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On Wednesday, July 27th after work in Arizona I encountered a westbound freight on the Phoenix Sub as it was leaving Ash Fork. I quickly drove a few miles south…

The next morning Tuesday, July 26th I left Fort Sumner early and drove around 275 miles before I paused for my first photos of the day. I was tracking the…

On Monday, July 25th in 2022 I left home near Aledo, TX to begin a two day drive to Flagstaff, AZ to do some work for a customer. My goal…

I was back out the next day on Friday July 15th, this time closer to home at Iona Siding where a UP maintenance of way train was working at picking…

The next day on July 14th I learned there was a UP track inspection car running between Sweetwater and Fort Worth over the Baird Sub near the house. I got…

I had heard that CSX CW44AC number 173 was in the lineup of older locomotives to be rebuilt at the Wabtec locomotive factory in far north Fort Worth. I had…

A few days later on Sunday July 10th I had a shot at catching a different UP Heritage unit near Alvarado. The UP Rio Grande heritage unit number 1989 was…

Wednesday July 6th of 2022 I received intel that a northbound UP freight on their Fort Worth Sub had just left Waco heading to Fort Worth with the UP's Chicago…

Baird Hill on the ex-T&P, ex-MP now Union Pacific around 130 miles west of Fort Worth is one of the steepest westbound grades on the Baird Subdivision. The town of…

The following Monday June 13th before lunch, I heard over the radio that the westbound Union Pacific LBG79 Fort Worth to Abilene local would be stopping at Aledo to spot…