BNSF is doing OK, but the transcon just south of the KS/OK border is a source for concern (trains running with a bulletin form C on fire and visibility in Woods County (Avard-Alva) area...Range fires are hardly predictable.
http://www.fireengineering.com/ap-news/2016/03/24/crews-bringing-wildfires-in-kansas-oklahoma-under-control/image-gallery.html
Bridge at Lake City that burned (Open Deck Pile Trestle) was on abandoned (2003, by V&S/CKR/ATSF Medicine Lodge Branch [Altus/Belvedere Jcn KS]) line
The BNSF Transcon goes through this area and there are some short line operations here also. There is a report of a RR trestle being burned with no specifics. Any info about the effect on the BNSF Transcon (most importent) or other RR operations would be appreciated.
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