Steam and cowboys - the Old West is still alive as Big Boy 4014 rests in Alpine.
The Great Race Across the Southwest departs Alpine, Texas, the morning of November 2. Cold temperatures caused the unit to smoke hard coming through town.
A lone lady looks at the map painted on the wall in the Alpine station. No, she wasn't trying to strike up conversation with the agent.
The Sunset Limited makes its stop at Alpine, TX on its tri weekly journey.
This contraption is a great example of what the engineering department and the union can do when they set their differences aside!
Two South Orient Railroad GP9s (former DRGW) lead a train east of Alpine, TX in 1994 on the former ATSF San Angelo Subdivision.
Westbound Sunset Limited just west of Alpine, TX.
UP 4194 West swaps crews in Alpine, TX.
Eastbound. Just a few more miles of duty left. About 7 miles west of Alpine.
It's late evening as this eastbound passes an old water tower on the Sunset Route in west Texas.