Two Rare Finds in Aledo
Sunday April 25th was a beautiful day with full sun and mild temperatures. I had been advised that BNSF was in the process of replacing a bridge near Alvord on…
BNSF 25th Anniversary Visits the FWWR
Just having caught the empty coal with all SD70MAC's and Amtrak 21 with Heritage 184 leading the day before; early on the morning of Thursday April 22nd I had no…
Two Interesting Trains
On Wednesday April 21st the timing worked out for me such that I was able to catch two interesting trains in the Fort Worth area. My first target train was…
Heritage on a Sunday
Sunday April 18th I had word the UP 1982 - the Missouri Pacific heritage locomotive - was leading a northbound San Antonio to North Platte manifest train that would pass…
A Brief Visit on Sunday Morning
On the morning of Sunday April 11th I headed to Arizona Street on the east side of the tracks south of Tower 55. There I met my friend Ethan Whetstone…
NS 1066 Crossed Off The To Do List
Thursday April 1st found me around Fort Worth taking pictures for a client. By chance I was photographing street scenes along east Lancaster Avenue from the small railroad-themed park in…
From College Station Back to Fort Worth
By the time I was packed up at the Bush Library on Monday afternoon it was late enough that I did not want to drive the 150 miles back home.…
UP 4141 Comes Home For The Last Time
Back in 2005 the Union Pacific renumbered one of their EMD SD70ACe's to 4141 to match George H. W. Bush's presidency and painted it in a scheme inspired by Air…
Railfanning Around Bryan / College Station
On Saturday March 20th friend Robert Holzweiss and I had a safety briefing to attend at 11:00 am in College Station, so we decided to do some railfanning both before…
Heading to College Station
On March 19th I left home to drive to College Station to participate in the delivery of Union Pacific's SD70ACe number 4141 to the George H. W. Bush Library the…