Watco Q1 2023 Photo Contest

The Texas Coastal Bend Railroad’s WAMX 4118 awaits its next switching job at the Port of Corpus Christi while the new Harbor Bridge is being constructed in the background. Photographer: Andrew Barlow

A Blue Ridge Southern Railroad crew in North Carolina navigates the rail grade from Sylva into Waynesville with a manifest train. Photographer: Andrew Faulk

An Austin Western Railroad conductor prepares to board his train at the old Southern Pacific Depot in Bertram, Texas. Photographer: Dilan Floyd

In Slinger, Wisconsin, WAMX 3839 breaks through fresh snow as it pulls a loaded Wisconsin & Southern Railroad grain train to interchange. Photographer: Danny Kucej

A Watco Australia grain train in Queensland passes through Broxburn on its way to be loaded in Brookstead. Photographer: Anthony Evans

The Emerald, Queensland, depot provides a friendly reminder to the public as Watco Australia’s WRB 2188 awaits inspection in the background. Photographer: Nathan Lyons

The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad’s WAMX 4172 cruises through downtown Edgerton, Wisconsin, with a train of military vehicles in tow. Photographer: Ryan Deam

A Blue Ridge Southern Railroad train crosses the French Broad River into Asheville, North Carolina, on a chilly winter day. Photographer: Tracey Green

A Kansas City Terminal Railway train, operated by Watco’s Kaw River Railroad, passes Union Station in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Photographer: Travis Mackey

Snow falls as a Wisconsin & Southern Railroad manifest train passes through Hubertus, Wisconsin, on the Waukesha Sub. Photographer: Nolan Wallenkamp