2023 Railfan Photos

CN 5740 has just pulled into the depot at Bloomington for a crew change. On this day, this unit works solo on a SB UP manifest.

UP 5683 works solo on this NB UP manifest seen here waiting in the yard at Bloomington to meet a SB KCS grain train coming off of the Cuero Sub at Placedo.

KCS 4147 works with read end DPUs to power this SB KCS grain train onto the Angleton Sub at Placedo. This train will meet a NB UP manifest a few miles south in the yard at Bloomington.

KCS 4147 works with read end DPUs to power this SB KCS grain train onto the Angleton Sub at Placedo. This train will meet a NB UP manifest a few miles south in the yard at Bloomington.

KCS 4059 & 4826 work as DPUs on the read end of a SB grain train that has just entered the UP Angleton Sub at Placedo. KCS 4147 is providing head end power.

KCS 4059 & 4826 work as DPUs on the read end of a SB grain train that has just entered the UP Angleton Sub at Placedo. KCS 4147 is providing head end power.

A pair of KCS GEs leads a NB unit crtde oil train seen here waiting for signal clearance at N. McHattie Jct. near Rosenberg.

A pair of KCS GEVOs lead this NB XOMX crude oil train seen here waiting signal clearance at N. McHattie.

3 UP locomotives move WB on the Conroe Sub with no train, seen here at the Gosling Rd. crossing.

A quartet of BNSF road units are seen here waiting on the spur into Vulcan Materials where they have recently delivered a unit rock train. 5321 has a blue light illuminated on the side under the cab window indicating it has been locked out for some reason.

A quartet of BNSF road units are seen here waiting on the spur into Vulcan Materials where they have recently delivered a unit rock train. 5321 has a blue light illuminated on the side under the cab window indicating it has been locked out for some reason.

UP 7507 is working solo on a SB manifest waiting clearance to enter the Corpus Christi Sub for delivery to Viola Yard in Corpus Christi.

Two NB/EB trains are waiting crews & clearances at E. Spear on this date.

BNSF QROBCHI glides through Alice on the KCS Laredo Sub, former Texas Mexican RR trackage.

BNSF QROBCHI meets a SB KCS manifest at a siding just south of Agua Dulce called Bentonville.

I started the day at E. Spear and then worked my way south along the KCS Laredo Sub, only to chase a NB train back to Spear & find a full house with all 4 tracks full of NB/EB trains. Good day!

With a full house at E. Spear Jct, BNSF 6367 brings QROBCHI through the interlocker on toward Tex-Mex Jct. to head north to Rosenberg where this train will once again ride on home rails.

NS 1068 came to South Texas on UP M-EWCC and will leave on M-CCAG sometime tonight, so I was glad to catch it at Viola.

Roster shot of UP 1595 at Viola.

NS 1068 adorns Viola Yard in Corpus Christi along with 3 other UP locomotives. 1068 would leave Corpus Christi headed back north on M-CCAG.

A trio of BNSF GEs pulls a cut of empty DODX flatcars mixed with 2-bay concrete hoppers at the Port of Corpus Christi as the sun starts to turn golden on a Sunday evening.

This pair of UP 6-axle road units, now reserved for local & switching duty, sits parked for the day at the Gregory wye.

A pair of KCS engines sits awaiting orders to depart WB from Corpus Christi yard.

Roster shot of KCS 5002.

Two trains are ready to depart WB from KCS Corpus Christi Yard on this day.

Caught this NB KCS manifest at Spear Jct. with mixed KCS/NS motive power.

KCSM 4083 brings a EB crude oil train to a halt at E. Spear Jct., where the crew would disembark & the train would wait for a new one.

Three of four tracks are full of NB/EB trains at Spear Jct. on this day - two NB manifests and one EB grain train.

BNSF 8359 is the lone leader for this empty SB VALTROB train seen here in the siding at Woodsboro.

BNSF 8359 is the lone leader for this empty SB VALTROB train seen here in the siding at Woodsboro.

The crew of KSCM "gray ghost" 4517 timed out holding the main with this SB manifest down the Rosenberg Sub under thick, overcast skies.

With UP MOW crews covering the Brownsville Sub on this day, this SB loaded KCS grainer stayed in the hole at Inari Jct. all stinking day.

With UP MOW crews covering the Brownsville Sub on this day, this SB loaded KCS grainer stayed in the hole at Inari Jct. all stinking day.

Caught KCS 4006 trapped in the yard at Kendleton with a SB grainer waiting on KCS MOW crews to finish working on the Rosenberg Sub between Edna and El Toro.

Roster shot of KCS 4006.

Roster shot of CP 8759 seen here pushing on the rear of a SB KCS manifest led by KCSM "gray ghost" 4543.

Caught KCS 4006 trapped in the yard at Kendleton with a SB grainer waiting on KCS MOW crews to finish working on the Rosenberg Sub between Edna and El Toro.

Tier 4 GEVOs 5019 and 5021 are hooked up and ready to lead this NB stack train out of Kendleton Yard as soon as signals say they can depart.

Roster shot of KCS 4844.

Roster shot of KCS 5021.

Tier 4 GEVOs 5019 and 5021 are hooked up and ready to lead this NB stack train out of Kendleton Yard as soon as signals say they can depart. These 2 locomotives are a part of a 25-unit order that will be the last locomotives ordered by the Kansas City Southern.

KCSM 4528 is pushing on the rear of a SB grain train led by the KCS veterans unit, SD70ACe 4006.

UP MOW crews had the Brownsville Sub covered up from Inari all the way south to Cranell, so KCS 4843 brings this train into N. Sinton Jct. and ties down.

BNSF 8188 is the lone power on this SB BNSF manifest seen parked here on the Savage Lane connector, a line connecting KCS Corpus Christi Yard to UP Viola Yard originally built by the Texas Mexican for access to the Port.

UP 2212 & 1415 sit on the wye near Dow Chemical at Long Mott awaiting their next assignment. Ive seen 2212 in several places up n down the Brownsville Sub recently, but Im determined to photograph it as often as possible since it is one of the last SD60s remaining active on the UP locomotive roster.

A pair of classic EMDs sit on the wye near Dow Chemical at Long Mott. These guys have seen some things.

Shortly after meeting a WB manifest, this EB manifest gets the high green & proceeds to throttle up through Rosenberg Jct. toward Englewood Yard in Houston.