A Rainy Start But A Sunny Ending To The Day
Wednesday June 1st was my day to drive from El Dorado back home to Aledo. It had rained all night, and there were many flood warnings issued for southern Kansas.…
Aerial View Of The Flint Hills
Tuesday May 31st was generally overcast with rain in the morning and severe thunderstorms in the late afternoon. I was able to complete my photo assignment for my client successfully,…
Southwest Chief in Daylight
My photo work for my client was scheduled to take place on Tuesday May 31st, so on Monday May 30th, I did on-site preliminary work and set up some equipment…
Fort Worth to El Dorado
Or to be more specific, El Dorado, Kansas to perform a photo assignment for a client. I left home around 7:30 am heading north and made my first stop at…
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…