Just minutes after midnight on a clear July 10, 2022, a southbound manifest freight train breaks the stillness of night at the north end of Watts siding in Watts, OK. The train would divert into t... (more)
Metro 1 dodger leaving Dallas yard going to work the White Rock branch
Morning fog slowly burns off as an eastbound KCS train enters Mississippi as it crosses its namesake river.
The GE and the Western Star. Meridian may be my favorite railfan spot in the Deep South. Here a brand spanking new municipal dump truck witnesses the arrival of a one-unit eastbound freight.
A westbound stack train is headed for the “Racetrack” to Texas.
Yard engines at idle
The Denton Dodger entering yard limits returning back to base at Wylie yard
The Denton Dodger returning to home base aka Wylie World.
The ATDA2 arrived Wylie World
Obviously renumbered not so long ago. Apparently the “self steering” GE trucks didn’t work out as the ES series has dropped them. I like that complicated look.
A rare Big Mac leads "The Deuce"
Yard switcher du jour.
101 have cut away from there train and heading to the house tracks
204 job with boxcars from Dallas yard arriving Wylie yard limits
Yard engines are waiting the call of duty
Stars & Stripes
101 crossing Hwy 75 eastbound
204 job arriving Wylie World passing the Whataburger
Ex BNSF Dash-9W's still in storage and wheels not turning.
Sunday morning 101 eastbound with a heavy train around 582 axles.
The 204 job making another rare daylight appearance seen here at Wylie yard limits with the Eco Twins.
KCS 4117 on the point running westbound run from Wylie Intermodal Terminal to Metro JCT down jointed rail.
ATDA2 with the Stars & Stripes veteran unit leading
CP Train 375 slows as it nears the LaCrescent Yard. The Conductor is waiting to visually inspect the switch on the south leg of the wye before the train heads through the yard onto the CP River S... (more)
KCS MKCSZ07 passes the old Imperial Sugar complex in aptly named Sugar Land, TX. I remember the mill being open during my first couple visits to Houston in the early 2000's.