All aboard! Not to derail the conversation, but these Texans love to blow off steam by riding the rails. Let’s get back on track. Have your tickets ready; this train’s leaving the station.
John McLain, Trinity Valley EC: “Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 makes its way west in East Texas.”
Stefan Greene, Heart of Texas EC: “Departure from San Antonio as the train is backed up for its return to McGregor.”
Ann Anthony, MidSouth EC: “When my grandson, Buchanan Anthony, was 3 years old, he enjoyed his first train ride on the Texas State Railroad in Rusk.”
Paul Lauder, Farmers EC: A well-worn car from the Rio Grande Southern.
Wayland D. Clark, Pedernales EC: “A BNSF freight train passes by the Izaak Walton Inn near Glacier National Park in Montana.”
Paul Lauder, Farmers EC: “This is as big as it gets. It’s resting now in the Colorado Railroad Museum.”
Randy Dull, CoServ: “A Dallas Area Rapid Transit train speeds through a station.”
Billy Mazy, Sam Houston EC: The White Pass & Yukon Route in Alaska.
Rebecca Seely, Fort Belknap EC: The White Pass & Yukon Route follows the original Klondike Gold Rush trail, climbing nearly 3,000 feet.
Tara Couch, San Bernard EC: A bridge over the Colorado River in Columbus.
Scott Bowman, Pedernales EC: “During a trip to Durango, Colorado, I got to ride on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.”
Deanne Brown, Pedernales EC: “Taking the scenic route from Durango to Silverton in Colorado.”
Marsha Padilla, Bluebonnet EC: “The little train that could.”
James Dozier, Trinity Valley EC: “Ride to Durango.”
Jazzmin Aguayo, Nueces EC: “Summer day outside the historic LaGrange Depot, a passenger and freight depot that was built in November 1897.”
