BNSF 6017 Makes a Quick Turn Around
After photographing BNSF 6017 on Monday heading south with a loaded coal train for the Houston area, this Wednesday morning found the now northbound empty train cycling back to the…
First 25th Anniversary Locomotive through Fort Worth
Yesterday September 7th marked Labor Day and the first visit of one of the BNSF's 25th Anniversary locomotives to the Fort Worth area. BNSF 6017 was leading a loaded coal…
Central of Georgia on a Rainy Afternoon
Yesterday afternoon September 1st an approaching cold front was generating a line of thunderstorms to the west of Fort Worth. I had learned earlier in the day that Norfolk Southern…
Hurricane Laura Version of Amtrak 21
Early Saturday morning August 29th I headed out for a friend's house north of Aledo to help him learn how to fly his new drone. On the way into Aledo…
The First of Ten
BNSF announced recently they would be releasing ten units specially decorated for the railroad's 25th Anniversary. The first unit, ES44C4 number 6111 was released from Mid America in Kansas City…
Saturday morning with Ethan
My friend Ethan Whetstone was in Fort Worth on Saturday August 22nd and I met him in the morning down south of Tower 55. As I have spent a lot…
All Union Pacific All Day
On Thursday August 20th I had photo work to do for a client near Hearne, Texas. I was headed in that direction when at 7:53 am I came across an…
Luminant Kosse Mine Railroad
Wednesday August 19th found me driving south to Bryan, TX to perform a photo assignment for a client the next day. It had been over a year since the last…
The Visitors Head Home
Well not all the way back to Canada, but as far as Iowa anyway leading an empty grain train from Eagle Pass back north up the BNSF Fort Worth Sub.…
Older Visitors From The North
Thursday August 13th dawned clear and relatively cool as I prepared for a purely railfan adventure. A loaded grain train from Iowa to the Mexican border crossing at Eagle Pass…