Four Days Of BNSF Leaders On The UP
On Saturday December 11th the UP ZAILC had a BNSF leader for the second day in a row but it ran very early and I missed it. The next day,…
An Infrequent Visitor
BNSF Railway has trackage rights over the UP Baird Subdivision between Fort Worth and Sweetwater but in recent years only uses them occasionally. Yesterday I learned too late that the…
Two In Two Days
Tuesday Dec 7th and Wednesday December 8th we had two business car trains in north Texas, one from the BNSF and one from Union Pacific. In yesterday's blog post I…
A Critical One Minute Of Sun
Today December 7th, the BNSF ran an officer's special south out of Tulsa over the ex-Frisco Creek and Madill Subs on its way to Houston with an overnight stop in…
Tuesday With A Friend
Yesterday, Tuesday November 23rd around 8:30 am I met friend Paul Beverung at the Aledo Diner for breakfast. A westbound Z train rolled through town at 50 mph just as…
Saturday October 9th With Ethan Whetstone
When I was catching up the blog entries to date yesterday and today, I overlooked October 9th when my young friend Ethan Whetstone was in town from Oklahoma for a…
Saturday Photos Close to Home
On Saturday morning November 13th, a friend alerted me to an eastbound UP merchandise train on the Baird Sub. The interesting thing about this particular train was a dead-in-transit locomotive…
How Much of a 17,000 Foot Train Can You See?
That is the question I decided to tackle the afternoon of November 9th when a friend let me know the UP was running a train of that length eastbound across…
Palo Pinto Mountains State Park
On Friday, November 5th a lot of preceding work came together when I drove about an hour west from home to one of the newest Texas State Parks. Palo Pinto…
Saturday Afternoon On The Dublin Sub
Saturday afternoon October 30th the weather was great so I decided to get out around home and see if I could catch some FWWR action on the Dublin Sub. Friends…