Union Pacific 'Big Big' No. 4014 climbs up the grade after making a 45 minute stop at Langtry.

Union Pacific 'Big Boy' No. 4014 thunders through a remote cut just west of Sierra Blanca, TX.

In the last light of day, KCSM 4567 races south with a loaded grain train bound for Mexico through the small town of Odem, TX.

BLE 909 makes it's way to Proctor, MN through the scenic countryside with a short local in tow.

Bessemer & Lake Erie 904 is out of RC yard duty on an empty ore train bound for MinnTac from Two Harbors. This day was particularly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms in the area but with sheer l... (more)

Under angry skies, CN 5349 leads an empty limestone train out of Kelsey with a BLE SD40T-3 second out.

NS 9502 leads ASPBVR out of Victoria, Texas

BC Rail 4642 sitting on a rip track near the Bloomington Yard office.

On the last day of the late former President George H. W. Bush's funeral procession, Union Pacific did the honors of giving President Bush his final ride to College Station where he will soon be b... (more)

HSB 7239-9 Rests at Drei Annen Hohne after bringing a train from Werginerode. The crew is seen here loading the 2-10-2 tank locomotive with water before it's trip to Brocken.

UP 7771 brings an empty coal train through Nursery, TX at restricted speed following a manifest into Thomaston Siding with the evening sunlight giving great light for the North bounder.

KCS 4579 along with another repainted KCSM belle unit, thunder south at track speed through the quiet town of Banquete, TX with a lengthy manifest in tow. I grew up with the "Grey Ghost"... (more)

BNSF 3910 brings a southbound manifest out of Corpus using the ex Texas Mexican yard lead through Violet, Texas. Much of the line still retains the original joined rail laid by TM.

KCS 4814 awaits a fresh crew in the now triple tracked Spear Siding just outside the Robstown Interlockers. I originally had no intentions of photographing trains that day until I saw the sunset. ... (more)

KCS 4624 leads a southbound grain train through downtown Victoria, TX.