A well worn UP 4996 waits for its next assignment at the former Southern Pacific Ennis Yard.
UP's Missouri-Kansas-Texas Heritage Locomotive was posed with UP's cooperation behind a patch of bluebonnet flowers in honor of the old M-K-T passenger train named the "Bluebonnet".
SSW B30-7 7780, SP B30-7 7819 and SP GP40-2 7616.
SSW (Cotton Belt) SD45T-2 9404, Milwaukee Road GP40 2014, SP SW1500 2753, and SP GP9 3785 at SP Yard Ennis, Texas. An original Kodachrome slide, from my collection.
SP EMD SD40T-2 8321. An original Kodachrome slide from my collection.
UP 844 slows for the whistlestop at Ennis, TX on its way SB through Texas.
The Union Pacific Valley Eagle arrives in Ennis Texas and is greeted by a nice brace of Texas's state flower, the bluebonnet.
Took the whole family out for this train chase. It was my youngest son's first train watching experience. He's 4 weeks old.
UP 844 pulls into the first whistle-stop of the day at Ennis, TX. A patch of bluebonnets in the foreground made for a nice contrast to the big Norhtern.
Arriving at Ennis yard
