| Here in Wagoner, UP crosses itself on a diamond. The specifics are that this is the crossing of two predecessors. The MKT Choctaw Sub, which runs from Parsons Kan down to Texas, is the middle of the three tracks at the right of the photo. The diamond, in the center of the photo, is with the ex MP, which runs from KC to Van Buren and Little Rock Ark, via Coffeyville Kan. North of here, almost all the southbounds use the ex MKT, with Little Rock trains taking the connection at top. Northbounds use the MKT from Texas, taking the connection in the foreground, using the ex MP to reach KC. Wish I could have been here about 1980 or so. |