Keeping the Oilfield Supplied

The Oil City local has arrived light engine and has coupled into two empty box cars. Two loaded tank cars are added to the consist. Next it’s down the Drill-Tex spur to pull two empty covered hoppers and a box car.  A MKT covered hopper has not been unloaded and will have to be re-spotted.

Bakersfield 1969 (Part 2)

Ethel Beeson, the 4′ 11′ local powerhouse, was in rare form even for her at lunch. She ripped the whole crew one way or another. Apparently she had to wait on a train last week, all of five minutes, while the crew serviced Fat Cow Animal Feed. It had pretty much calmed down until Rocky, the

Bakersfield 1969 (Part 1)

Today, we are going to introduce you to a new scenario on the RailsWest website, “Bakersfield 1969.” It is proto-free lanced but inspired by the actual Oil City Branch that was jointly operated by the Espee and the Santa Fe. The Oil City Branch was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1901 in order