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Back on April 18th I took a run down to Cresson to see the FWWR at work as I live close enough to hear them plainly on the radio. When…

On Wednesday, March 23rd I was able to accomplish what I had hoped to do on the previous Saturday. With help from Trinity Metro's management I was able to be…

Two days later on Monday March 21st late in the afternoon, the UP 1982 came back eastbound from the rock loadout at Olden leading a 16,000 ton train headed to…

Saturday March 19th turned out to be a pretty good day over all. I had been tied up during the latter part of the week when newly rebuilt ex-Amtrak F40's…

Saturday, March 12th was my next time to get out for a special train. The UP deadheaded a nineteen car passenger train from the car shops in Council Bluffs to…

In the approximately seventeen years since the UP released their six heritage units into service, early on I systematically captured digital images of all of them in pristine condition. These…

The title of this blog pretty well says it all. The weather was not pleasant with heavy overcast and a cold rain falling on the afternoon of Sunday, February 26th.…

Shortly after 7:00 am Sunday morning February 20th, I learned the MFWBM Fort Worth to Bellmead (Waco) manifest train was getting ready to leave Ney Yard in Fort Worth headed…

Union Pacific ran a 29-car Heritage Fleet train with two SD70M's to the Super Bowl, and afterwards they split it into two sections. One unit and 18 cars headed directly…

This last Friday afternoon February 11th, Judy and I drove to Marshall, TX to spend the night so as to not get up so early Saturday morning for a visit…