Get the newest photos, videos, stories, and more from Trains. Sign-up for email today! Lines from St. Louis and Memphis join at Springfield, Mo. Eastbound trains approaching Tulsa on the Avard Sub contact the Tulsa yardmaster for yarding instructions.
Radio frequencies: Cherokee Sub β Reporting marks: SS Major commodities: scrap iron, steel, silica sand, pulpboard, chemicals, petroleum products, scrap paper, plastic, lumber. Remarks: Provides local service on a 5-mile line between Sand Springs and Tulsa, with 32 miles of track. Gerdau Ameristeel has its own intraplant rail operation that uses two switch engines. The mill produces an assortment of steel bars and steel billets.
The railroad is owned by shortline conglomerate Watco Companies and shares its headquarters in Cherryvale, Kan. One local job runs to the port.
Operations north of Owasso to Cherryvale are sporadic. Radio frequencies: Remarks: Another Watco-owned short line, the Stillwater Central operates two disconnected lines in northeast Oklahoma owned by the state. Remarks: A mile short line linking the cities of Tulsa and Sapulpa. Around midday, the train heads north to Tulsa, switching customers en route and interchanging cars with UP. At Tulsa, the train may work a mile branch to Jenks owned by Union Pacific, roughly paralleling the west bank of the Arkansas River.
The car was donated to STAR in and was cosmetically restored by museum volunteers. Check the web site for hours of operation. Five major terminals handle commodities such as petroleum, chemicals, molasses, fertilizer, steel, grain, and containers. The port has its own railroad, with two switch engines serving customers on 13 miles of railroad track. The Amtrak Floridian returns. Missouri Pacific history remembered. James La Vake photographed passenger trains at their peak. Tourist Trains Guidebook, 10th Edition.
