Texas State Railroad mikado no. 30 passes by milepost 5 which is between Fairchild Hill and Maydelle Country Wines.

Picking up orders. A hot-shot freight, headed up by Tremont & Gulf Mikado #30, sails past depot in Maydelle, TX on its eastbound run as the crew picks up orders on the fly. This is probabl... (more)

Grabbing orders. Here's a close-in view of a TRG #30 cab crew member grabbing train orders from a hoop, as his locomotive runs past the station platform at Maydelle, TX, without stopping. ... (more)

Maydelle after dark. Our 2019 Lerro Productions Charter at the Texas State Railroad started with some daylight runbys at the Maydelle Depot, simulating a freight picking up orders on the fl... (more)

We don't like foamers here, son. Now git! When our Lerro Productions photo freight stopped at the concrete trestle over Tailes Creek, just a couple of miles west of Maydelle, our leader, P... (more)

Crossing the Neches Flood Plain. Tremont & Gulf Mikado #30 traverses the 1,100 ft. long, concrete trestle over the Neches River at Milepost 13.7 on the Texas State Railroad. This is the l... (more)

Just passing through. Tremont & Gulf Mikado #30 rolls slowly past the little depot in Maydelle, TX as her crew picks up orders for the next segment of her run toward Rusk. Although not his... (more)

Starry, starry night...

Bound for Rusk, Texas, 2-8-2 No. 30 makes a brief station stop at Maydelle on a clear and starry night. Follow Railroad: Texas State Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Maydelle, Texas, USA
Locomotive #: TSRR 30
Train ID: Lerro Charter
Photo Date: April 28, 2019

Tremont & Gulf Rwy photo from my collection - featuring 2-8-2 No. 30, captured somewhere along the line in Northern Louisiana.

Louisiana's former Tremont & Gulf Railway Mikado No. 30 working the "new" Texas State Railroad - sometime between the early 1950's and April 28th, 2019.

The original Texas State Railroad, foun... (more)

A station agent at Maydelle holds out a hoop with train orders for the engineer of Texas State Railroad's 2-8-2 No. 30. The engineer (not in view) will lean out and grab the paperwork on the fly ... (more)

Texas State Railroad 2-8-2 No. 30, an oil-burner, makes a late night appearance in Maydelle, TX, leading a freight bound for Rusk. A station agent awaits with train orders as the engineer (not in... (more)

TSR's former Tremont & Gulf Mikado marches into Maydelle, TX with a vintage freight consist during a Pete Lerro photo charter.

Southern Pine Lumber #28 passes the depot at Maydelle as part of the photographers' special. While not an era-appropriate truck, it is a reminder that this depot is still a railroad utilized stru... (more)