Small power for a big road. Santa Fe GE 44-ton switcher 467 didn’t have drawbars but rather steel plates for shoving 2-axle buggies of green cross ties into pressurized creosote cylinders at t... (more)
Unsure of the date, but we heard this power set bring a train off the Conroe district as we were zooming up and down the Santa Fe between Bellville and Temple, so we planned accordingly to get bac... (more)
Never knew what would come in off the Conroe district and tie up at Somerville. Whatever the treasure, it would stay all day, so when we blew through in the AM we would shoot the east side, and t... (more)
Big power off the Conroe District. Empty grain trains from Beaumont would tie up here and power sets would get fueled. A wary eye is on the mainline as this photo was taken as there was a loaded... (more)
A little er, "convincing" to the employee resulted in the previously front coupled kodachrome to magically become un-front coupled. Hell, what else were we going to spend that hard earned money o... (more)
Ex TP&W 2002, one of 6 of the Tip-up's GP38-2s to get the "shouldn't have painted so fast" scheme. Should've seen the artistry that grizzled looking engineer worked on that yard job. Kicking car... (more)
One of the few GP20s in Kodachrome colors
ATSF + BN + BNSF on what used to be train 545 in Santa Fe times
Empty grain train from Galveston
Northbound empty rock train enters the Galveston Sub through newly constructed CP 1413, also known as CTC Somerville. SD45-2 6470 leads sister 6477 and SD40-2 6755.
