Santa Claus is coming to town

Overcast morning skies gave way to afternoon blue skies, just as Fort Worth and Western's Cresson Turn began their southbound trek. The locomotives notch up as they cross the Clear Fork Trinity Ri... (more)

PTRA's Port 150 job crosses Brays Bayou as it heads toward North Yard.

The Fort Worth and Western Railroad and BNSF Railway put together a VIP train ride for their employees which ran on FWWR rails from Fort Worth, TX to Cresson, TX. Here, the train crosses a trestle... (more)

KCS 4039 leads a southbound stacker over the Neches River and into downtown Beaumont.

Having left Lometa at 1100, the crew of the Lometa to Brady, TX job is a few miles west of Hall, TX at 1730, underway at the blazing speed of 10 mph. It will take another hour and a half to reach ... (more)

Mission River crossing
A northbound Kansas City Southern freight crosses the Mission River at Refugio, Texas, on March 14, 2013.

A northbound Kansas City Southern freight crosses the Mission River at Refugio, Texas, on March 14, 2013.

A Union Pacific train heads east across the Clear Fork of the Trinity River.

A westbound light engine move of 19 units heads toward Los Angeles from Texas. It consisted of a good mix of SD70Ms, AC44s, SD70ACes, a single CSX C40-8W, and a trio of SD60Ms.

Grapevine 4-6-0 No. 2248, known as "Puffy" by the railroad, crosses the trestle over Big Bear Creek in Colleyville on its way to the Fort Worth Stockyards. While not as impressive as 611... (more)

A structure sure to stand the test of time carries a westbound train over the Colorado River. The wooden trestle that once stood here caught fire and collapsed in May of 2013, leaving the future o... (more)

The Galveston Railroad Museum special nears the end of its journey as it runs next to the bay, approaching the causeway that serves as the sole rail access to Galveston Island.

A northbound UP freight traverses the old MP bridge across Onion Creek in the waning minutes of light on a gorgeous summer day.