A Critical One Minute Of Sun
Today December 7th, the BNSF ran an officer's special south out of Tulsa over the ex-Frisco Creek and Madill Subs on its way to Houston with an overnight stop in…
Tuesday With A Friend
Yesterday, Tuesday November 23rd around 8:30 am I met friend Paul Beverung at the Aledo Diner for breakfast. A westbound Z train rolled through town at 50 mph just as…
Saturday October 9th With Ethan Whetstone
When I was catching up the blog entries to date yesterday and today, I overlooked October 9th when my young friend Ethan Whetstone was in town from Oklahoma for a…
Saturday Photos Close to Home
On Saturday morning November 13th, a friend alerted me to an eastbound UP merchandise train on the Baird Sub. The interesting thing about this particular train was a dead-in-transit locomotive…
How Much of a 17,000 Foot Train Can You See?
That is the question I decided to tackle the afternoon of November 9th when a friend let me know the UP was running a train of that length eastbound across…
Palo Pinto Mountains State Park
On Friday, November 5th a lot of preceding work came together when I drove about an hour west from home to one of the newest Texas State Parks. Palo Pinto…
Saturday Afternoon On The Dublin Sub
Saturday afternoon October 30th the weather was great so I decided to get out around home and see if I could catch some FWWR action on the Dublin Sub. Friends…
Round Trip to College Station
On Tuesday October 19th I drove south to College Station and checked in at the Texas A&M Hotel & Conference Center. That evening I gave a photographic presentation to kick…
They Met On The Platform
Six years ago at the TRE Bell Station in Hurst, two daily rail commuters noticed each other and on subsequent days began a conversation that led to a relationship. Fast…
Aledo Diner For Train Watching
The old but true saying goes "A picture is worth a thousand words", so consider the Aledo Diner for Breakfast or Lunch between 6:00 am and 2:00 pm Monday through…