Those look like water tanks for steam locomotives.

Cotton Belt SD45 9060 at the SP Yards of El Paso, waiting for a new job

An WB freight disturbs the birds and crosses the Rio Grande west of town.

A WB train arrives in the area passing at interchange for the sprawling base, a favorite site for exercises involving rail delivered equipment.

A nice looking rebuild.

My day for riding with the Army civilian switching crew in their leased SW-1500 was cut short after an hour or so by a broken radiator hose.

In the late 80s many Army units deployed to Ft. Bliss for exercises. The small Army units were not adequate to switch the large cars so the facility leased some SP "big" units. This one is here ... (more)

In the vast wilderness between El Paso and Bensen. AZ we find many curves bringing the front of the train into view. We are approaching another mountain range but it will a long time before our tr... (more)

UP 7607 East waits at El Paso Yard's west end as a westbound stack train leaves town.

UP 7607 East waits near the west end of the yard (next to I-10) for its turn to depart El Paso. The headlight of an opposing train lights up the face of 7607.

One of the people in the foreground is the engineer on the run from Maricopa to El Paso - he will see a lot of night running and the final miles into El Paso with the sun in his eyes.

At the time this photo was taken, El Paso's streetcar line had been gone almost 20 years. The cars were stored in hopes of reopening the line but it never happened. Most of the cars stored outside... (more)

An on-time Sunset Limited during its station stop at El Paso, TX.

This was my engine on the El Paso roadswitcher. We were runnin' at 49mph when this rig pulled out in front of us and stopped on the grade crossing then the truck exploded when we hit him. The he... (more)