Western Railroad Discussion > The Local and the Special . . .

Not many trains out running Monday account derailment on the UP Wagoner Sub near Hanson OK that will take around 5 days to open up.
On the UP Cherokee Sub I did catch a couple of trains out running--the MKCMU (kc to muskogee) got out of Parsons KS ahead of a special so the special ran pretty slow as it had to wait for the KCMU to make set outs and pick ups between Parsons KS and Pryor OK as it is the only thing that represents local service in this area.

1. UP 3835-6772 MKCMU pulls the grade out of Welch OK after making a set out.

2. UP 4317-4976 trundles south through Vinita OK with a Ft Riley train of military equipment mostly backhoes and dozers.
Photos August 14 2017 Thanks for looking
Brian Stevens

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Nice catches of a couple of interesting trains.

Larry

With the UP Wagoner Sub being shut down for five days, how do the re-route?