Category: Texas
-
Description: Have you ever just stumbled upon a train that just seemed to show up out of nowhere? Take a look at what I found while walking around Downtown Bryan, Texas during what used to be the Texas Reds Steak & Grape Festival. This is the Union Pacific #2698. It’s a GE ET44AH locomotive that…
-
Description: Here’s a rare view and perspective of some couplers and train rails. While taking a train trip on the Texas State Railroad, they allowed me to enter the vestibule located at the front of the passenger car and just behind the engine. (Click on the video to watch) Location: Texas State Railroad535 Park…
-
Description: Here’s a very RARE glimpse of the #28 Steam Engine at the Texas State Railroad pulling it’s 1920s-era Victorian train coaches backwards in a return trip from Palestine to Rusk, Texas. This shot was taken while hanging out in the enclosed vestibule of the first passenger car and my primary focus was to capture…
-
Description: If you’re a train enthusiast like me; when you see an old rusty iron train bridge off to the side of road, you got to stop an capture the moment. This beautiful train bridge is known as the “Whiskey Bridge”. Getting over to these tracks from Highway 21 was a bit of a risk…
-
Description: This is a close-up photo of the #28 steam engine that was captured at the Texas State Railroad located in Rusk, Texas. This photo reveals a powerful, gritty view of its massive iron wheels, slick with oil and streaked with soot. The connecting rods and pistons gleam with wear, frozen in a moment of…