A rarely seen visitor in Texas, EMDX 1204 sits outside the fence for the first time since late November.

FCEN 65 awaits the call of duty at their operation in Newberry, FL.

Worn from the weather and the hot Texas sun, the old AT&SF logo and station sign at McGregor continue to witness the passing of BNSF freights and Amtrak passengers in 2013.

The contract switcher's at KCS's Dallas Intermodal Yard pull a cut of empty well cars out of a storage track while local KCS power looks on.

DGNO's Garland turn passes the KCS Dallas Yard on its way south to pick-up cars from the UP. I guess this paint scheme will go the way of history and become orange and black in the near future.

A southbound freight, heavy with empty cars for plastics and chemical companies, passes the old AT&SF depot in McGregor, TX on its way to its next crew change in Temple, TX.

An eastbound UP stack train passes through remote Harwood, TX under a former SP signal bridge on the Sunset Route. While this signal bridge looked better with searchlights, it is good to see it t... (more)

A BNSF trackage rights train to Hondo, TX (for interchange with the Hondo Railway) crosses the Guadalupe River in New Braunfels, TX as it heads south on UP's Austin Sub.

ATSF 3751 steams eastbound toward the Grand Canyon across BNSF's Transcon. What diesel protect power?

One of FEC's Ft. Pierce based locals arrives in Stuart to switch the Rinker cement plant.

The Galveston Chief approaches its final destination of the Galveston Railroad Museum, seen here from the 51st St. overpass.

A KCS trackage rights train threads its way through Houston bound for home tracks at Rosenberg, TX and eventually the Mexican border at Laredo.

An impressive CN-UP-FXE-TFM lashup leads a westbound autorack train into San Antonio. Not everyday you can find this much color on one train. I guess the former UP leader was homesick for its ol... (more)

As these modern NS heritage units rolled westward to San Antonio, a little bit of SP heritage continues to soldier on along the Sunset Route. These searchlight signals are on borrowed time and ar... (more)

NS 1072, the Illinois Terminal heritage unit, leads an Englewood-East Yard manifest westbound toward San Antonio with the S&A heritage unit trailing with two other NS GE's, all bound for emissions... (more)