oklahoma. It's the former RI 1236 and would become CNW 4109. The open auto rack next to it appears to have a load of Ford pick-ups.
Photo Date:  5/9/1976  Upload Date: 8/13/2010 9:20:48 PM
Location:  Enid, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 4434(GP7R)
Views:  838   Comments: 2
SLSF GP7 512
Title:  SLSF GP7 512
Description:  Frisco GP7 512 at Enid, OK in May 1976; very typical of the Geeps that the road used on its many branches to gather grain.
Photo Date:  5/9/1976  Upload Date: 4/6/2012 5:41:28 PM
Location:  Enid, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CSX 949(ES44AC-H) SLSF 512(GP7)
Views:  586   Comments: 0
SLSF GP7 521
Title:  SLSF GP7 521
Description:  Frisco GP7 521 at Enid in May 1976; one of five in the yard during that visit.
Photo Date:  5/9/1976  Upload Date: 4/6/2012 5:41:52 PM
Location:  Enid, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  SLSF 521(GP7)
Views:  361   Comments: 2
Frisco at Enid
Title:  Frisco at Enid
Description:  SLSF GP7 526 idles in the yard at Enid OK in May 1976
Photo Date:  5/10/1976  Upload Date: 8/13/2010 9:20:30 PM
Location:  Enid, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  SLSF 526(GP7)
Views:  443   Comments: 1
The Red Carpet Line
Title:  The Red Carpet Line
Description:  The Northwest Oklahoma RR operates a short piece of former MKT trackage out of Woodward. Here 44T no1 works cars in town during a May 1976 visit.
Photo Date:  5/10/1976  Upload Date: 2/20/2008 11:11:58 PM
Location:  Woodward, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NOKL 1(44Tonner)
Views:  1562   Comments: 0
SLSF GP38-2 478
Title:  SLSF GP38-2 478
Description:  Frisco GP38-2 478 at Chelsea Ok; only about six months old in May 1977. The train was powered by 478, U25B 802, and GP38-2s 419/676.
Photo Date:  5/12/1977  Upload Date: 6/2/2012 10:20:24 AM
Location:  Chelsea, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  SLSF 478(GP38-2)
Views:  527   Comments: 1
The units may be blue but the books are red
Title:  The units may be blue but the books are red
Description:  The Rock's light blue was certainly a cheery color, but it didn't stave off the eventual 1980 collapse of the line.
Photo Date:  5/13/1977  Upload Date: 2/9/2008 7:04:54 PM
Location:  El Reno, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 4306(GP38-2) CRIP 4317(GP38-2)
Views:  1851   Comments: 3
Katy's Kovered Wagons
Title:  Katy's Kovered Wagons
Description:  A pair of MKT Fs idle at Oklahoma City in May 1977. 72C is an F7A, mate 78C is an FP7. That's the shell of the former MKT roundhouse in the background.
Photo Date:  5/13/1977  Upload Date: 2/10/2008 3:50:06 PM
Location:  Oklahoma City, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  MKT 72C(F7A)
Views:  1187   Comments: 0
PC Black in the Sooner State
Title:  PC Black in the Sooner State
Description:  Conrail GP38-2 7977 is still in PC black and leased to the Katy for operation on the OK&T line out of Enid.
Photo Date:  7/6/1983  Upload Date: 6/21/2013 9:40:51 PM
Location:  Enid, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CR 7977(GP38-2)
Views:  431   Comments: 1
On the OKKT
Title:  On the OKKT
Description:  A pair of MKT GP7s switch the former RI yard in Enid in July 1983. At this time the Katy was operating a portion of former Rock trackage as the Oklahoma-Kansas-Texas (OKKT)
Photo Date:  7/6/1983  Upload Date: 1/14/2008 7:54:42 PM
Location:  Enid, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
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Views:  1134   Comments: 1
Conrail on the OKKT
Title:  Conrail on the OKKT
Description:  The acquisition of a part of the former north-south Rock Island between Texas and Kansas by the MKT in 1980-81 led to the creation of the OKKT. The Katy leased a number of locomotives from Conrail to help move traffic on the 'new' line; here three CR GP38/38-2s ald an MKT GP40 move a freight north at Kremlin OK.
Photo Date:  7/6/1983  Upload Date: 3/16/2008 9:54:08 AM
Location:  Kremlin, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 8188(GP38-2)
Views:  387   Comments: 0
ATSF 3032
Title:  ATSF 3032
Description:  Santa Fe GP20U 3032 sits at the engine facility in Clinton OK in July 1983
Photo Date:  7/7/1983  Upload Date: 7/9/2009 9:18:43 PM
Location:  Clinton, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 3032(GP20u)
Views:  1240   Comments: 0
Diamond in the Rough
Title:  Diamond in the Rough
Description:  The remains of the of the diamonds of the former Frisco/KCS crossing at Poteau, OK.
Photo Date:  9/16/1989  Upload Date: 8/6/2010 12:22:44 AM
Location:  Poteau, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  429   Comments: 2
KCS 788
Title:  KCS 788
Description:  KCS GP40 788 (ex IC/ICG 3052) at the Heavener OK engine facility. power for the Arkansas Western line to Waldron.
Photo Date:  9/16/1989  Upload Date: 8/27/2008 10:04:44 PM
Location:  Heavener, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  KCS 788(GP40)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
KCS Triple Seven
Title:  KCS Triple Seven
Description:  KCS 777 (ex IC/ICG 3040) sits at the Heavener OK engine facility as part of a quartet of GP40s assigned to work the AW branch.
Photo Date:  9/16/1989  Upload Date: 8/27/2008 10:05:08 PM
Location:  Heavener, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  KCS 777(GP40)
Views:  514   Comments: 0
Paired SD40-2s at Heavener
Title:  Paired SD40-2s at Heavener
Description:  KCS SD40-2s idle at the Heavener OK engine facility
Photo Date:  9/16/1989  Upload Date: 12/31/2012 10:41:15 AM
Location:  Heavener, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  KCS 684(SD40-2) KCS 682(SD40-2)
Views:  533   Comments: 0
Off the beaten path
Title:  Off the beaten path
Description:  KCS' Heavener OK engine terminal is about as remote as you can gej in Oklahoma. It's located in the far eastern part of the state among the Ouachita Mountains and is used for servicing helpers and local power. Here groups of SD40-2s and GP40s are shown.
Photo Date:  9/16/1989  Upload Date: 2/4/2008 10:39:06 PM
Location:  Heavener, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  KCS 678(SD40-2)
Views:  774   Comments: 0
KCS SD40-2 661
Title:  KCS SD40-2 661
Description:  KCS white SD40-2 leads a train at Heavener OK in the late afternoon light. It's trailed by two sisters; 637 and 665.
Photo Date:  9/16/1989  Upload Date: 6/25/2009 9:19:13 PM
Location:  Heavener, OK
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  482   Comments: 0


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