OCS Over The Brazos
Sunday October 19, 2025, dawned with full sun which aligned with my plan to photograph a southbound BNSF Officer Special on the bridge over the Brazos River south of Rio…
Enroute to Mexico
On Wednesday, October 15, 2025, I had received intel that a southbound BNSF freight had Eight new Wabtec ES44AC's painted for Tren Maya and heading to Mexico for delivery. I…
Red River Showdown 2025
The University of Texas first played the University of Oklahoma on a football field in 1900, and the annual game has been played every year since then. It was no…
More Drone Work
The previous day while flying the drone I had noticed a large body of water next to the UP Baird Sub just west of Aledo. It was bordered by homes…
Drone vs. Train Race
I was running an errand in Aledo on the morning of Saturday October 4, 2025 when the radio alerted me that an eastbound train that was too long to fit…
A Round Trip to Brenham
The afternoon of Saturday September 13, 2025 found Judy and I along with friend Harry Stinson from Nashville searching for BNSF trains passing through Brenham, Texas. We had driven down…
ZAILC With All NS Power
The previous post illustrated a ZAILC train on August 9th with three NS and one UP unit for power. On August 25th not only was the train pulled by three…
Illustrating a Possible Merger
Recently Union Pacific announced its intention to pursue a merger with Norfolk Southern to result in the country's first transcontinental railroad. It will take the STB at least a year…
UP’s CNW Heritage
Thanks to the railfan grapevine I was aware that an eastbound intermodal out of California that was heading my way on the Baird Sub on August 4th was led by…
Railfanning Cleburne
On July 7th, 2025, I drove down to Cleburne to visit with friend Jeremy Krauss who was riding Amtrak 22 up from Temple. Heading east on Highway 171from Cresson I…