Cresson Turn westbound

Rebuilds right out of the paint booth

Four big units have just cut off from their train at the receiving yard. Meanwhile, two sets of remote-control EMDs prepare to pull trains out of the receiving yard and then push them over the hum... (more)

On the morning of July 4, 2008, UP 4141 leads a southbound freight past Ney Yard on its way to the Midlothian Sub.

Santa Fe EMD GP7R 2226, 2082 at Fort Worth, Texas. An original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

After coming from Grapevine, the ex-Santa Fe geep pushes the train out of the Fort Worth Stockyards before heading south to the 8th avenue yard.

With two main line tracks occupied a bit south of Tower 60, a northbound grain empty flashes past us on the track that leads to the ex-Katy line now known as the "Choctaw Sub."

AC44Cn AC conversion leader

DP engine Northbound KCS detour on the BNSF

Four light engines have just come out of Fort Worth & Western's Hodge Yard--which used to be part of the Cotton Belt--and are waiting for a light from the dispatcher. In the foreground are the tra... (more)

In March of 2008, three big GEs pull a heavy grain train southward on the Choctaw Sub toward Tower 55. Meanwhile, a southbound loaded coal drag on the adjacent main track waits for a crew.