UP 7523 and 4439 head a stack train westbound toward Fort Worth past the park in Arlington, Texas Friday, January 20, 2012 at 1:02 p.m. This was taken next to the Masonic Lodge parking lot.
UP 4439.
Milepost 234 through Kennedale.
UP 7693, DPU, at 1:07 p.m.
NS 8444 passing the Kennedale park at 1:40 p.m January 20.
ARMN 725271, Blt-70, Rebilt-90.
ARMN 764193 with loving couple.
Big Blue CSXT 1513 boxcar.
KCS 125805 Arrow boxcar.
BNSF 9668 and 6215, eastbound on the UP through Kennedale, Texas at 10:53 a.m. January 21. I accidently hit the ISO button on this, so the original picture was overexposed till it almost looked white. I darkened it in post-processing using Paint Shop Pro X but didn't want to spend any more time with it. So, the next photo is the same one, but I did a little 'artistic' editing.
This could be titled: "BNSF on Planet X"
DPU's BNSF 6373, 10:56 a.m.
BNSF 6127.
Former SP tracks, now KCS tracks, that pass behind the Love and War In Texas Restaurant in Plano, Texas Saturday, January 21, 2012. This is the restaurant where were had the Railspot lunch with about 60 members attending.
Inside the restaurant.
Some who attended the luncheon.
One of our waitresses.
A light fixture.
We had our group picture taken after the good meal. The Railspot Yahoo Group has discussions about railroads and railfan activity in a 5-state area consisting of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas and Louisiana. There were 1,043 members as of January 23, 2012, when I made this web page. I understand members can be from anywhere in the country but discussions are limited to rail activity in these five states. Mike Murray is the moderated of this group.
Here's the group attending the luncheon. It was taken by Steve Grabman using my camera.
Here's part of the big Plano Train Show held at the convention center in Plano all weekend. Both kids and adults loved it.
This boy rode the tractor-pulled train 5 times!
One of the many layouts at the show, taking up several rooms. Here's one showing a mini car dealer,
On Saturday night, January 21, we had slide and digital presentations in a room at a local hotel.
Driving to the Plano show from Kennedale on Sunday, January 22. These overpasses are laid out 5-high.
Driving on US 75 north through Dallas to Plano. My college friend Jerry was driving.