THACKERVILLE OK October 1973 — Fellow railfan Ken Fitzgerald (at far left) has taken his shot and watches as Santa Fe GP38 3507 rolls south on its way to the Red River bridge with a Houston-boun... (more)
25th Anniversary Locomotive leads a vehicle train southbound.
A BNSF grain train, with the setting sun full in the face, rounds a curve south of Thackerville, OK.
A southbound BNSF stack train in the hole at Thackerville meets a northbound stack symbol headed for the Midwest. Both are loaded with numerous JB Hunt containers.
Late in the day when colors light up, a southbound loaded rock train rolls through Thackerville. The train has another ACE on the rear as DPU.
UP 8790 North, a trackage rights train of coal empties, crosses over the Highway 77 in Thackerville. The train is using the BNSF's line between Ft. Worth and Wichita, KS to reach its own rails bac... (more)
Late in the afternoon, a southbound BNSF local meeting a northbound in the siding at Thackerville. The local is headed back to Gainesville, TX, its base of operations.
BNSF's Red Rock Sub dispatcher runs Amtrak No. 822 around a northbound BNSF freight in the siding at Thackerville. Behind the locomotives are two SD70MACs on flat cars headed for repairs of some k... (more)
Well after sundown, BNSF 716 South stops in the siding short of a road crossing in Thackerville, OK. His conductor is peering around the lead unit to see if he can spot the westbound the dispatche... (more)
A southbound BNSF grain train from the Midwest rolls out of the siding at Thackerville, OK.
BNSF 7280 South rolls downgrade toward the Red River through an area studded with a surprising variety of vegetation.
A southbound BNSF ethanol train rolling through Thackerville has three GEs for power today, with the middle unit a big CSX ET44.
THACKERVILLE OK June 25 1979 -- A very new Santa Fe B23-7 6377 is at the lead of a hopper train. GE built the unit in June 1979 so it is possible this is its first run on the Gulf line.
On a very humid morning, a northbound BNSF loaded vehicle train negotiates the vertical curve just north of Thackerville siding.
UP 8042 North pulls out of the siding at Thackerville after meeting a southbound BNSF Z train. The target signal has since been replaced.