On a gloomy Texas day, UP 1943, "The Spirit," leads an engineering special through the small town of Lovelace, Tx. They'd eventually end up in San Antonio before going to Houston and Lon... (more)

For the second time this year Amtrak 130 and 156 are both assigned to the Heartland Flyer. Unlike last time, 130 is on the south end with 156 on the north end. Here the train is crossing the Trini... (more)

Being the third Amtrak heritage units to visit Fort Worth this year, Amtrak 822 leads the southbound Texas Eagle under the BNSF's tracks before arriving in Fort Worth just over an hour late.

On a gloomy Texas day BNSF ran what was dubbed a funeral train through North Texas full of retired Dash-8W's south towards their final destination of Galveston. Luck would have it that I'd stumble... (more)

Running at a reduced speed, LTEX 310 leads a westbound train to Fort Worth through a crossing that was subject to two wrecks in 2018 damaging two of TRE's own locomotives. Since those wrecks train... (more)

Viewed under a tank car on a passing manifest, a Fort Worth bound TEXRail rounds the curve just west of FWWR's Hodge Yard for the final leg of it's trip into Downtown Fort Worth

Finishing its run across the TRE from Fort Worth, Amtrak 22 pulls into Dallas with a private car directly behind the locomotive as a BNSF waits to pass through a work zone just ahead

A westbound TRE train prepares to depart the Richland Hills station on its way to Fort Worth in the midst of golden hour

UP 4014 crossing the Red River before going through Fulton, Arkansas. Shot from the Highway 67 Bridge

Nearly an hour after advertised UP 4014 backs out of the Marshall yard onto the mainline for its trip to Prescott, Arkansas. The schedule had enough padding which allowed to train to get to Presco... (more)

With UP 4141 in tow to meet the Big Boy, UP 3065 leads its 146 car train through the many switches of the famous Tower 55. Just south of my location the train will change crews before continuing s... (more)

In the middle of golden hour, two leased F40's bask in the sunlight at the TRE Richland Hills station. With several slow orders along the route, a meet that normally happens east of the station go... (more)

Days after returning from wreck repairs in Canada, TRE 124 prepares to push an afternoon train to Dallas at the beginning of rush hour.

Shortly before arriving Trinidad, Amtrak P42 number 39 leads the eastbound Southwest Chief through Starkville, Colorado as the setting sun lights up the sky.