Ponca City News Photo
THE TRAIN CAME to the Golden Spike dedication this morning of the Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Kansas representatives and Blackwell Industrial Authority (BIA) were a part of the celebration for the reopening of the rail linking Blackwell and the Oklahoma-Kansas State line. Pictured are Joe Kyle, manager of the rails programs divison of ODOT Rail; Neal Hall and Mark Ayes, ODOT; Rep. Vince Wetta, of Wellington, Kan.; and Darrel Grossardt, BIA. Representing the Railroad on the train are Scott Nauer and Drew Willson. (News Photo by Louise Abercrombie)