A friendly wave from the conductor caught my attention when I took this photo last year. It wasn’t until I processed the image that I noticed the American flag waving from the conductor’s window.
Happy Independence Day to you!

Robert at an OLS event in Bay City, TX.
My name is Robert Pierce. I'm a professional wedding photographer in Houston. I also do commercial and industrial work. Please keep me in mind when you need a photographer.
I've had an interest in railroading as long as I can recall. I've created this site to share the images I've collected, along with some of my thoughts, about current and vintage railroading in the Southwest U.S.
I live in Sugar Land, a suburb of Houston, with my wife Delia. We have two sons. Andy, 23, is a Fort Worth Service Unit conductor for the UP. Eric, 19, is in his last year of the Ford Automotive Tech program at San Jacinto College.
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BNSF 3187 was serving on the north local out of Sealy this past weekend (09/04/10) along with similarly painted GP50u 3174.
That’s as close to a proper Santa Fe lash-up that can be had in 2010… 😦