After Dark in Clovis
February 20th found me on the road to Arizona, and before stopping in Fort Sumner, New Mexico for the night I passed through Clovis around 9:00 pm. I was pleasantly…
Two Perspectives of the Same Train
Pleased with the results I treated myself to lunch at BBQ on the Brazos here in Cresson. On the surface of the wakeboard pond outside I spotted this gaggle of…
Fall in Aledo
Today I drove the few miles to Aledo, Texas to have an early lunch at "Poquito Mas" (A Little More). When I arrive the "79 Local" from Fort Worth to…
KCS Railway Honors Its Employee Veterans
Kansas City Southern had asked me to keep it confidential and so I left the house at 5:00am on Veteran's Day and drove to Shreveport to photograph their repaint of…
New Roy Hill Mining Locomotives
Living near to the new GE Plant in north Fort Worth has its advantages so for today we will stray from the Missouri trip account to show today's catch. This…
A Charger to Start the Day
While I was in Kansas City last December with the BNSF Christmas Special I missed getting a photo of one of Amtrak's Siemens Charger SC-44's by a few minutes so…
Five Trains on Two Subdivisions in Perry
In early April I started out on a business trip to Missouri. I left on April 4th and 64 miles north of Oklahoma City I made a stop in Perry…
An Era Comes to a Close
March 31st, 2018 marked the end of an era stretching back fifteen or so years at Metro, TX near Denton. The KCS would bring a block of loaded intermodal cars…
WP Heritage Visits the FWWR
I am an avowed opponent of graffiti on freight cars but even I have to admit the Rug Rats depiction on this hopper is pretty…
The Road to Amarillo
February 26th found me driving from Fort Worth to a photographic engagement in Amarillo. The first train I encountered on the Wichita Falls Sub was an eastbound loaded coal train holding…