Anything to do or see in or around Tulsa?
Any O gauge hobby stores? Thank you.
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October 6th in Bixby, Oklahoma, is the Greater Tulsa Area Train Show.
The major railroad in town was the Frisco, now BNSF. I spent an afternoon watching trains at Sapulpa, but traffic is not as heavy as the transcon, so it's a spin of the wheel of fortune. Santa Fe pulled out years ago, and the Midland Valley was truncated on both sides of town. However, there are two switching outfits that are kind of interesting.
There's the Sand Springs Railway which used to keep its little EMD's so clean you could eat off of the floor.
Another is the Tulsa Sapulpa Union Railway which also runs small EMD's.
I'm going to be there in a week or so also.
Any train stores to see on the area?
Any train stores to see on the area?
There used to be a train store in broken arrow.
Long gone, I'm afraid.
Ollie's Restaurant in West Tulsa is right next to the lead in tracks to bnsf's Cherokee yard and has a ton of O-gauge and train stuff on the walls plus operating trains on the ceiling. Well worth the stop. Pretty good food too.
