Westbound stack train on the Eagle Lake branch calling ahead for a rock train at Eagle Lake to hurry up and move. The branch was used as an overflow around the single track Sunset main through Ro... (more)

The hordes of Smithers Lake coal trains usually had mostly BN power, so to catch one with all ATSF was a catch indeed. What you see: nice train coming out of a curve. What you DON'T see: that gr... (more)

BN Cicero hostlers gave me a birthday present (1/19/61) this day with a move that stopped that B unit right where I was waiting for a dinky to come by. I couldn't have planned it better myself.

The first unit of CN's 200 unit order from GE Transportation undergoes validation testing on the GE Fort Worth test track at Justin, TX.

Nice shot of a grizzled veteran of the coal fields waiting for the next assignment somewhere on BN, right? No, we're at Hanna, Wyoming on the UP, stumbling across this nice treat just sitting chu... (more)

Beginning of the last hurrah for the pooches.

What's wrong with this ex ATSF S4? Give up? Look at the cab; when cab was destroyed after grain elevator collapse, they just rebuilt what they could and ran with it!

Often the 195/196 trains would be yarded and the power used for yard switching for the duration. A nice pair graced the 195 this day and tied up on the lead that led to the old roundhouse.

Kissin'cousins. In their last days, UP 6918 and 6943 show many years of dashing across the Overland Route.

An unusual on time departure for #2 this morning, about to go underneath the University of Houston on the passenger main of the SP.

A third Roy Hill unit was just released from GE-FW today, shown here at Harmonson Rd. in Justin, TX, on it's first ever run and first validation run for the day.

This unit later repainted to become A&M 60

CCRCL=Control Car, Remote Control Locomotive. Ex UP B30-7 217. These are very hard to adjust in photoshop! Scotchlight numbers framed by dark grey make it look like focus is off; arrghhh!