Just the day before, the BHZ from NP had this as part of 7 WP GP40/-2s brought in, and they were the beginning of the WP influx into Texas after the merger.

We had tickets to ride the train, but of course I had to get a roster of the lead unit as they were hostling the power. This was a spectacular trip; I recommend it highly! At night when they tak... (more)

The Wallisville Road side of Englewood was a safe haven of sorts for the SP fan in Houston, as it afforded public access to all outbound and switching operations: as long as you timed the poles an... (more)

Filed my taxes before coming down from Casper to the UP for a weekend of chasing Centennials over Sherman and to NP. It was cold. Cold. But you could hear this guy roaring from Colores all the w... (more)

Out of breath and getting dizzy, I managed to get this shot off before having to sit down; I was digging leaf fossils out of that bluff just to the left of the milepost sign, when I heard this guy... (more)

Having left Lometa at 1100, the crew of the Lometa to Brady, TX job is a few miles west of Hall, TX at 1730, underway at the blazing speed of 10 mph. It will take another hour and a half to reach ... (more)

Right out of the wash rack

On the ex-Santa Fe, waiting on the south side of Ponder was the northbound Z that would be the BNSF participant later on at Metro, waiting hanging out the south switch, due to the 4 crossings that... (more)

The REAL UP: hurry, hurry, HURRY! The shooter on the left has just completed their setout of 2 cars of "french fries" as the dispatcher called it, and another eastbounder is waiting to pull in af... (more)

We knew this scheme wouldn't last long so we were nailing the c### out of all the MP yellow we could get. The buffalos were mainstays in Houston so they were easy pickins.

After cutting off and turning on the wye, ES&NA 201 poses for photos.

Though I don't remember the exact date, I do recall that we saw this set at Bellville in the morning, but got involved with chasing the usual grain trains, coal trains and assorted joy riding up a... (more)

Quite a few years between the first and second units of this power set about to be serviced at Settegast.

A quick run to the mechanical foreman who was a friend of mine got these hostlers stopped in their tracks on the north end of the diesel shop; at this time this was the last U-boat in the eagle sc... (more)

Right place at the right time, as they were hostling units, with the hostlers within moments of coupling up this unit to SD somethings. Good thing my timing was right as I didn't have any bribe m... (more)