A Martin Lake empty coal train has a good roll on them as they pass thru De Queen with a KCS leader. The train is at D&E Connection between north and south De Queen. This control point is jacked u... (more)

I believe these Martin Lake BNSF coal trains do not get loop at the plant when they are unloaded? So once in awhile the extra DP power put on at Pittsburg, leads the empties back north. As is the ... (more)

Unfortunately the road was closed back to this bridge over the Little River between Wilton and Horaito on the KCS Shreveport Sub. With seconds to spare I got this 2nd KC to Shreveport freight as t... (more)

Probably something that could be seen alot more in the near future if the CP and the KCS get their wish. This is the DP power on the back a rock train that has just arrived at its destination at H... (more)

A 1x2 powered rock has just arrived at its destination at Hatton on the Shreveport Sub. The train is slowing up to let the conductor off so they can shove around the north leg of the wye. The trai... (more)

A southbound KC to Shreveport freight pulls into the siding at De Queen to do work. The train is working down the Shreveport Sub towards Shreveport still 120 miles ahead. At De Queen the KCS inter... (more)

Some may recognize this photo from March Trains magazine, this was my 1st cover shot! The Rich Mountain area on the KCS Shreveport Sub is a well known location. The KCS goes up around the Quach... (more)

The Rich Mountain area on the KCS Shreveport Sub is a well known location. The KCS goes up around the Quachita Mountains near the Oklahoma/Arkansas Stateline. Kind of an unusual KCS freight train ... (more)

2 GE's are just beginning the hard shove on the back of this grain train as they dig into the 1% grade towards Rich Mountain. 4 GE's will fight gravity for the next 20 miles as they climb from 538... (more)

The KCS south of Heavener on the Shreveport Sub is some cool railroading!! The railroad makes the 45 mile climb over the Ouachita Mountains along the Oklahoma/Arkansas boarder. Here a 98 car loade... (more)

The KCS south of Heavener on the Shreveport Sub is some cool railroading!! The railroad makes the 45 mile climb over the Ouachita Mountains along the Oklahoma/Arkansas boarder. Here a 98 car loade... (more)

The westbound Artesia to Shreveport freight rolls pass the siding at Gibsland. The train is 34 miles to the beginning of the Shreveport Terminal. Gibsland is a 9,466 foot siding at MP 127.2 on the... (more)

A loaded grain train, 2x1 Dp-d, passes over the Quachita River in downtown Monroe as they work west on the Vicksburg Sub. They are following a slow moving MARSH. They both met the hot IDAAT here a... (more)

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)