Avoiding June 15th's derailment and hazmat spill in Schulenburg, the eastbound Sunset Limited utilizes a different routing between San Antonio and Houston, detouring at Flatonia to come through We... (more)
The hordes of Smithers Lake coal trains usually had mostly BN power, so to catch one with all ATSF was a catch indeed. What you see: nice train coming out of a curve. What you DON'T see: that gr... (more)
Smithers Lake (Houston Lighting & Power) coal trains normally ran with the usual BN U30C/C30-7/SD40-2 combos with like SD40-2/C30-7s of the Santa Fe mixed in. So when SD60Ms ventured this far, it... (more)
Brownwood limestone drifts through Sealy behind BNSF SD45-2 6488 and four other SDs. Only the 4th 45-2 built for the AT&SF, the 6488 was completed in May of '72 as ATSF 5628, Serial # 7391-4. Sh... (more)