A northbound manifest idles at the north end of the Dallas Intermodal Terminal awaiting permission to proceed towards downtown Dallas. A single SD70ACe to the left of the manifest sits with a cut ... (more)

A beautifully painted winter sunset shines brightly upon the aluminum sides of the coal hoppers as a southbound loaded coal train, with a single SD70ACe shoving on the rear, meanders towards Wichi... (more)

A throwback post to my early DSLR days in rail photography: Norfolk Southern employees make their way around the Bob Julian Roundhouse starting up the heritage units gathered for the 30th annivers... (more)

The Standard Railroad Goes West: Norfolk Southern's Pennsylvania Railroad heritage unit makes an appearance in the DFW Metroplex, trailing third out on a high priorty manifest from Kansas C... (more)

Keepin' things unlevel: The LTEX GP40 that lead the unit asphalt train to the unloading area leans into the scrap facility's switch to allow the train to shove back 5 more cars. It was inte... (more)

The inaugural Martin-Marietta unit train over the entire 78 mile route of the Blacklands Railroad crosses the bridge over Highway 50 in Commerce. Of note is the "Cotton Belt Route" still... (more)

The inaugural Martin-Marietta unit train over the entire 78 mile route of the Blacklands Railroad marches up grade near the community of Neylandville on the pleasant spring afternoon. Originating ... (more)

What were the latest pieces moved as of early April 2013, Frisco 2-10-0 #1625 and Dallas Union Terminal 0-6-0 #7 had been successfully unloaded from their flat cars and were on the new RIP track b... (more)

Nearly a year has passed since this photo was captured at the time of this upload, and much has changed since then: The pair of GP38-2's on the Chamblee to Flowery Branch local are now retired and... (more)

A lone DPU, in the form of SD70ACe #4055, shoves the rear of an eastbound manifest as the train slowly creeps down the littered right of way of the KCS Artesia Subdivision.

Grande Reflections: Union Pacific's 40 local out of Mount Pleasant shoves a cut of cars back into one of the yard tracks. The lead GP60, one of three delivered in D&RGW paint from a 1990 Co... (more)

Following an evening of severe weather across the south and mid-west, an EMD SD70ACe reflects in the scattered puddles in a trackside parking lot as the intermodal races towards Dallas.

One of two remaining GP60s painted in Rio Grande paint, GP60 #1900 serves the Mount Pleasant to Texarkana local in far northeast Texas. Built for a May 1990 order for the Cotton Belt, D&RGW reciev... (more)

A couple of rare locomotives inhabit the small Mount Pleasant Yard on a beautiful sping afternoon: In the far left frame, a bright green SW600 rests as it awaits shipment via the Blacklands Railro... (more)

An empty Herzog rock train sweeps around a sharp bend before entering downtown Lula, Georgia on a muggy July afternoon. Luckily this train would pass moments before a heavy thunderstorm rolled ove... (more)