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By:Lucas Connor
Dates:7/2/2019 - 7/2/2019
Album Info:Some pictures taken at BNSF's small yard in Ponca City.
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ATSF Ponca City Station
Title:  ATSF Ponca City Station
Description:  The train station at Ponca City, Oklahoma lies derelict and abandoned. The station hasnt been served by a passenger train since Amtrak was created, and has since been boarded up and neglected.
Photo Date:  7/2/2019  Upload Date: 10/10/2020 11:59:29 PM
Location:  Ponca City, OK
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Yard,Station,Track
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Views:  67   Comments: 0
Oil Refineries Galore
Title:  Oil Refineries Galore
Description:  A pair of gondolas and an unidentified BNSF engine sit in the yard at Ponca City. In the background is one of the many oil refineries that dot the city.
Photo Date:  7/2/2019  Upload Date: 10/11/2020 12:28:59 PM
Location:  Ponca City, OK
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
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Views:  35   Comments: 0
Carbon Black
Title:  Carbon Black
Description:  A string of Carbon Black hoppers sits in the yard at Ponca City. Carbon Black is a by-product of oil refining, and is used as one of the materials used in car tires. WITX 5766 is a 5750 carbon black hopper made by Thrall in the 1970s.
Photo Date:  7/2/2019  Upload Date: 10/11/2020 12:30:53 PM
Location:  Ponca City, OK
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
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Views:  47   Comments: 0
Swoosh Repaint at Ponca City
Title:  Swoosh Repaint at Ponca City
Description:  BNSF GP40X 3038 idles in the yard at Ponca City with an unidentified BN shoving platform. The 3038 was built as ATSF 3038 in 1978 and has just been repainted in the "swoosh" paint in the past few months.
Photo Date:  7/2/2019  Upload Date: 10/11/2020 12:33:26 PM
Location:  Ponca City, OK
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 3038(GP40X)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
Shoving Platform
Title:  Shoving Platform
Description:  An unidentified ex-BN caboose serves as a shoving platform with BNSF units 5898 and 3038 in the foreground.
Photo Date:  7/2/2019  Upload Date: 10/11/2020 12:35:50 PM
Location:  Ponca City, OK
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 3038(GP40X) BNSF 5898(ES44AC)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
BNSF GEVO at Ponca City
Title:  BNSF GEVO at Ponca City
Description:  BNSF ES44AC 5898 sits in the yard at Ponca City, Oklahoma, with a line of tank cars in the background. The ES44s were some of the first new units painted in the "swoosh" (Heritage III) paint scheme back in 2005.
Photo Date:  7/2/2019  Upload Date: 10/11/2020 12:40:12 PM
Location:  Ponca City, OK
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 5898(ES44AC)
Views:  67   Comments: 0
You'd Think it Was The 70s
Title:  You'd Think it Was The 70s
Description:  An unidentified BN shoving platform sits on the far track, as BNSF GP40X 3038 idles in the foreground. The GP40X was built for the Santa Fe as their 3808 in 1978, and initially saw service in the Chicagoland area. If it werent for the "Swoosh" paint, youd think it was 1979.
Photo Date:  7/2/2019  Upload Date: 10/11/2020 12:43:40 PM
Location:  Ponca City, OK
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 3038(GP40X)
Views:  108   Comments: 0
BNSF Yard at Ponca City
Title:  BNSF Yard at Ponca City
Description:  Another string of Carbon Black hoppers serve as buffer cars between strings of tank cars full of petroleum at Ponca City.
Photo Date:  7/2/2019  Upload Date: 10/11/2020 12:46:20 PM
Location:  Ponca City, OK
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track
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Views:  48   Comments: 0
Robin Hood Grain Elevator
Title:  Robin Hood Grain Elevator
Description:  We are at the North end of the yard, on Grand Avenue, looking South. On the left is the Robin Hood grain elevator and the Ponca City station. On the right is the yard, with BNSF ES44AC 5898 and GP40X 3038 switching cars of oil and carbon black.
Photo Date:  7/2/2019  Upload Date: 10/11/2020 12:47:58 PM
Location:  Ponca City, OK
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Station,Track
Locomotives:  BNSF 5898(ES44AC) BNSF 3038(GP40X)
Views:  107   Comments: 0


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