A long way from the mainlines of the Great Northern, this old soldier continues to earn its keep switching frac sand, crude oil, pipe, and other products of the Eagle Ford Oil Shale formation in s... (more)
FEC SD40-2 #710 leads train 109 south over the St. Lucie River. When on the FEC, I always look for shots with palm trees, as they seem to scream "You're in Florida" to me.
LIRC's local from Jeffersonville, IN heads for home after switching the cement plant in Speed, passing the 'plane on a stick' on its way south.
AUAR power passes power from a BNSF local that delivered cars to the AUAR interchnage via UP trackage rights.
A BNSF customer special lays over at the San Antonio Amtrak depot, far from its own rails and accessed only via trackage rights. The special will entertain industry representatives the next day r... (more)
Somebody at the UP power desk had a scarlet red heart and put together a nice trio of GE's, two still in patched SP paint, for this empty rock train heading toward San Antonio, TX. The train is c... (more)
AUAR power in their McNeil, TX yard on a Saturday afternoon/evening.
The Galveston Railroad Museum's Santa Fe F-Units depart the island via UP trackage.
Utah Railway power idles at their shops in Martin after switching cars at the Wildcat loadout.
A NOPB job works the small yard on the east side of town just south of the CSX interchange with a pair of veteran SW1500s and a MP1500D. Threatening storm clouds yielded a momentary sucker hole, ... (more)
A KCS trackage rights train heads through Flatonia, TX on its way to the former TexMex near Corpus Christi, TX.
Steam is awesome.
The Hill Country Flyer nears the end of its line at Burnet, descending from the highest elevation on the line at Summit.
The Southwest Chief passes some glorious fall foliage as it prepares to slow for its next station stop at Trinidad.
Long hood running on the Georgia Division no less.
