Portrait in profile. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.
I would have liked to hear these pulling a big train. Photo by F. David Petke. From my collection.
While a light rain falls through the late evening air, UP 2571 leads a westbound intermodal past the Longview Amtrak Station while baggage for the northbound Texas Eagle waits in the foreground (a... (more)
Unexpected bedfellows rub shoulders in Longview, TX, as Amtrak GG-1 4906 is enroute to Fair Park in Dallas to join the Age of Steam Museum collection. The GG-1 was traded by the National New York ... (more)
Departing the Texas & Pacific yard in Longview, Texas, is a train led by Missouri Pacific GP38 856, MP GP18 430 and T&P GP9 398. This view, taken on March 3rd, 1973, shows a yard full of "cl... (more)
UP Q-train: Eagle Pass TX to North Little Rock AR.
A surprise guest on the back of the ZLAMN comes up as the UP 2010 BSA unit as it meets the daily MLIFW train. The crew just performed a roll-by is is climbing back for their slow trip to Fort Wort... (more)
The daily MLIFW starts its slow trip to Fort Worth after meeting the ZLAMN.
Just another rebuild.
5 baby boats! Very rare by this time to see this many old GEs in a solid lashup in Texas.
A high-powered stack train departs Longview on its way to the East.
On an extremely humid evening in East Texas, a pair of locomotives sit quietly at Longview's small engine facility.
NS 9335 West descends a hogback in Longview with a long string of new tankcars.
