An Afternoon at Grandview
Thursday February 8th was a warm and sunny day so I decided to take advantage of the second day of the Amtrak detour and catch trains 22 and especially 21…
Four Trains and a Funeral
On the afternoon of Wednesday February 7th I headed towards Mansfield to attend the funeral of the niece of a long-time friend. Thanks to other friends I was aware that…
Sand and a Surprise
On Monday January 29th I had my camera with me while running a few errands around Fort Worth. When I was done I headed home along Vickery Avenue paralleling UP…
A Fresh Repaint to End the Day
On Saturday January 27th my wife needed to work at her office for a few hours in the morning. I drove her in and after dropping her off I went…
A Pleasant Sunny Day
While we have had a few sunny days since the first of the year most of them have been too cold to want to get out to photograph except for…
Riding the Christmas Train
When I woke up on Thursday November 30th I never would have guessed when I went to sleep that night it would be on a passenger train instead of back…
Working in Oklahoma City
When I awoke in my room on the Trinchera Pass Friday morning December 1st we were parked in BNSF's Flynn Yard just south of Oklahoma City. I closed the blinds,…
Waking up in Missouri
I finished the nightly photo upload to BNSF before we reached Guthrie on the first leg of our overnight jaunt to Springfield, Missouri. There was a full moon out again…
Christmas in Kansas City
After the event in Springfield on the evening of Saturday, December 2nd I worked on my photo processing as we moved out of the yard and started northwest on the…
Last Day of This Great Trip
Monday December 4th was the last official day of the BNSF 2017 "Holiday Express" and we had one more trip to make in the late afternoon. Returning from Kansas City…