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| Hollis & Eastern Railroad |
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Hollis & Eastern operates approximately 13 miles of track in southwestern Oklahoma. The line stems from connections
with BNSF and with the Wichita, Tillman, & Jackson in Altus, west to the town of Duke where a wallboard manufacturing facility is located.
The wallboard factory, operated by American Gypsum , is the railroad's
primary source of traffic, although the H&E does haul seasonal movements of grain.
Please click on any of the following pictures to see a larger image:
Hollis & Eastern's locomotive roster consists of SW1 # 39 and ex-Illinois Central
GP10 8170. CF7 2520 is no longer on the property.
Your best bet to catch the Hollis & Eastern in action is to look for them to run east out of Duke early on a weekday (and occasionally on a
Saturday) morning. During my most recent visit to the area (August 2000), the operation was performed as follows:
The crew ran east with a handful of loaded bulkhead flats, took them through Altus to the BNSF interchange, and
then picked up empties at Altus and returned to Duke.
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Here's an engineer's-side view of Hollis & Eastern CF7 # 2520 at Duke, OK on June 27, 1997. |
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Hollis & Eastern CF7 # 2520 idles at Duke, OK on June 27, 1997. |
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Hollis & Eastern SW1 # 39 was photographed at the Republic Gypsum wallboard manufacturing plant in Duke, OK on June 27, 1997. |
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Hollis & Eastern GP10 8170 -- an ex-Illinois Central "Paducah rebuild" -- leads an eastbound train between Duke and Altus, Oklahoma on August 11, 2000. |
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Hollis & Eastern GP10 8170 leads an eastbound train between Duke and Altus, Oklahoma on August 11, 2000. |
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Hollis & Eastern GP10 8170 leads an eastbound freight past a grain elevator at Victory, Oklahoma on August 11, 2000. |
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Hollis & Eastern GP10 8170 leads an eastbound train approaching Altus, OK on August 11, 2000. |
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Hollis & Eastern GP10 8170 leads an eastbound train through Altus, OK on August 11, 2000. |
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Here's a close-up view of Hollis & Eastern GP10 8170 leading an eastbound train through Altus, OK on August 11, 2000. |
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Hollis & Eastern GP10 8170 leads an eastbound train through Altus, OK on August 11, 2000. |
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After completing its interchange work, Hollis & Eastern GP10 8170 -- now running long hood forward -- leads a westbound train through Altus, OK on August 11, 2000. |
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