Last Trains of 2025
I celebrated the beginning of the last day of 2025 by getting a colonoscopy first thing in the morning. My wife Judy had to drive me to and from the…
An Afternoon in Aledo
Once again the weather was unseasonably perfect on Saturday December 20, 2025, and I decided to try to catch a train passing the quarry lake west of Aledo in full…
Day Trip to Brownwood
It was another good weather day on November 25, 2025 when I made a round trip drive to Brownwood to meet a model railroader friend and pick up an HO…
A perfect Sunday
So far this "winter" here in Texas has been unseasonably warm. That would describe Sunday November 11, 2025 which turned out to be a sunny day with light winds and…
OCS Over The Brazos
Sunday October 19, 2025, dawned with full sun which aligned with my plan to photograph a southbound BNSF Officer Special on the bridge over the Brazos River south of Rio…
Enroute to Mexico
On Wednesday, October 15, 2025, I had received intel that a southbound BNSF freight had Eight new Wabtec ES44AC's painted for Tren Maya and heading to Mexico for delivery. I…
Red River Showdown 2025
The University of Texas first played the University of Oklahoma on a football field in 1900, and the annual game has been played every year since then. It was no…
More Drone Work
The previous day while flying the drone I had noticed a large body of water next to the UP Baird Sub just west of Aledo. It was bordered by homes…
Drone vs. Train Race
I was running an errand in Aledo on the morning of Saturday October 4, 2025 when the radio alerted me that an eastbound train that was too long to fit…
A Round Trip to Brenham
The afternoon of Saturday September 13, 2025 found Judy and I along with friend Harry Stinson from Nashville searching for BNSF trains passing through Brenham, Texas. We had driven down…