From College Station Back to Fort Worth
By the time I was packed up at the Bush Library on Monday afternoon it was late enough that I did not want to drive the 150 miles back home.…
UP 4141 Comes Home For The Last Time
Back in 2005 the Union Pacific renumbered one of their EMD SD70ACe's to 4141 to match George H. W. Bush's presidency and painted it in a scheme inspired by Air…
Railfanning Around Bryan / College Station
On Saturday March 20th friend Robert Holzweiss and I had a safety briefing to attend at 11:00 am in College Station, so we decided to do some railfanning both before…
Heading to College Station
On March 19th I left home to drive to College Station to participate in the delivery of Union Pacific's SD70ACe number 4141 to the George H. W. Bush Library the…
UP 4404 West Inspection Special
Yesterday March 17th I got word the Union Pacific would be running one of its Engineering Specials from Texarkana through DFW and west on the Baird Sub to Sweetwater. I…
FL9’s at Night
The evening of Monday March 8th found me at the TEXRail Iron Horse Station for an unusual event. The two ex-New Haven, ex-Metro North FL9's acquired by the Grapevine Vintage…
A Trip to Southern Oklahoma
If things had gone according to plan, last Sunday March 7th I would have been on the road to a photo assignment, but the job fell through by no fault…
A Day Around Fort Worth With Ethan
My friend Ethan Whetstone from Norman was back in Fort Worth with his grandmother on Saturday February 27th. It was a cloudy day the same as Ethan's last visit, but…
NS 4003
This morning February 24th, social media indicated the westbound Union Pacific ZAILC (Laser) intermodal train from Atlanta to Los Angeles was led by Norfolk Southern AC44C6M number 4003. This was…
Friday Morning “Sucker Hole”
Early this morning I found out a westbound UP intermodal train between Dallas and Fort Worth had the UP's Missouri Pacific heritage engine number 1982 leading. It was cloudy outside…