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Following the abandonment of their own through route from Oklahoma City to Bartlesville in the early 1970’s, the Katy obtained trackage rights over the Rock Island from Oklahoma City to McAlester as an alternative.  As a result on a grey December day in 1977 we see the Katy’s eastbound train with an FP7A and an F7A taking the siding at Seminole, OK to meet an eastbound Rock Island train.

There is no operator on duty at present, so the train order signals are locked in the clear position as this is dark territory where train orders rule.  This line is part of the Rock Island’s Choctaw Route from Memphis through Oklahoma City to Amarillo.