In early April I started out on a business trip to Missouri. I left on April 4th and 64 miles north of Oklahoma City I made a stop in Perry where the old Frisco from Tulsa to Avard came into town from the west and then turned north to parallel the AT&SF Oklahoma City to Arkansas City main for six miles to Black Bear where the Frisco crossed the AT&SF at grade and then headed east to Tulsa. When I arrived a southbound train on the Red Rock Sub was just leaving town after a northbound had cleared up.
I drove to the north end of town and spotted a westbound intermodal on the Avard Sub with just enough time to pull over for this view over the Red Rock Sub main line. Note the inquisitive mule in the lower left corner.
I doubled back and parked at Ivanhoe Street where the northbound train from earlier left town on the Red Rock Sub.
I relocated to the next crossing south and a few minutes later caught this westbound passing the Perry sign on the Avard Sub. The Red Rock Sub is just out of sight on the right.
I moved back to Ivanhoe Street for a third westbound train on the Avard Sub with the Red Rock Sub in the foreground looking north.
Nothing else was close on either line so I drove on to Lee’s Summit on the southeast side of Kansas City for the night.
