Today, the derail wins. Crews with the crane service work on getting the locomotive back on the rails.

Pushing through a sea of high weeds and thorned mesquite, an outbound train of wheat and sand slowly creeps down the main track.

The freshly painted "Spirit of the Union Pacific" spotted at Sunset Station in San Antonio for the official unveiling ceremony. The locomotive arrived to San Antonio covered in a tarp displaying U... (more)

A Brandt Peterbilt shoves loads of ties toward a MOW crew unloading from a Union Pacific bus. Note the extended mirrors, horn, front knuckle and brake pipe air hose on the truck.

The West Texas & Lubbock Railroad was in a power shortage, so parent company Iowa Pacific Holdings sent locomotives from the SLRG to help out. The locomotive has come a long way from the cold Main... (more)

The SCBOC-07 crosses the state line out of Kansas into Oklahoma just as the sun breaks through the storms.

Not what you might expect a railcar shop to resort to for air. Note the air line down the nose from the construction trailer air compressor mounted on the unit. Must have been a chore to refuel th... (more)

A nicely dressed GP15-1 sporting a pair of spark arrestors catches some evening sun.

The local switch job has finished spotting empties and pulling loads from the "sand hole" with 9525 and 412. It has pulled up to the yard and tied down along side the road train that has arrived f... (more)

Road slug SLRG 457 and power unit SLRG 455 prepare to depart to Seagraves, TX on the West Texas & Lubbock Railroad. These units, along with SLRG 456/245, were sent to WTLC to help with a power sho... (more)

A Railserve DUAL LEAF genset built for the Trans-Gabon Railway in Africa catches some morning sun at the Austin Western Abbott Yard.

A long way from home, PHL 81 tests on BNSF in Texas.

The freshly painted "Spirit of the Union Pacific" heads out of downtown San Antonio following the official unveiling ceremony held at Sunset Station. The locomotive arrived to San Antonio covered ... (more)

A watchful eye covers the rear as BNSF 4000 leads an officer special into Fort Worth.

Big power leads a former L&N GP38AC and a few cars south toward Eunice, NM on the main track. Such power seems a bit oversized for the light jointed rail and soft roadbed as it wobbles by at 10mph... (more)