1 to 3 cars usually being the norm for this lonely train, it pokes along at times less than 10 mph headed back home to Casper. Working as a consultant for Exxon at the time, a usual field locatio... (more)

His caboose just out of the siding at Bridger, this Smithers Lake empty is about to throttle up and start around the curve toward Orin Jct. and head up for another loadout.

Running out of film again, and Park Lane Hobbies being closed for some reason, was zooming over the yard and saw these 2 GP30s with headlight on. So after finding some K64 in the ghetto at somepl... (more)

One of the best trains to gun for was the Conway to Houston Conrail interchange train. Though usually an afternoon train, delays upwind would occasionally drag it down to an AM arrival. Today's ... (more)

After spending a night at Moody Gardens with my son's cub scout troop, got real sick and was heading home, but not too sick to stop over and get this. Boy was I sick....

Only a few months old, it is already showing the beginnings of the classic SP grime.

Though I don't remember the exact date, I remember the setting well. I was actually catching a zzz or two after coming off of a night of hauling UP and Belt crews all over creation around Houston... (more)

Talk about a grizzled veteran! That there was still a U30C in eagle paint by this time was uncommon in itself. Though it was not the best of light, got with my buds and "convinced" them to stop ... (more)

On one of my infrequent trips from Casper to the Denver area (I'm not 100% sure of the location here; maybe someone can help with that smokestack landmark), I was wanting to get some of the newer ... (more)

The BN coal biz was still burgeoning at this time, with the CNW/UP's entrance still in the future. But even then, the coal traffic was constant. Here an empty heads for Marsland and the east sid... (more)

If this was a "where is it", every photographer in the southwest during the 70s and 80s would get this right away. The Frank Kent Cadillac sign was just as much a landmark in downtown Fort Worth ... (more)

1 emergency mad dash to Target, purchase two last rolls of Kodachrome 25 in the bin after seeing this come out of the shed - $10.20. 1 flat repair from tire blowout on the way to said Target - $5... (more)

The SP between Houston and Hempstead was a haven for catching lower quad semaphores in Texas; the large majority of the block signals between Cypress and Hempstead hung on 'till the end. On our w... (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)

Already at track speed a few miles west out of Clovis, the engineer has pinched it down a notch or two letting the speed drop just a tad to 60, for the 60mph equilateral at Melrose, at the time on... (more)