Was out & about shooting RR action in Muskogee, OK and found a local freight pulling in from the north on the UP's ex-MKT main. Behind the three-Geep lashup was a short cut of coal hoppers, including this gem: Still hauling coal, just not out of a North Fork or Craig-area mine...... There were several DGRW and MP hoppers in this cut. Not sure where they're loading coal at, unless it's from the old mines north of Welch, OK or SE Kansas. I have seen coal being loaded at Red Oak, OK on the Arkansas-Oklahoma RR (ex-Rock) with similar hoppers.
Nice catch! I see these periodically in Great Falls, MT, of all places, with North Fork or Craig Branch coal for a local steam heat plant.
Great catch! We still see quite a few here around Grand Junction but they are slowly being over taken by other hoppers. Ben
