Saturday Trip Home
When I went to bed in Catoosa Friday night there was more rain due before morning, and it was not supposed to clear up until Saturday afternoon. However, when I…
When I went to bed in Catoosa Friday night there was more rain due before morning, and it was not supposed to clear up until Saturday afternoon. However, when I…
I had not set an alarm, but I woke up exactly at 7:00 am on Friday March 8th. It had rained overnight but the sky was clear outside my west…
I first met my friend Marc Montray in 1974 while trackside in Norman, Oklahoma. Marc was driving a van custom-painted in the Southern Pacific daylight scheme so it was obvious…
This morning after I tore off yesterday's calendar page to make today officially February 26th, my wife and I dropped my SUV off for service and ran some errands. Along…
Yesterday was January 1st, the first day of 2024, while at the same time it was the last day of a 30-year career in railroading for UP engineer Gunny See.…
Today, December 31, 2023, I wanted to photograph at least one train to wrap up the year. I did not have the time to go out and spend all day…
My friend Zane Ferguson came up from New Braunfels with his mother and father and he asked me if I would meet them in Grapevine for an hour or two…
Wow, I think that is the longest title I have used so far, but it expresses my feelings perfectly. The merger with Canadian Pacific undoubtably is bringing many changes, and…
When I lived in Ardmore and Springer, Oklahoma back in the 1970's I tried to spend as much time as possible around nearby Big Canyon between Dougherty and Gene Autry…
On October 20, 2023, BNSF made an unusual special passenger car move that I have no idea when the last time something like this happened. Two different corporate passenger trains…