Everything is bigger in Texas. Here's a rear-quarter view of the massive Texas & Pacific 610, a 1927 Lima 2-10-4, seen here on display in the yard at the Texas State Railroad in Palestine, ... (more)

A pan shot from my collection featuring Tremont & Gulf Railway's 2-8-2 No. 30 with a fright charging past the depot in Maydelle, TX. Notes on slide state ASA 100 with shutter speed of 1/15th. If ... (more)

Tremont & Gulf Railway's 2-8-2 No. 30, leads a freight over the westbound leg of the wye in this undated photo marked "Winnfield, LA". The T&G Rwy interchanged here with the Rock Island ... (more)

Texas State Railroad's 2-8-2 Mikado has the highball as she emerges from the woods, westbound, just shy an unimproved road crossing, bound for Palestine.

Don't Mess with Texans!

Fortunately, we had received permission to be here along the Texas State Railroad ROW during a Lerro Productions charter. In return, the landowners asked f... (more)

Suprise! All fired up and ready to roll!

A few of us were privy to this event well in advance - notably, photographers of a Lerro Productions photo charter back in April of... (more)

Another Tremont & Gulf Rwy photo from my collection - this one, not dated, features a westbound freight possibly south of Winnfeild, LA featuring 2-8-2 No. 30, T&P's largest and sole Mikado. Lots... (more)

Texas type steam locomotives like wide open spaces

Texas & Pacific No. 610, a 2-10-4 built in Ohio by Lima Locomotive Works in 1927 calls the Texas State Railroad Museum in Palestine, TX... (more)

A hot and muggy day chase finds Tremont & Gulf Railway's largest locomotive, 2-8-2 No. 30 barreling through a curve leading a hot freight somewhere in northern Louisiana in this undated photo. In ... (more)

Tremont & Gulf Railway's 2-8-2 No. 30, leads a freight over the westbound leg of the wye in this undated photo marked "Winnfield, LA". The T&G Rwy interchanged here with the Rock Island Railroad.... (more)

Acquired new, in 1917, Tremont & Gulf Railway's 2-8-2 No. 30, is captured here in this undated photo leading a westbound freight through northern Louisiana bound for Winnfield. No. 30 was the lar... (more)

An old undated photo from my collection featuring Tremont & Gulf Railway 2-8-2 No. 30, eastbound, leading a freight across an unimproved crossing somewhere in the rurals of Louisiana. In actualit... (more)

Capping off a full day's work, a thirsty 2-8-2 leads a westbound mixed freight from Rusk, TX into Palestine (pronounced Palesteen). The modern day, yet nostalgic (and functioning) water tank was ... (more)

Texas & Pacific 2-10-4 No. 610

T&P 2-10-4 No. 610 was built in Ohio by Lima Locomotive Works in 1927. No. 610 is the sole survivor of the T&P's fleet of seventy 2-10-4's (designated as a... (more)

"The Other One" - If you had been wondering whatever became of Georgia Southwestern's classy F9(A)'s, they ended up here at the Texas State Railroad in Rusk, TX. The pair was purchased in the Spr... (more)