UP 5627 brings the RCODA south into Saginaw moments before crossing over both BNSF Fort Worth Sub mains

BNSF 5932 fresh out of the Alliance yard brings the S ALTLHG onto the Wichita Falls Sub on the opening leg of its 1400+ mile trip to the ports of Long Beach

BNSF 8532 leads the C BKMSLP off the Wichita Falls Sub en route to its crew change point at the Saginaw Yard

BNSF 262 leads the daily Y NYF307 yard transfer down into Saginaw. This particular train was once a favorite amongst railfans across DFW thanks to the pair of Santa Fe warbonnets (632 & 698) that ... (more)

The Katy Heritage rolls through Saginaw.

Today the engineer runs The Katy Heritage on his last day of employment. Tomorrow is retirement. Congratulations!

Grain train south

SAGINAW TX June 4 1978 — BN (CS) SD7 814 awaits a call to duty. EMD built the unit in February 1953. The SD7 is sub-lettered for Colorado and Southern. It was renumbered to 6074 before being ret... (more)

The Attebury Grain Elevator (largest in the state of Texas, providing capacities of 21 million bushels) stands tall as a Union Pacific Vehicle train with One locomotive passes by. The train looks ... (more)

They look pretty good, and they were often free but the "Truck Engined Switchers" we feared didn't work out for most and such an assemblage is now very difficult to find.

BNSF 1230 has seen better days as it rusts in the Texas sun back in August, 2017. Not sure if this diesel has been scrapped since then.

Union Pacific's 1881, a long nose SD40N leads a unit train on the Duncan Sub at Saginaw, Tx. This unit originally built as unit 3102 (SD 40-2) features a Snoot nose which are 116'' long as compar... (more)

Photo by unknown. From my collection.

SAGINAW TX June 25 1979 — Rock Island GP38-2 4320 (Arkansas) and UP 3470 are at the head end of a mixed freight. The crew has cut the crossing. My photo.

SAGINAW TX (February) 1986 — Burlington Northern GP40-2s 3049 and 3047 handle a mixed freight. Both are former St.Louis San Francisco locomotives. My photo.