The light in the sky is fading as a northbound train of empty coal hoppers cruises past a seldom used grade crossing near Watts, OK on a cloudy Saturday, March 11, 2023.

As the sky grows ever darker, a southbound grain train moseys along towards a stop signal at Watts, OK on a pleasant Saturday, March 4, 2023 evening. This train would then hold on the main before ... (more)

Late in the day on a sunny and warm Saturday, March 4, 2023, a pair of GE locomotives pull a southbound train of 93 loaded grain cars alongside a dammed section of Butler Creek, located just south... (more)

Across a field north of Watts, OK, the southbound 'Watts Dodger' is seen approaching its home siding at noon on a warm Monday, February 27, 2023. The Dodger generally departs the siding at Watts i... (more)

A pair of locomotives - the first an ES44AH owned by CSX, the other an SD70ACe owned by Kansas City Southern - lead a loaded grain train through the signals at control point North Watts near Watts... (more)

Under the bright morning sun, a mixed freight train charges uphill on its way north through Gravette, AR on Monday, February 27, 2023.

Late in the afternoon on a somewhat warm Sunday, February 26, 2023, a trio of "belle" painted engines lead a northbound manifest train through the center of Noel, MO.

The gloomy - yet fairly warm - afternoon of Sunday, February 26, 2023 has a loaded grain train heading south through Noel, MO, just north of the Arkansas state line. Heading up the train is SD70AC... (more)

Two locomotives - one an SD70ACe in belle paint, the other an older AC4400CW in the classic "gray ghost" scheme - bring up the rear of a southbound manifest train, seen here crossing the... (more)

As dawn breaks over downtown Tulsa, OK, a westbound train of autoracks drifts along on a cool Monday, February 20, 2023.

Southbound KCS manifest train M260 navigates its way through the hills of eastern Oklahoma near the community of Bunch on a dismal Sunday, January 26, 2023.

Two GE locomotives - one an ES44AC in belle paint, the other an AC4400CW in the older "gray ghost" paint - lead southbound manifest train M260 past a decrepit siding in Baron, OK on an overcast Su... (more)

Canadiam Pacific ES44AC number 8908 is seen crossing a road that lies between Westville and Watts, OK as it heads north on Sunday, January 29, 2023.

A six-unit lashup, led by Canadian Pacific ES44AC number 8908, takes a northbound empty crude oil train across the countryside just north of Westville, OK on a chilly Sunday, January 29, 2023 morn... (more)

Cresting the hill in Gravette, AR, manifest train MSZKC heads north around a curve on a chilly Wednesday, January 25, 2023. The night before, a winter storm blew through the northwest Arkansas reg... (more)