BNSF 1233 and five other Gensets wait for their turn to run to Alliance Yard on the ex-ATSF Fort Worth Sub. This train is transferring cars from the ex-BN Nort Yard in Fort Worth.

The Sunday Alma excursion of Train Festival 2009 returns to Owosso, capping a fun weekend chasing and photographing steam.

Utah Railway coal loads start the run up Soldier Summit on a cold February day.

UP 844 blows into Bryan, TX on its way to Houston and south Texas.

UP 844 slows for the whistlestop at Ennis, TX on its way SB through Texas.

UP 8100 leads a unit tank car train north at Valley Jct., bound for the DFW area and beyond.

I'm often inspired by the white picket fence photos of NS trains in Kentucky. Here's my best attempt at fulfilling that inspiration as UP 844 heads south into central Texas.

UP 844 poses for the photographers outside of Waxahachie.

UP 844 highballs south to its whistlestop at Navasota past some wildflowers at Millican.

UP 844 has been spotted for the night and locomotive servicing will soon commence as a swarm of railfans and the general public walk around this magnificent engine.

UP 844 pulls into the first whistle-stop of the day at Ennis, TX. A patch of bluebonnets in the foreground made for a nice contrast to the big Norhtern.

UP 844 simmers overnight at the yard in Hearne, TX along the Bryan Sub. After a day of chasing with tons of other railfans, it was relaxing to have my very own night photo session with the big No... (more)

An EB UP mixed freight/intermodal heads toward Flatonia, TX. It will pause here at Kingsbury, TX waiting for MOW to get in the clear on the line ahead. The Texas wildflowers provide great foregr... (more)

A SB BNSF freight heads to Texas across central Oklahoma. Big thanks to Bart Y. for helping make this shot possible with his aerial prowess.

The NN steam locomotives pose for some night photos during the Winter Steam Spectacular.