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I try to make these blog posts in chronological order, but then I get busy with work or family and fall behind. I was asked today by friend Mike Harbour…

Sunday July 31st in 2022 was the last day of my return trip from Arizona and I was eastbound out of Fort Sumner shortly after sunrise. I planned to do…

I finished my assigned work in Arizona on Friday, so Saturday morning July 30th I started back home to Texas with the intention of staying in Fort Sumner Saturday night.…

On Friday July 29th in Flagstaff, I got up early to do some work for a client. As I was ready to leave my room I checked on Amtrak Train…

When I got up on Thursday February 28th at 7:00 am, I checked on the eastbound Amtrak Southwest Chief and saw it was running several hours late and would arrive…

On Wednesday, July 27th after work in Arizona I encountered a westbound freight on the Phoenix Sub as it was leaving Ash Fork. I quickly drove a few miles south…

The next morning Tuesday, July 26th I left Fort Sumner early and drove around 275 miles before I paused for my first photos of the day. I was tracking the…

On Monday, July 25th in 2022 I left home near Aledo, TX to begin a two day drive to Flagstaff, AZ to do some work for a customer. My goal…

I was back out the next day on Friday July 15th, this time closer to home at Iona Siding where a UP maintenance of way train was working at picking…

The next day on July 14th I learned there was a UP track inspection car running between Sweetwater and Fort Worth over the Baird Sub near the house. I got…