The first unit to be completed at GE-Fort Worth as part of CP's first group of AC4400CW modifications undergoes validation testing on the GE Fort Worth test track at Justin, TX. This unit was mod... (more)

The first unit of CN's 200 unit order from GE Transportation undergoes validation testing on the GE Fort Worth test track at Justin, TX.

The first unit of 5 specially decorated units for Roy Hill Australia undergoes validation testing with CP AC4400CWM 8139 on the GE test track at Justin, TX. These units are adorned in a special pi... (more)

The first unit of 5 specially decorated units for Roy Hill Australia rolls out of the GE-Fort Worth assembly plant. These units are adorned in a special pink livery to bring awareness to breast ca... (more)

Having left Lometa at 1100, the crew of the Lometa to Brady, TX job is a few miles west of Hall, TX at 1730, underway at the blazing speed of 10 mph. It will take another hour and a half to reach ... (more)

Having chased the train all the way from Englewood yard, foiled repeatedly by the clouds at spot after spot, I was yelling and stomping up a blue streak; those nice pretty puffy clouds were giving... (more)

Running as the second of five westbounds, extra 5705 west has the consist whining in dynamic as it runs for the rack at Belen. After 5 west will be 4 east. Didn't notice the open top auto rack, ... (more)

Something you don't see on Sherman Hill and environs: green foliage! After all the snowdrifts and permafrost have melted, there is a very short time when the Spring attempts to take hold, but al... (more)

For those who know the location (Cheyenne, WY; Crow Creek) and the railroad well (the UP in this photograph does not exist today), the caption is simple: "Hello, Sherman....next stop; Rawlins!". ... (more)

Diehard photographers of the OLD UP will recognize this seldom seen side of Sherman Hill, the west slope so-to-speak. Late afternoons in the summer presented somewhat of a degree of difficulty get... (more)

All activity is at a standstill at Tower 55 as a loaded rock train off the Duncan sub makes a run for the summit from the Trinity River bottoms. One of the "platforms and a CSX Dash-944CW claw th... (more)

Last shooting light of the day finds an empty rock job back to Chico at milepost 594, between Hicks and Newark, TX. Hadn't realized that there are still Dash 9s in SP paint out there....

Last light of the day finds the 527 west roaring under the overpass at Heman, running hot for a meet at Quinlan.

PTRA's North yard was the spot to find the most unusual and eclectic group of misfit engines that the railroads of Houston could scrounge up. Lashups/consists of every combination were the norm, ... (more)

Slide shows "ENPI ?"; unsure of train ID. Remembering well the days of hazy sun all day hindering a clear sky; I saw this guy from my rocky perch above the last unit waaaay down the valley, and w... (more)