Quality and not Quantity
During my advance planning for this trip I was making a list of "wow" photo locations to catch the Big Boy 4014. One on the list was crossing the Verdigris…
North to McAlester
On Wednesday August 11th I began a week long trip to cover the UP 4014 in Oklahoma and Texas for the UP Texoma and Houston Service Units . My first…
Advance Scouting for the “Big Boy”
On Saturday August 7th I did some advance scouting for photo locations between Fort Worth and Richland, Texas to prepare for chasing the UP 4014 4-8-8-4 Big Boy's run the…
Weekend Freight on the TRE
I drove to Irving on the afternoon of Saturday July 31st to visit an old friend. He does not live far from the TRE's West Irving station, so when I…
Four Thoroughbreds
Thursday July 29th offered up an opportunity that does not occur often here on the UP's Baird Sub near the house. An eastbound intermodal train was powered by four NS…
Touring Fort Worth with Ethan
On Friday July 23rd my young friend Ethan Whetstone was down from Norman to spend the weekend railfanning with his Grandmother, but as she had to work on Friday I…
A Day Around Baird Hill
My parents were from Sweetwater, Texas so over the years I spent time riding in a car along the Texas & Pacific, later the Missouri Pacific and now the UP…
SD40-2’s on a Class One Railroad
All the Class One railroads in the United States still employ EMD SD40-2's for one use or another, but their numbers are slowly declining. This is why whenever I have…
Wednesday Afternoon in Cleburne
On the last day of June I drove to Cleburne to meet friend Jeremy Krauss who was riding up on Amtrak 22 with the intention of taking him to lunch…
Day Trip to Sweetwater
On Monday June 14th I had photo work to perform for a client in Sweetwater and I left the house later than intended around 7:30 am. While it was dry…