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Thursday, February 13th marked the return trip of BNSF's Super Bowl train from New Orleans back to Topeka by way of Houston and Fort Worth. On the southbound trip I…

I had no definite plans when I woke up on Friday February 03 of 2025, but a message soon changed that. BNSF was in running a 17-car passenger train out…

Yesterday, Friday January 10, 2025 I attended a friend's funeral in Fort Worth. Afterwards I decided to see if I could find any westbound trains with the prevailing afternoon light…

I did not get out January 1st or 2nd, so it took me until January 3rd to photograph my first train for 2025. By chance it turned out to be…

Tuesday December 31st dawned asd a clear and mild day, so I decided to get out and get a few "final trains" to close out 2024. The first train of…

On the morning of October 13th I picked up friends and fellow photographers Chuck Garrett and Steve Crise and we headed out to catch UP 4014 leaving Fort Worth for…

September 12th was Family Day for the UP Fort Worth Service Unit, and this year a special guest was attending in the form of Big Boy 4014. Here UP Steam…

Once again I was onsite well before the opening of the second day of the public display event and got the same up front parking spot. Once again I recorded…

The next morning of October 10th I was down at the old T&P freight house where I nabbed a prime parking spot by the entrance to the Big Boy display…

My good friend Paul Beverung had never seen the Big Boy in operation, and so on October 9th when it was operating from Hearne to Fort Worth, Paul and his…