One of the best trains to gun for was the Conway to Houston Conrail interchange train. Though usually an afternoon train, delays upwind would occasionally drag it down to an AM arrival. Today's ... (more)

Only a few months old, it is already showing the beginnings of the classic SP grime.

Though I don't remember the exact date, I remember the setting well. I was actually catching a zzz or two after coming off of a night of hauling UP and Belt crews all over creation around Houston... (more)

1 emergency mad dash to Target, purchase two last rolls of Kodachrome 25 in the bin after seeing this come out of the shed - $10.20. 1 flat repair from tire blowout on the way to said Target - $5... (more)

Milby Street always seemed to be the place where you had the most chance to find a golden egg (after the SP Hardy Street shops). Today's find is an F45 as the east unit and an FP45 as the west u... (more)

What a difference 3 years makes. When this photo was taken, a slobbering 27 year old GE fan was excited to get another death series U23B in prime light. Three years later in this same town, a 30... (more)

Though I don't remember the exact date, I do recall that we saw this set at Bellville in the morning, but got involved with chasing the usual grain trains, coal trains and assorted joy riding up a... (more)

Oh, how I wanted to play "Let's Make a Deal" with the outbound crew about to get on at the yard office and set out the remotes! That 8753 kodachrome as the second unit was just knawing at me and ... (more)

Ex Soo 6357, nee MILW 191, starting to get the trademark SP grime.

Weary from the toils of the WGRF fall blast in Chicago, we ventured up to the north woods to see what we could find of the SOO and GBW. What greets us in Stevens Point was a sight for sore and sl... (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)

"Take 'em to roundhouse track 9" were the favorite words to hear when cutting off units in Bellville in the morning, as it was the fav spot for nailing the big stuff.

Manchester was a prime spot to catch grain train power laying over after delivering to the south side Port of Houston elevators. Photography releases could be obtained from the PTRA offices in Un... (more)

Typical hot and humid south Texas railfanning. Having eyed this set all afternoon amongst 3 other power sets laying over, we waited until the outbound crew of the 545 started out of the e/f, wanti... (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)