The concrete mile marker shows this is KCS rail, but the train is a southbound Union Pacific coal train heading south towards Texas. I suspect it is no coincidence that an opening was bent into ... (more)

A 1957 Chevrolet Belair station wagon visits a couple of other vintage forms of transport in Sherman, Texas.

This classic "roster shot" pose is mildly marred by the crumpled front end of this CSX locomotive. The locomotive was damaged when it was hit headon by another train (no major injuries, one mino... (more)

Less their trucks, BNSF 9735 and TFM 1623 (another SD70MAC) have been loaded onto a pair of heavyweight flatcars. Following a wreck in Keithville, Louisiana (Dec. 2013), five locomotives (includ... (more)

Two 50's Survivors: 1954 Buick Roadmaster and 1952 Geep. The locomotive has served on the Illinois Central, Illinois Central Gulf, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, and Penn Central.

A KCS stack train led by KCS 4708 passes a LORAM rail grinding train in Shreveport's KCS Depot Street yard. At this point in time, the yard was already doomed, as surveyors were working on platt... (more)

This diminutive SW1, built in May 1940, was on its last legs (and seventy years old) when this picture was taken in late 2010. This switcher has been replaced by an ex-MP unit. This unit was o... (more)

The "Haynesville Shale" gas drilling boom hit Mansfield, Louisiana in 2009. By mid-2010, daily aggregates trains were delivering various aggregates to two aggregates delivery points in Mansfield... (more)

Snow is unusual in Northwest Louisiana - and whatever snow falls usually melts very quickly. On February 5, 2011, Shreveport had a rare day where snow fell, the sky cleared, and the snow did not... (more)

LNW 55 and 53 are tied up at the LNW shops in Gibsland, Louisiana. This crisp paint scheme is now a thing of the past.

The Port of Shreveport owns two Baldwin RS4TC switchers. These switchers, numbered 3001 (ex USA 3001, ex USA 1269) and 4021 (ex Army) are operated cab first and in tandem nose to nose. The Por... (more)

Blacklands Railroad 2036, an ex-ATSF GP20, poses near Greenville Industrial Park. Blacklands Railroad operates from Sulphur Springs to Greenville, Texas. The locomotive is near the far west end... (more)

TFM 1623 seems to have borne the brunt of the damage from a low speed, head on collision that occurred on the Union Pacific "Rabbit Line" in Keithville, Louisiana (12/30/13). A siding switch was... (more)

New and in fresh paint, KCS SD70ACe No. 4158 (built 12/2013) stands idle on Christmas Day in Frierson, Louisiana.

KCS freight moves past a 1969 Chrysler 300 convertible at track speed through Mansfield, Louisiana. MOW cars for hauling out discarded crossties are one side, aggregate gondolas on the other. ... (more)