A brand new gevo blasts off like a rocket out of Amarillo with equally orange schneider containers following the power. The City of Amarillo skyline is in the background

Rock Island Train No. 21, station stop, Amarillo. (No. 21 originated in Memphis, Tennessee, and is en route to Tucumcari, New Mexico.)

Yes- the sign does say "Free 72oz Steak". One of the things Amarillo is famous for is the Big Texan Steakhouse which puts on this offer if you can finish the mammoth and the sides in under an hour... (more)

Former Amtrak SDP40F #640, rebuilt to SD40F-2 specs as ATSF 5256, leads a train at Amarillo, TX in this 1994 view.

BNSF 4831 and sibling with boxcars were teasing the photographer for over 25 minutes and never came fully out of the yard, but fortunately BNSF 7424 and another sibling provided a photo opportunit... (more)

A former BN unit heads east out Amarillo with mostly auto racks.

My first catch of a new BNSF ES44C4 came with some luck, the clouds broke right as the train approached giving me this awesome view. To make it better sister C4 6621 is running second. Seen passin... (more)

Welcome to Rail City USA- The 351 local storms out on Main 1 with a colorful consist in tow, while the 106 yard job works a spur in the back with two clean bluebonnet Geeps. Also featured in the s... (more)

One of those scenes that lucky photographers can catch often on the busy BNSF south transcon. A westbound stack train has just crested the hill as it meets an eastbound Z train working hard up the... (more)

The bright evening sun glints off the units and the cars as H-KCKAMS slows down to drop some cars off.

The first "official" 2-10-4 texas type built for the ATSF. "madame queen" as she became affectionately known, often hauled trains here in Texas, as well as assisting in helper service on the famo... (more)

We allotted the time, drove all the way from CA to VA avoiding the interstate. Hey, there's scenery, it was great. This freight was rocking and rolling EB. Notice the mix of cars, virtually unk... (more)

Ubiquitous on the RI it seemd. I like that type of spark arrester.

Rebuild of GP-18M #1256.