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Viewing Album:  Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad, Steam, and Cabooses
 
By:Matthew Zisi
Dates:9/12/2015 - 9/12/2015
Album Info:I went to photograph the Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad on this Saturday. The railroad runs over part of the old Santa Fe, from Blackwell, OK, to Wellington, KS. In addition to the engines on the railroad, I found the old Blackwell Santa Fe Depot, two steam engines, two cabooses, a railroad museum, and the Santa Fe Yard in Wellington, all of which I photographed. This was one fun trip!
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HS 24178
Title:  HS 24178
Description:  There were lots of hopper cars stored on the sidings in Blackwell.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:06:37 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  184   Comments: 0
Blackwell Santa Fe Depot
Title:  Blackwell Santa Fe Depot
Description:  This station must have been really nice in its heyday.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:09:19 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  259   Comments: 0
Hopper Cars
Title:  Hopper Cars
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:10:49 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  172   Comments: 0
Blackwell Santa Fe Depot
Title:  Blackwell Santa Fe Depot
Description:  All doors and windows are now boarded up.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:19:11 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  200   Comments: 0
Blackwell Santa Fe Depot
Title:  Blackwell Santa Fe Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:20:47 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  147   Comments: 0
Blackwell Santa Fe Depot
Title:  Blackwell Santa Fe Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:22:10 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  211   Comments: 0
Track
Title:  Track
Description:  Former track in Blackwell
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:23:15 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Track
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Views:  211   Comments: 0
Hopper Cars
Title:  Hopper Cars
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:24:35 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
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Views:  183   Comments: 0
Hopper Cars
Title:  Hopper Cars
Description:  Looking down a grass-covered track
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:25:48 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard
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Views:  315   Comments: 0
ATSF Steam Engine and Caboose
Title:  ATSF Steam Engine and Caboose
Description:  Alright, here is the first of the steam engines I promised you. Located in a small park by the railroad station.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:27:24 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 1096(2-6-2)
Views:  639   Comments: 0
ATSF Caboose
Title:  ATSF Caboose
Description:  999655. The rust shows on this old caboose, which actually served on the Toledo, Peoria, and Western Railway until 1984, when it was acquired by Santa Fe and retired. Info on the caboose courtesy http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,2836323
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:29:04 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
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Views:  329   Comments: 0
Tender Shot
Title:  Tender Shot
Description:  ATSF 1096
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:31:10 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1096(2-6-2)
Views:  344   Comments: 0
Steam Engine and Caboose
Title:  Steam Engine and Caboose
Description:  This steam engine, built by Baldwin in 1902, served for fifty years on the ATSF and went over 1 and a quarter million miles.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:33:27 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1096(2-6-2)
Views:  529   Comments: 2
ATSF 1096
Title:  ATSF 1096
Description:  The engine was donated to the City of Blackwell in 1954.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:34:32 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1096(2-6-2)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
ATSF 1096
Title:  ATSF 1096
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:36:01 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1096(2-6-2)
Views:  499   Comments: 0
Plaque
Title:  Plaque
Description:  This plaque on the tender gives the engine's history.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:38:27 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1096(2-6-2)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
Caboose
Title:  Caboose
Description:  All told, the caboose was only part of the Santa Fe for two months in 1984 before being retired.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:39:35 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  275   Comments: 0
ATSF 999655
Title:  ATSF 999655
Description:  Formerly Toledo, Peoria, and Western 528
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 12:40:28 AM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  389   Comments: 0
Blackwell Santa Fe Depot
Title:  Blackwell Santa Fe Depot
Description:  Viewed from the south this time
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 2:38:47 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  196   Comments: 0
ATSF 999655
Title:  ATSF 999655
Description:  Caboose
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 2:40:28 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  240   Comments: 0
Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad
Title:  Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad
Description:  Burro, caboose, flatbed, and two engines
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 2:41:35 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  161   Comments: 0
Hopper Cars
Title:  Hopper Cars
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 2:42:25 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  122   Comments: 0
Caboose
Title:  Caboose
Description:  This caboose has traces of everything on it! Deleware Valley, Penn Central, Conrail, and now Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad--this has a very evident history!
