First Z train of the day glides past the Farmers Coop Elevator in "downtown" Oklaunion at 0904.

The Marshall local makes a dash for Marshall to clear up for a parade of northbounds behind two rebuilt GP28s with neat histories, both rebuilt by BN from former (ex-CB&Q) GP9s.

Due to many tunnel motors in the shops for electrical issues, SD-M 316 (ex-SD18 186, built 4/60) found itself on the point of Fairlane loads bound for the lake. Shown struggling in the 8th notch ... (more)

Two Dash 9s (one cooler than the other) pull bare tables away from US 287 to cross the Pease River a few miles west of Vernon, TX at 1312.

Three tunnel motor rebuilds - 415, 413, and 405 - sound awesome while striding limestone empties out of the Cloquet River basin at the Bear Trap Road curve. The 415 was isolated, though. :-(

The U-BWWPEA strides through the agri-industrial remnants of Cameron at 1107.

One of today's Hill Jobs, powered by SD38-2 209 (built 3/75), SD38AC 203 (built 6/71), and SD40-3 410 (ex-HATX SD45T-2 930, nee-SP 6771, SP 9200, built 3/72) pull limestone empties onto the BN to ... (more)

A westbound Maersk/Yang Ming stacker glides past the West Texas Utilities Spur west of Oklaunion behind Warbonnet Dash 9 686, sister 4190, CSX SD40-2 8070 (ex-FLS/L&N), and Yellowbonnet SD40-2 674... (more)

Behind 6500hp of EMD love, local 151 roars west through Lubbock Jct. at 1528, after making a setout at Canyon. Today's power is SD40-2 7143 (ex-BN 7143, built early '79) and GP50 3205 (ex-ATSF 38... (more)

The Z train is doing all of the 60 mph track speed as the 12,800 HP of the GEs rattle the derelict elevators of Electra. Time - 1154

Three GEs drag an Alliance-bound Z train out of the Pease River Valley up into Vernon at 1113.

Due to many tunnel motors in the shops for electrical issues, SD-M 316 found itself on the point of 138 loads out of Fairlane bound for the lake. My first experience of pacing a 567 at speed on a... (more)

A .31% grade is giving 13,200hp all it can handle as the grain loads are at a crawl about halfway up the 250 foot westward climb from just east of Olustee to Quanah. Time is 1708.

The daily Northtown-Laurel manifest accelerates west from Willmar behind a handsome SD40-2 and two very appropriate 'run-through' cousins (264 and 322). The third unit's 20 cylinders sounded grea... (more)

Bare tables move east behind Warbonnet power at 50 mph at 1258.