The First Silver Line Trains
I had been told the first four train sets for DART's "Silver Line" service from DFW Airport to Plano would be coming in by a special train movement over the…
Two Tours On The Way Home
I left El Dorado, Kansas on the morning of August 04, 2023, with two goals in mind. First was to stop in at Blackwell Northern to see what locomotives had…
Twice A Week In El Dorado
On Thursday August 3, 2023, I was doing some exploring in El Dorado for new BNSF photo angles when I stumbled upon two UP units running around their short train…
Two Westbounds With Foreign Power
I spent some time on BNSF's Southern Transcon in Kansas on August 02, 2023, and managed to catch two westbounds with all foreign power. In the morning at 10:44 am…
Northbound to Kansas
On July 30, 2023, I made another business trip to Kansas. After leaving the house I decided that instead of leaving Fort Worth on I35 North I would go up…
Action in Cleburne
On July 19, 2023, I drove to Cleburne to meet friend Jeremy Krauss who was coming up from Temple on Amtrak 22 and going back on Amtrak 21. I arrived…
Hanging Out At Tower 60
Tower 60 in Fort Worth used to have a manned tower controlling its multiple routes but today it is all handled remotely by BNSF and UP dispatchers. I spent some…
50% Camera – 50% Post Processing
These two photos taken on the evening of June 23, 2023, illustrate how much in today's world the taking of any given digital photo is only the first half of…
Another Special One Train Day
Four days later on May 26, 2023, I was fortunate to catch another interesting train north of Saginaw, Texas on the BNSF. This time it was a northbound joint KCS…
Santa Fe Memories
May 22, 2023, was a great day even though I photographed just one train. The lead unit of a southbound BNSF train I caught at Crawford, Texas was BNSF number…