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 2:43:47 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  240   Comments: 0
BNG 84
Title:  BNG 84
Description:  Two of the Blackwell Northern Gateway's locomotives.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 2:44:37 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNG 84(GP38-2) NIWX 815(GP30) MWLX 84(GP38-2)
Views:  863   Comments: 0
NIWX 815
Title:  NIWX 815
Description:  All of the BNG engines I saw had different paint schemes
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 2:50:27 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NIWX 815(GP30)
Views:  400   Comments: 0
NIWX 815
Title:  NIWX 815
Description:  Note the large red horn on top.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 2:51:39 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NIWX 815(GP30)
Views:  508   Comments: 0
BNG 84
Title:  BNG 84
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 2:52:23 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNG 84(GP38-2) MWLX 84(GP38-2)
Views:  431   Comments: 0
NIWX 815
Title:  NIWX 815
Description:  They named this engine the Robert Conrad.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 2:53:13 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NIWX 815(GP30)
Views:  416   Comments: 0
NIWX 1617
Title:  NIWX 1617
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 8:27:33 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NIWX 1617(GP7)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
NIWX 1617
Title:  NIWX 1617
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 8:28:42 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NIWX 1617(GP7)
Views:  174   Comments: 0
NIWX 1617
Title:  NIWX 1617
Description:  This engine was originally built for the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad in 1953.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 8:29:38 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NIWX 1617(GP7)
Views:  258   Comments: 1
NIWX 1617
Title:  NIWX 1617
Description:  Most recently, it served on a line in Washington before heading to Oklahoma.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 8:30:45 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NIWX 1617(GP7)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
NIWX 1617
Title:  NIWX 1617
Description:  The paint scheme is apparently a Northern Pacific tribute.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 8:31:40 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NIWX 1617(GP7)
Views:  261   Comments: 0
NIWX 815
Title:  NIWX 815
Description:  A former Wisconsin Central diesel, this engine was once on storage at the Illinois Railway Museum. It's still useful, though!
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 8:32:42 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NIWX 815(GP30)
Views:  595   Comments: 0
BNG 84
Title:  BNG 84
Description:  Built in 1975, this locomotive formerly served for Armco Steel in Pennsylvania. It was black and orange back then.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 8:33:45 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNG 84(GP38-2) MWLX 84(GP38-2)
Views:  409   Comments: 0
BNG 84
Title:  BNG 84
Description:  Now painted in a tribute to Southern Pacific, I believe.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 8:34:51 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNG 84(GP38-2) MWLX 84(GP38-2)
Views:  898   Comments: 0
NIWX 815
Title:  NIWX 815
Description:  It looks like the windows are broken.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 8:36:14 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NIWX 815(GP30)
Views:  1009   Comments: 1
BNG 20061
Title:  BNG 20061
Description:  The Blackwell Northern Gateway flat car
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/17/2015 8:37:25 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  172   Comments: 0
BNG 20081
Title:  BNG 20081
Description:  Formerly served on the Delaware Valley Railroad, with Penn Central, and with Conrail, at least!
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 9:57:42 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  150   Comments: 0
BNG 20081
Title:  BNG 20081
Description:  Not all cabooses are red.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 9:58:46 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  164   Comments: 0
BNG 20081
Title:  BNG 20081
Description:  This caboose is quite a ways west oo where it once worked!
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 10:00:18 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  218   Comments: 0
Burro
Title:  Burro
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 10:01:10 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  175   Comments: 0
BNG 20081
Title:  BNG 20081
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 10:02:05 PM
Location:  Blackwell, OK
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  187   Comments: 0
Santa Fe Freight Warehouse
Title:  Santa Fe Freight Warehouse
Description:  The old Santa Fe Warehouse in Wellington, KS, still standing (obviously).
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 10:38:16 PM
Location:  Wellington, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
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Views:  208   Comments: 0
Santa Fe Freight Warehouse
Title:  Santa Fe Freight Warehouse
Description:  The passenger station was torn down several years ago, but they left this!
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 10:40:09 PM
Location:  Centertown, KY
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  220   Comments: 0
Santa Fe Freight Warehouse
Title:  Santa Fe Freight Warehouse
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 10:41:52 PM
Location:  Wellington, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  149   Comments: 0
Santa Fe Offices
Title:  Santa Fe Offices
Description:  Former Santa Fe Office building in Wellington
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 10:43:23 PM
Location:  Wellington, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  148   Comments: 0
Look Out for the Cars
Title:  Look Out for the Cars
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 10:45:02 PM
Location:  Wellington, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  190   Comments: 0
AT&SF 1067
Title:  AT&SF 1067
Description:  Another 2-6-2!
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 10:46:53 PM
Location:  Wellington, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1067(2-6-2)
Views:  320   Comments: 0
AT&SF 1067
Title:  AT&SF 1067
Description:  This one was better preserved than the one in Blackwell, OK.
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/18/2015 10:48:11 PM
Location:  Wellington, KS
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 1067(2-6-2)
Views:  379   Comments: 1

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