Stillwater Central Train Derails on BNSF

acptulsa Oct 25, 2017

  1. acptulsa

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    Wondering why it happened.....
     
  3. acptulsa

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    You're probably not alone.

    The train had just come off the Southeast Kansas & Oklahoma (old Santa Fe) interchange. The cars could easily have come off that rough rail, and not fallen over until they hit the switch.
     
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  4. acptulsa

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    I don't think the SC/Watco owns the SEK&O, but they use it to access the Port if Catoosa.
     
  5. BoxcabE50

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    Watco owns the South Kansas & Oklahoma RR. AAR= "SKOL".
     
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    Do they? I should have searched their site more thoroughly.

    They use a couple of miles of the BNSF--the old Frisco--as a bridge in downtown. Literally, as that's how they get across the Arkansas River. I get the feeling they had better learn how to keep their cars on the tracks, or the BNSF is going to balk at that arrangement!
     
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    They certainly have an interesting collection of short lines.

    Their SKO map shows the line southwest out of Tulsa, which goes to Muskogee, as a BNSF line. Surely the UP didn't sell that portion of the Katy to them. Last time I was by that yard in Broken Arrow, it was Yellow Peril all around!
     

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