A pair of rebuilt SD40-2s, now called SD40Ns on UP, awaits for traffic ahead on the ex-WP Shafter Sub. A cold and crisp February morning with gorgeous sunlight combines to make a beautiful scene.
Three Ferromex units lead a BNSF trackage rights train eastbound across the UP Del Rio Sub bound for San Antonio and eventually to the BNSF ex-Santa Fe yard in Temple. The train is slowing here a... (more)
A southbound mixed freight from San Antonio traverses the lightly used Corpus Christi Sub on its way to its namesake city with a sole, patched SP leader. A great way to spend a spring day in Texa... (more)
An eastbound manifest freight from the Ferromex interchange at the Mexican border at Eagle Pass, TX crosses an aged ex-SP truss bridge still in service on the Sunset Route in Uvalde, TX.
Another frac sand train arrives in San Antonio to support the Eagle Ford shale oil/gas formation. However, this one sports an appropriately painted lead unit that has survived the 17 years since ... (more)