101 Years of Canadian National
Today Sunday the 27th I raced over to the UP Baird Sub just a few minutes from the house to catch the westbound Fort Worth to Monahans, Texas manifest train.…
Christmas Day Catch
I figured that I would be at home all day today on Christmas duty but shortly before noon the boss gave me a hall pass to deliver a gift to…
PSR Long Trains for Christmas Eve
This morning December 24th I got a call that an eastbound Long Beach to Dallas intermodal train on the UP Baird Sub was passing Weatherford. What made this train interesting…
Pretty Good Action for PSR
This morning Wednesday December 23rd I needed to run a few errands around Aledo and I took the camera along as I was not in a hurry. As I rounded…
CN Deja Vu
Yesterday morning on social media it was reported a southbound loaded grain train on the BNSF with three CN units for power was just leaving Arkansas City, Kansas heading to…
A Columbian ES44AC
Early on Friday the 18th my friend Troy Minnick who lives near the Wabtec/GE locomotive plant called to let me know they were getting ready to test a new ES44AC…
Worth Getting Out For
On Wednesday December 17th, I learned from social media that two Canadian National units were bringing 100 empty hopper cars south on the BNSF from storage on the Texas Northwestern…
Valentine’s Day Snow Storm
Last week one of my photos turned up on Pinterest after being cropped with the watermark removed and was innocently posted on Facebook's "Texas Railroad History" group. Welcome to the…
A Surprise On The Local
After spending time on the UP Baird Sub near the house on Monday and only catching two trains I went back on Wednesday, December 10th and had better results. Less…
Two Union Pacific PSR Trains
Early Monday December 7th I headed out to take Christmas boxes to the UPS Store, and afterwards I followed the UP Baird Sub west from Benbrook towards Aledo. As I…