One year ago yesterday, I photographed the cars parked at the Farmers Rice Milling Company in Lake Charles, BNSF Railway scenes at nearby Iowa and Lacassine, and Amtrak's westbound Sunset Limited at W

I sold 5 of the former SLRG GP40FH-2s to Texas Northwestern. The units are currently on the Rock N' Rail in the Canon City area, and will be take to interchange with the BNSF at Pueblo, from there the

I just heard from Katy and here is the latest on Marsha. Broke her right arm. Is wearing a temp cast but will need surgery to install pins. Broke her leg somewhere behind or near her knee. Will not be

I am sorry to announce that Marsha and I will be unable to attend this year's train show. She was seriously injured tonight while at work and has been rushed to the ER. Sounds like some broken bones i

There was a FW&D (C&S) slide showing passenger train No. 7 at Wichita Falls that went off on eBay last night that I attempted to bid on but my computer had other ideas. If anyone was the winning bidde

A write-up from the Texas Government Land Office (GLO): https://medium.com/save-texas-history/buffalo-bayou-brazos-and-colorado-the-first-railroad-in-texas-a1ff662f72b#.peqcxei4w

For those who might have spent time watching trains at the Austin Amtrak depot over the years, you probably knew Leo Davis. I met him there in the mid-1980s. We even traveled by train on a few trips.

The Tower 80 page has been updated on the Texas Towers website http://txrrhistory.com/towers/080/080.htm Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Full report: http://www.redriverandgulf.net/Work-Session-20210109.html This was our largest group of volunteers in recent memory and, because of that, we got a lot done. The next Work Session is Jan 2

Greetings all, Today the Panhandle (and most of the state for that matter) were blessed with some much needed moisture in the form of snow. I took advantage of the daylight snow to capture some trains

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Annual Slide-Show ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! North Texas Chapter, NRHS Annual Slide-Show and Open House has been CANCELLED for 2021! Due to current health concerns surrounding Covid-19 and con

Click on the link to see lots of photos. https://www.landwatch.com/presidio-county-texas-homes-for-sale/pid/337957534 Found out this caboose had been in Plaineview, TX for 36 years,

Just found out this caboose had been in Plainview, TX for 36 years. Mike

Hey all, Hope 2021 has been good to you so far. I have been working the last couple months so haven’t been able to send what pictures I took in November and December. On November 1, I got word that a

I have some questions about railroad operations in Beaumont, Texas. I am trying to figure out which railroad of 30 years ago owned which current line in the city, but I don't have more specific questi

James A. Robichaux asked about certain track around Lake Charles, LA. I did some research using remote sources, chiefly employee timetables and governmental reports. This article only involves the rai

One year ago yesterday, I got a few images at the Kansas City Southern Railway yard in Metairie, Louisiana, and some pictures of street-running action across the river on the New Orleans & Gulf Coast

Yes. Lots of "recovery time" in the timetable going into major stops such as Houston, and even lesser ones like Beaumont.

Sure appears Sunset Ltd of: Jan 06 Running Early. <http://dixielandsoftware.net/cgi-bin/gettrain.pl?seltrain=1&selyear=2021&selmonth=01&selday=06> No guarantee it will remain early though. 😷 Posted: J

Click on the link to see lots of photos. https://www.landwatch.com/presidio-county-texas-homes-for-sale/pid/337957534