Blog Posts

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Wordpress upgrades dictated that I had to redesign the FL9 website, so this is the new "look". To mark the occasion here is a trip back 14 years in time…

After I was up and about Monday morning, I learned that instead of heading south from Fort Worth overnight the vehicle train led by BNSF 5872 was just getting ready…

On the morning of Sunday September 13th I was notified that BNSF 5872 was leading a Wellington, Kansas to Pearland, Texas vehicle train passing Oklahoma City. The weather was overcast…