A warm day in early spring and the cab door is left open, but looks like the man behind the pilot is still wearing a heavy jacket. Only a few months away before the Burlington Northern takes over.

Skyline Before Sunrise | Approximately fifteen minutes before sunrise on the morning of Sunday, August 4, 2024, an eastbound LA-to-Atlanta intermodal train leaves downtown Tulsa, OK behind.

Dawn Downtown | The sky has grown colorful as the first light of day illuminates downtown Tulsa, OK where a westbound manifest train cruises through on the warm morning of Sunday, August 4,... (more)

Five O'clock Right Here | Around five in the morning on a warm Sunday, August 4, 2024, a Memphis-to-LA intermodal train cruises westbound through downtown Tulsa, OK.

Burlington Northern, BN GP38-2 2302 -GP38AC 2126 -SLSF GP38-2 2318, about to depart the ex-Frisco Cherokee yard at Tulsa, Oklahoma. August 28, 1982. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo BN 2302>SLSF 447 B... (more)

SL&SF, Saint Louis and San Francisco SD40-2 952-GP40-2 751-SD45 946-SD40-2 956, pulling into Cherokee Yard at Tulsa, Oklahoma. September 6, 1980. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Frisco, SL-SF GP40-2's 753-750-768-772, just out of Cherokee yard and headed west at Tulsa, Oklahoma. August 23, 1980. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

BN, Burlington Northern, ex-Frisco GP38-2's 2302-2126-2318, leaving the west end on the SL&SF Cherokee yard at Tulsa, Oklahoma. August 8, 1982. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

TULSA OK (April) 1985 — BN SD40-2 8128 lays over at the Cherokee Yard engine facility. This unit was delivered to BN in June 1980. At a later date it became FURX 8128 and was leased back to BNSF... (more)

Tulsa Twilight | On the warm and pleasant evening of Monday, May 28, 2024 - Memorial Day - a westbound manifest train is just about to complete its journey from Lincoln, NE as it approaches... (more)

The Claremore local leaves town. Trailing units are GP15-1 1494, GP9B 1701, EMDX GP38-2 781 and GP38-2 2318.

TULSA OK (April) 1985 — BN SD45 6502 lays over at the Cherokee Yard engine facility. This SD45 was delivered by EMD in June 1971 and was retired in February 1986. Wisconsin Central acquired it a... (more)

TULSA OK (April) 1985 — Burlington Northern SD45 6435 awaits an assignment. EMD built the unit (s/n 31603) for the Great Northern as GN 405 in May 1966. My photo.

As dawn breaks over downtown Tulsa, OK, a westbound train of autoracks drifts along on a cool Monday, February 20, 2023.