Amtrak On The Road Back to Normal
On Monday May 24th, Amtrak 21 and 22 the "Texas Eagle" are supposed to start returning to daily service in each direction between Chicago and San Antonio. To facilitate this,…
A Friday Triple Play
Friday, May 14th was a mostly sunny day and the railfan social media was alive with multiple targets of opportunity in the Fort Worth area. A military train was westbound…
UP 1943 North
On Saturday May 8th I received word the UP Veteran's locomotive SD70ACe number 1943 was leading a northbound manifest train up the Fort Worth Sub. I decided to run over…
A Classic Modern Business Train
Wednesday morning May 5th I planned to be trackside in DeQueen by shortly after sunrise. I heard from friends in the Shreveport area that the KCS business train would not…
The Road to DeQueen
On Monday May 3rd I made the decision to photograph the KCS business train in the Rich Mountain area of Arkansas / Oklahoma as it was predicted to be northbound…
The Race to Catch NS 4004
I had word yesterday via social media that the UP's ZAILC train westbound this morning - Saturday May 1st - off the Meridian Speedway at Shreveport, Louisiana was led by…
Two Rare Finds in Aledo
Sunday April 25th was a beautiful day with full sun and mild temperatures. I had been advised that BNSF was in the process of replacing a bridge near Alvord on…
BNSF 25th Anniversary Visits the FWWR
Just having caught the empty coal with all SD70MAC's and Amtrak 21 with Heritage 184 leading the day before; early on the morning of Thursday April 22nd I had no…
Two Interesting Trains
On Wednesday April 21st the timing worked out for me such that I was able to catch two interesting trains in the Fort Worth area. My first target train was…
Heritage on a Sunday
Sunday April 18th I had word the UP 1982 - the Missouri Pacific heritage locomotive - was leading a northbound San Antonio to North Platte manifest train that would pass…