Westbound grain train out of Delhi, LA, is back on the move out of Gibsland after meeting the MSHAR/IZLCATI there. The train is 34 miles to the beginning of the Shreveport Terminal. Gibsland is a ... (more)

Mother Nature definitely let all the moisture out of the sky in heavy lunchtime thunderstorms. There was plenty of water on the ground as this grain empty begins slowly working north on the Beaumo... (more)

The KCS Business Train toured the Beaumont Sub enroute to Shreveport on May 4th. The weather this day made things interesting and train traffic moving slowly. This hotshot would have to meet a loa... (more)

One thing in my KCS travels I hadn't seen yet was a KCS intermodal train. So a nice treat was this Monterrey, MX, to NS stacker northbound on the Beaumont Sub. At Shreveport the train will tune th... (more)

This Monterrey, MX, to NS stacker is northbound on the Beaumont Sub. At Shreveport the train will tune the corner and head east on the Meridian Speedway. For now the train makes good time as it ro... (more)

A boater is busy getting ready to go out and enjoy the day on the Caddo Lake. He said jokingly don't let anyone at work know he was here! We have to keep it our little secret.:-) Even though I to... (more)

This loaded grain train has seen the sites at Frierson this morning. Even though Frierson is 8100 feet siding that wasn't enough for them not to have to do a saw-by to meet 2 trains. The grain tra... (more)

This loaded grain train has seen the sites at Frierson this morning. Even though Frierson is 8100 feet siding that wasn't enough for this grainer not to do a saw-by to meet 2 trains. The grain tra... (more)

The weather in Louisiana was interesting on May 4th, 2021. We started out in sun but by the time lunchtime rolled around Mother Nature was wringing the skies out of all the humidity. Heavy thunder... (more)

The railroad is a 24 hour operation, as shown here as the blue hour sets in at sunset. Meanwhile Mechanical stays busy working on locomotives at the big KCS facility in Shreveport. Rumor has it th... (more)

Just another weekday with a train running down the street in Gretna, LA.

Train HYGB crosses over Harvey Canal Number One, which connects the Mississippi River to the Intracoastal Waterway and is lined with barge shipping & maintenance facilities.

Job 82 returns from CN with a short 20 car train, crossing over one of many drainage canals in the region.

The St Charles Streetcar has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operated streetcar line in the world, first opened in 1835. The line uses equally historic trolleys built in 1923-24 ... (more)