Thursday Jan 31 2008
Oklahoma City Skyline
Too many times I choose a slide that shows a train coming towards me. Today I used the same box I drew from yesterday, except looking for a caboose shot. The Oklahoma City skyline is growing larger on the horizon as a westbound Rock Island freight train out of Shawnee slowly traverses worn-out rails approaching its next stop at Harter Yard.
This is Subdivision 33 of Rock Island’s Southern Division, part of what was more well known as the “Choctaw Route” between Memphis, Tennessee and Tucumcari, New Mexico. Not long after this photo was taken, the Santa Fe looked into buying this line and rebuilding it as a new transcon route, but eventually decided the cost would be too great due to its run-down condition.
