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In June of 2024, Amtrak provided some interesting moments worth photographing. On June 9th, 2024, the Heartland Flyer was celebrating 25 years of Heartland Flyer Service between Fort Worth and…

Those words gleaned from social media regarding a westbound intermodal that would traverse the UP Baird Subdivision close to home on May 25, 2024, had me getting my camera equipment…

While running errands in Fort Worth on the morning of May 25th, 2024, I caught sight of a southbound BNSF freight with ten locomotives pulling down to Tower 55. The…

Three transit agencies in Texas made up of Denton Transit Authority's "A-Train"; Trinity Merro's "TEXRail" and Capital Metro's "Mertrorail" are already using Stadler's FLIRT (Fast Light Intercity and Regional Train)…

Back in 2009, not long after the startup of the Trinity Railway Express, seven Canadian ex-GO Transit F59PH's were purchased to pull commuter trains between Dallas and Fort Worth. Two…

On May 14th, 2024, I was driving along Aledo Road less than ten minutes from home when I spotted a patch of Indian Blanket wildflowers a few feet from the…

Two daily trains that do not stop at any of the intermediate stations on the Trinity Railway Rxpress between Dallas Fort Worth are Amtrak's Texas Eagles. Up until several years…

My young friend Zane Ferguson celebrated his 17th birthday on Sunday April 21st. Zane is a fan of Trinity Metro, the organization that provides public transportation services for Tarrant County,…

When I went to bed in Catoosa Friday night there was more rain due before morning, and it was not supposed to clear up until Saturday afternoon. However, when I…

I had not set an alarm, but I woke up exactly at 7:00 am on Friday March 8th. It had rained overnight but the sky was clear outside my west…