The first sunlight of day shines on the clouds and is reflected in the water of the Illinois River as a northbound empty coal train heads north out of the community of Watts, OK on a cool and calm... (more)

Southbound manifest train MKCSZ enters the section of double track at Watts, OK on a gloomy Saturday, October 29, 2022 a few minutes before stopping at the south end to wait for a northbound train... (more)

A crude oil train heads south around a curve near Watts, OK on October 24, 2022.

On a gloomy Monday, October 24, 2022 afternoon, a mismatched set of locomotives lead a southbound train full of crude oil by a pasture near Watts, OK.

A break in the rain sees a northbound train of empty coal hoppers crossing the Illinois River near Watts, OK on Monday, October 24, 2022.

Early on the morning of Monday, October 24, 2022, the crew of the Watts Dodger local build their train at the Watts, OK yard.

The KC to Sanchez Yard - Nuevo Laredo, MX, freight train is back on the move after meeting one, following one. Both trains meet a northbound grain empty here at Watts on the Heavener Sub. The KCSZ... (more)

Local train RWT102-28, commonly referred to as the Watts Dodger, picks up speed while crossing a bridge just north of Watts, OK on a sunny September 28, 2022 morning. Leading the train is an ex-Fr... (more)

The last sunlight of the day illuminates a northbound Kansas City Southern grain train as it rolls across the Illinois River just north of Watts, OK on September 27, 2022.

Having just worked the yard in Watts, OK, manifest train MSHKC-22 exits the siding and heads north across the Illinois River on a sunny August 23, 2022. Captured on Lomography Color Negative 40... (more)

The Illinois River is quiet and calm on the afternoon of September 10, 2022 as northbound manifest train MSHKC-09 pulls out of the siding at Watts, OK. Having just worked the yard at Watts, this t... (more)

With several KCS locos dead-in-tow, a pair of BNSF units lead a northbound empty coal train across the Illinois River near Watts, OK on a warm September 3, 2022.

A pair of GE units - one old, battered, and owned by Union Pacific, the other much newer and owned by BNSF Railway - lead a loaded coal train southbound across the Illinois River near Watts, OK on... (more)

Empty coal loads on a BNSF train cruise northbound past the power for the Watts Dodger local, at this point off-duty for the day, in Watts, OK on a stormy August 29, 2022 afternoon.

With power that may become more common in this area in the near future, an empty crude oil train heads north out of Watts, OK on August 29, 2022 on the return trip to Canada after unloading at a r... (more)