Can you smell the paint? Looks sharp, every detail, including the horn, receiving attention.....wait; doh...missed a spot...cab awning!. Roster sniper's secret tool is displayed here also.... ... (more)

He was slowing down, and I was soooo hoping he would stop, and he did: gotcha! And then I realized that while I got one of my best rosters of a Jack, I sacrificed getting him on the "other side" ... (more)

Unusual visitor to these parts.

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)

Having physically breathed it's last breath only hours before, coolants and fluids have just been drained and shop forces are going through and making this old warrior "ready for burial". Sad, sa... (more)

Boy, was I ever just enjoying the show during the last days of the Big Jacks. Every day was a good day whenever I was able to get any train with one in the consist. It really didn't matter what ... (more)

Man, you talk about last shooting light of the day, and Wyoming claims the prize. If I recall this correctly, it is close to 730PM and I was about to call it a day and go get my customary banana ... (more)

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

Dodging southbound trains all night from Spring northward, this train is about to meet yet another coal train before making it in to Fort Worth.

Coming off the renovated portion of the CNW "Cowboy", about to turn north and head to the Powder River with empty coal hoppers, 2 CNW SD40-2s and 2 UP U30Cs poke in and out of typical-for-the-seas... (more)

Power for an eastbound to the CNW at Fremont is being moved to the train under the watchful eyes of 'ole Tex; this passenger era remnant is being added to the point to pilot an otherwise solid CNW... (more)

After sitting on the paint shop lead on a cold morning, MP 6030 with a GP18, another SD40 and a B23-7 are throttled up for movement to the servicing tracks.

WP GP40-2 3557 and MP SD40-2 3131 share the load test tracks at Centennial on a cold winter night.

Just an otherwise normal spring snowstorm to liven up an otherwise perfect day chasing Centennials on borrowed time. Normally on this bridge you would be able to see Cheyenne in the distance, but... (more)

Some smoke for the photographers, some due to Archer Hill, it makes for a nice show on an otherwise gloomy day.