Friday in the Park With Dave
While a far cry from Georges Seurat's 1884 painting "Sunday in the Park With George", around 2:10 pm this afternoon Friday May 27th I met fellow railfan Dave Steckler in…
Three Encounters With UP 1983
In the past several weeks I was fortunate enough to have caught the UP's Western Pacific heritage unit leading trains over the Baird Subdivision three times. Personally I think it…
Texas Eagles Meet in Fort Worth
On Friday May 6th I needed to make a trip to see our CPA in Arlington. It was about 2:50 pm and while listening to BNSF DS22 on the radio…
Missed it by that much……
On Tuesday April 26th the next day after the Tower 55 meeting, I was out taking photos for a client and happened to be at the TRE Bell station in…
The Fate of Tower 55
Back on November 28th of 2020 I made a blog post of a day spent in Tower 55 back in 2006 showing passing trains and some of the remaining interior.…
Norfolk & Western Heritage
On Saturday, April 23rd Judy and I were on the way to see out new granddaughter when a call from railfan friend Steve Grabman initiated a detour through Saginaw on…
Dwindling SP Heritage
While UP SD70ACe number 1996 is the official Southern Pacific heritage locomotive, there are still a handful of older locomotives still displaying the final red and grey paint scheme prior…
Grinstein Green in Cresson
Back on April 18th I took a run down to Cresson to see the FWWR at work as I live close enough to hear them plainly on the radio. When…