Like a scene straight from the 30's, Texas State Railroad number 30 and the crew take a small break after coming from Rusk with a successful first run.

Southern Pine Lumber #28 passes the depot at Maydelle as part of the photographers' special. While not an era-appropriate truck, it is a reminder that this depot is still a railroad utilized stru... (more)

As part of the photographer's special, a night shoot was held at the Palestine depot with recently rebuild Southern Pine Lumber Co #28, formerly Texas State #300. A number of railroad artifacts a... (more)

Southern Pine Lumber #28, formerly Texas State #300, heads west across the crossing at Dean Wright with the photographer's special.

Southern Pine Lumber #28, formerly Texas State #300, heads east with the photographer's special across the Neches River.

Southern Pine Lumber Company #28 leads the Texas State Railroad photographers' special across the Neches River with a mixed train on a beautiful spring day.

Texas State Railroads Southern Pine Lumber Company 2-8-0 #28 (formerly TSR #300) steaming through Maydelle TX. on a nice sunny day in June. The train originally left Palestine at 11:00 AM and arri... (more)

TSRR 201 on the way from Rusk to Palestine Tx

The Texas & Pacific 316 pulls her passenger train across the Neches River Bridge. The 4-6-0 and her coaches made for a sharp looking train all day. The new operator at the Texas State Railroad pai... (more)

The fireman leans to watch his charge as the Texas & Pacific 316 has her passenger train moving as she glides over a low bridge. The new operator at the Texas State Railroad painted the former Tex... (more)

The Texas & Pacific 316 high steps 35 feet above the Neches River with her passenger train. The new operator at the Texas State Railroad painted the former Texas State Railroad 201 back to her ori... (more)

Texas State's #201 arrives at the Palestine depot, deep in the Piney woods of East Texas.

Texas State Railroad's Palestine train crosses the Neches River above canoeist Richard Donovan, author of PADDLING THE WILD NECHES (Texas A&M University Press, 2006) on May 3, 2008.