Tulsa Port of Catoosa

Discussion in 'Divisions' started by dalebaker, Mar 26, 2018.

  1. dalebaker

    dalebaker Member

    Hi Joe,

    Wish you had let me know you were coming! I’d bet they had been sent to Ash Grove with cement.

    I have not seen much grain action at the port. I know things have been pretty quiet since the floods and barge removal down at Webber’s Falls. It’s been a pretty dramatic year around here. I’ll be glad when things normalize again!

    How are thing coming together towards your new home? Well I hope!
     
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  2. Joe Lovett

    Joe Lovett Member

    Dale, we decided not to buy a mobile home from the dealer we working with, they wanted too much money for a down payment. Tomorrow we are going to look at a few other dealers. There are several on E. Admiral Blvd near the traffic circle and just east of there. If nothing pans out we are going to stay in our two bedroom apartment, we like our neighbors and the apartment is okay just small, about 950 sqft.

    Joe
     
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  3. dalebaker

    dalebaker Member

    Sorry to hear that Joe. I hope you find something that works for you. Have you looked in Catoosa?
     
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  4. gjslsffan

    gjslsffan Staff Member Staff Member

    How you doing Dale? Any recent work to the port (your version)? Has the port (real one) gotten back to normal since the flooding? Seems I read somewhere the traffic is down a bit. But that is all over, traffic being down that is..
     
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  5. Joe Lovett

    Joe Lovett Member

    Dale, thank you, we haven't been to Catoosa yet. Do you know where a mobile home dealer is in Catoosa? I can google it if I need to.

    Joe
     
  6. dalebaker

    dalebaker Member

    Hi Tom,

    I actually answered your question over on TrainBoard.com. Sorry! I got my boards mixed up!
    I have not been able to spend a lot of time on the layout this summer except in starts and stops. I did extend the passing track on the east side of the layout. It will now hold a complete train of 10 cars. It is now the interchange track for SKOL. In doing so, I took out the Vertigris River bridge. But I needed the track even more for operations.

    I have started the work to paint Locomotive #555 in the Port of Catoosa livery. I’ll post the pictures here as well.
    Now that fall is here, I can start getting more things done again. I am hosting another meet operations session in March and that will get me motivated to do more work!

    As near as I can tell, movement into the port still seems slow. I have not seen SKOL in there in a while. I did notice this evening that BNSF had a string of grain hoppers on their interchange tracks. Maybe things are going to pick back up.

    That’s all for now. I will post the pictures next.
    Thanks,
    Dale
     
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  7. dalebaker

    dalebaker Member

    It’s a start! 659F506D-FC70-42A1-871D-D584E227C954.jpeg 882A68E7-D0E4-47DE-A8F3-3F59C727C09D.jpeg
     
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  8. dalebaker

    dalebaker Member

    Joe,

    I am not aware of any dealers in Catoosa, however when the club was searching for a home we did look at some property over there. The prices did not seem too bad. If you are thinking of buying, you might consider Catoosa.

    Thanks,
    Dale
     
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  9. Joe Lovett

    Joe Lovett Member

    Dale, thank you, we will give it a try tomorrow. I googled mobile home dealer in Catoosa and found one on E. Admiral south of town. Will let you know what we find.

    Joe
     
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  11. dalebaker

    dalebaker Member

    I was looking at pictures of different things having to do with the port and ran across this interesting site.
    waltersrail.com

    He has a whole page devoted to the Frisco in Oklahoma told with pictures. This may be old news, but new to me.
    There are a lot of photos of different places and railroads on the site. Just scroll down and look for the Frisco in Oklahoma section/link.

    Thanks,
    Dale
     
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  12. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Here is a link to an excellent OPSIG Zoom presentation by Dale about his Port of Catoosa layout.
     
  13. dalebaker

    dalebaker Member

    Thank you for posting up the link Keith! I had a lot of fun putting that together. There are some fun things happening in Tulsa this year. I hope everyone can attend.

    Take care folks!
    Dale
     
  14. rjthomas909

    rjthomas909 Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Excellent. I see Dale's layout is on the tour and operation session schedule for the (multi-region) NMRA meeting next October (2021). I hope things are better and to make it up to see it, Dale.
     
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  15. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Dale, you're welcome and I hope to see you in October!
     
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  16. Coonskin

    Coonskin Member

    Where is this event to take place?

    Hitting the NMRA website doesn't readily list it, only shows the that the "Rails By The Bay" July 2021 Convention has already been cancelled.

    Andre
     
  17. rjthomas909

    rjthomas909 Member Frisco.org Supporter

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  18. dalebaker

    dalebaker Member

    You can find it at:

    2021tulsaunion.com

    I hope the link is ok to post.

    Thanks,
    Dale
     
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  19. Coonskin

    Coonskin Member

    Thanks for the link. Didn't realize this was an entire weekend of activities.

    Andre
     
  20. dalebaker

    dalebaker Member

    I am really excited to be a part of this. There are some really great layouts on tap for tours and Operations Sessions. The clinics are going to be great as well. It will be quite an exciting weekend.

    Thanks!
    Dale
     
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