It is a beautiful afternoon on the final day of April for 2023 as a unit UP oil train descends from Big Ten Loop, through the S-Curve, toward the west switch of Rocky. The terrain is starting to g... (more)
It's nice to see remnants of the CNW still rolling around in 2010. This unit made my night. 18 more trains in the next 2 hours was the icing on the cake.
A "Northwestern-y" scene as UP coal loads ease into their parking spot east of Cortland waiting for track ahead to clear.
Once the highest numbered (but not last delivered!) CNW unit, former 8835 rests near Bain following a coal assignment.
UP 6737, former CNW "Operation Lifesaver" unit leads Q617 sitting on the ready track at the Tilford Diesel Shop
I took this photo from my favorite location on the Choctaw to take photographs, that being adjacent to the Tarrant County Work Farm. The tracks are at least 15 feet above the street level.