Farmrail Railroad Tour - A Western Oklahoma Short Line Track
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Everyone from train newbies to the most serious rail fan will find something new in this adventure.
When we toured Farmrail, we got a great look at the daily operations of a short line railroad, learned about safety, delivered cars to a customer, got to try a super realistic train simulator, saw the maintenance and repair shop, visited the track maintenance crew, and learned about the importance of short line rail service - what a day!
Farmrail is a regional railroad that services Western Oklahoma.
Farmrail Corporation (FMRC) has acted since 1981 as a lessee-operator for Oklahoma Department of Transportation, managing an 82-mile east-west line between Weatherford and Erick. An additional 89 miles, Westhom-Elmer, was purchased from the state in 2013 after 20 years of operation under lease. Another wholly owned affiliate, Grainbelt Corporation (GNBC), was formed in 1987 to purchase from Burlington Northern Railroad Company 178 miles of line linking Enid and Frederick. The parent company also has a joint-venture interest in New York’s Finger Lakes Railway Corp. (FGLK).
Farmrail provides scheduled and as-needed freight service over 347 main-line miles to 29 communities in 12 rural Oklahoma counties. The territory includes some of the nation's prime production of hard red winter wheat, its highest-quality gypsum deposits, and one of its largest energy reserves, the Anadarko Basin. Several of America's best-known corporations, cooperative and independent grain elevators, and other firms meeting various farming, oilfield and consumer needs are among more than 60 rail-served locations. The principal commodities handled by Farmrail are frac sand, drilling fluids, winter wheat, feed ingredients, crushed stone, gypsum products, agricultural chemicals, cotton seed, and farm machinery. Farmrail is easy to use. Telephone calls are answered "live" by a knowledgeable, willing person who can provide accurate information quickly. Motivated employee-owners interact as a team to give uncommon value to customers and have earned a reputation for user-friendly service. The people make the difference at Farmrail.
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What a Class Act Farm rail is..
Indeed!
What an absolutely beautiful and instructive video. Very cleanly done and wholesome. Made me feel good just to watch it. The narrator was simply superb!
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I so love watching this neurodivergent 10 year-old Learn and thrive in this environment.Thank you to the #farmrail system for taking the time
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That's awesome, getting to drive/ operate a diesel locomotive. That simulator would be neat to try also.
Thanks for another great video.
The simulator was very impressive. So realistic that they can use it to certify engineers.
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Neat!
Looks better than the driving (car) simulator I tried at the Illinois State Fair, once. They said it was what people up in Chicago used to learn and practice driving. I wasn't good at it. Wasn't real enough in my opinion.
Totally cool! Our kids are our future!
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If you want to watch mighty machines at the train yard, that will help you as well with safety
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Where is that sim located at
It’s a mobile training trailer that visits different short lines all over the country. I believe it’s home base is in Iowa.
@@OkieSchoolofAdventure oh ok thank you been driving simulators all my life always wondered where one is located but that’s far from me here in texas
Farmrail exist because class 1 railroads sold off marginal lines, or went bankrupt. They operate on former ATSF, BN and Rock Island lines.
Always looking for them when I go out west.
That's one of the things we found fascinating...how the companies evolved to specialize in long hauls or short lines.
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