Recent Digital Photos
by Mike Condren
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55 Years of Railroad Photography |
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June 10, 2015
| The USS Batfish is on display near the industrial park north of US 62 in Muskogee, OK. Back in the 1970s, while living in Clarksville, AR, the USS Batfish passed by on the Arkansas River. There was a joke going around that a sub was seen on the Arkansas River.
While grandson Shawn was visiting us in Tahlequah, Jan and I took him and son Matt toured the memorial. Son Matt and I went down into the sub and worked our way through the passage ways to the back end of the sub and the stairs to the deck. |
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June 11, 2015
| On our way to our Hilton Inn in Marion, AR, this stack train was blocking our way. We turned around and detoured through Crawfordsville, AR. |
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| We discovered this empty unit coal train at the west end of Forrest Yard in Memphis on our way to the Dixie Cafe on Poplar Ave. It was led by a ES44AC. |
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June 12, 2015
| A loaded unit coal train is stopped at the east end of Critco siding off Mound City Road in Arkansas. Note the rice patties in the fore ground. |
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| We then see a meet between the coal train and a westbound stack train. |
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| There are at least 2 Marathon Oil service stations in Memphis now. Marathon is headquartered in Findlay, OH, Jan's home town. |
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| On our way back to Marion, the loaded unit coal train is still sitting in the siding at Critco. |
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June 13, 2015
| These units were found at the west end engine terminal of the Marion Intermodal Unit in Ebony, AR. |
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| In Van Buren we drove by the UP yard where we found these units. |
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| This power set was in the engine terminal area of the yard where we used to service engines during June 1963 when I did my student time as a fireman. |
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June 15, 2015
| On this date my wife, Jan Condren, underwent Knee Repalcement Surgery. This limited my opportunities to take photos of trains for the next 2 months, thus the delay in this page being posted. |
July 30, 2015
| This BNSF ballast train is seen in Cherokee Yard in West Tulsa, OK. |
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| These trimmer engines are working a string of cars out the westleg of the wye leading to the Avard Sub. |
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| Another set of trimmer engines are seen working out the mainline to the east of Cherokee Yard. |
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| The next movement was this east bound freight. |
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| This UP train was stopped with the rear end in the middle of the Broken Arrow Expressway on my way east on the BA. I got off and shot this image from a parking lot. |
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| InWagoner I caught this empty unit coal train northbound on the former MKT and then heading north on the former MP. |
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Aug 14, 2015
| On my way to Tulsa to buy some more stain for the back deck project, I was stopped by this north bound train off the former MKT track interchanging to the former MP track at Wagoner, OK. The train was led by a former C&NW unit. |
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August 17, 2015
| This Shuttlewagon is at an elevator near the corner of York Ave and Shawnee Bypass in Muskogee, OK. |
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| These 3 lease units are seen outside of the UP yard office in Muskogee. |
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| These two Geeps were in the engine service area in Muskogee yard. |
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| This storm cellar is across Martin Luther King St in Muskogee from the UP yard office. It is good to see the railroad thinking about its employees. |
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| I caught this northbound empty unit coal train at the crossing beside the former location of the MKT passenger station. |
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| This lease unit was parked in front of the UP yard office in Muskogee. |
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| This unit was also parked near the UP yard office. |
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| This is the lead unit of a set of 3 lease units. |
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| These 4 BNSF units are on the line east of York Ave in Muskogee. |
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| I started toward Okay but discovered a southbound freight just before I got to the Arkansas River. I turned around in hopes of catching the train. Well I had to go all the way through town and caught up with the head end south of US69. |
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Aug 21, 2015
| This unit gondola train was stopped at the yard office in Watts, OK with the rear end extending past the end of the passing track out on to the main line. |
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| The streamlined diner has received its A&M colors as #109 "Spirit of Arkansas" in Springdale, AR. |
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| These units were sitting outside the new back shops of the A&M in Springdale. |
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| C420 #52 is seen at the engine terminal after its switching chares north of town. This is one of the original C-420s on the A&M, having come over from the Maryland and Delaware when the A&M began in 1986. |
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