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)

Due to reasons unknown to me, contractors doing work around the TEXRail line took quite an interesting approach getting their truck across the track causing delays with TEXRail trains. Joking asid... (more)

Due to roads being closed leaving no access to Marias Pass overnight, BNSF had to use their "Snow Coach" to transport crews through the mountains. Here the train is seen in morning light... (more)

To my shock, the TRE has had to resort to using BNSF power on their trains due to a power shortage and units not holding up. By some luck, I managed to get ahead of the train after getting stopped... (more)

Two ex-Santa Fe hi-level cars sit in Fort Worth waiting to be taken to their new owner. The cars were purchased by a private collector in Dallas and were brought down on the Texas Eagle. The DGNO... (more)

With remnants of the long gone Santa Fe still standing, a loaded FWWR pipe train nears the small town of Proctor on its way to Brownwood

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)

From the cab of T&P 316, T&P 610 basks in the afternoon sunlight before being pushed back into the Texas State Railroad's Palestine shop building

On July 4th Weekend, the Texas State Railroad in Palestine, Texas unveiled what they dubbed the "Hall of Giants." This consists of 3 static steam locomotives, one of which has been cosme... (more)

Metra trains wait at the Ogilvie Transportation Center to serve communities along the three Union Pacific operated lines that run from here. Included in the line up is UPY 711 shoving a consist in... (more)

The sun has barely risen, it’s -22° and I’m standing on the side of the US Highway 2 as BNSF 9326 leads a grain train out of the Rockies. The cold weather resulted in the exhaust freezing alm... (more)

Loaded on flats, the two control ends of the third TEXRail trainset are on their way to their final destination where they'll be unloaded via crane and assembled in the following days

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)

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.

Patrick Henry, the CEO of Patrick Henry Creative Promotions, watches Amtrak's Heartland Flyer from the comfort of the deck on his private dome car. His two cars are en-route to Kansas on the rear ... (more)