Nostalgia & History > Wet and almost washed out Wednesday

. The high and low side of the right of way after heavy rain and a small culvert with debris formed a small lake, flooding roads and threatening businesses near Verdigris, OK on the BNSF Cherokee Sub at MP401.5 May 1, 2009. The westbound intermodal with BNSF 7494, 4691, 4374 has been given permission to cross after the water level dropped to allow the MOW train with side dump cars to come in and shore up the fill. Note the same signal in each shot as BNSF 8023 , 2790 come in and dump rock to help stabilize the fill where water had been going over the track earlier.

1. A westbound intermodal with BNSF 7494, 4691, 4374 has been given permission to cross this small lake near Verdigris, OK on the BNSF Cherokee Sub at MP401.5 May 1, 2009. That's Route 66 in the background.
2. BNSF 8023, 2790 with side dump cars, comes in to shore up the fill near Verdigris, OK after heavy rain on the BNSF Cherokee Sub at MP401.5 May 1, 2009.

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Nice shots!

RC Lundgren