The fuselages and other parts of the 737's and front section of the 787 Dreamliners are made in Wichita. These photos are from Thursday morning as the dedicated train passed the Wichita railcam.  The 737's are transported by train to Seattle where they attach the wings and finish the planes. The 787's are flown to Seattle on a modified 747 called the Dreamlifter.  Now you know. 

Screen capture at 12:26am this morning of lightning over southwest Wichita, sleet (the vertical smudges) and an approaching train (the bright white lights down the tracks). This image is from the Virtual Railfan camera in Wichita. 

The video above is the President's funeral train as it departed Spring, Texas. Below is an inside look the train and its remarkable history. It is fitting that President Bush, given his love of trains, was transported to his final resting place in this way. Back to regular blogging tomorrow. ADDITION:  Via Twitter.

After a moving ceremony in Washington today, the President's body has been flown back to Houston. Tomorrow, a funeral train will carry the President to the Bush Library on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station. The casket will be borne by funeral train. The Union Pacific locomotive #4141 will pull the train. It was painted to honor the 41st President. Photos are below. The Union Pacific (formerly Southern Pacific) tracks run near the Library. At the rear of the train will be Union Pacific's locomotive 1943 which is painted (actually, railroads call  paint schemes "livery") to honor the United States' Armed Forces. It will be pushing the train from behind. Below is a photo of what the funeral train may look like only with #1943 in the lead . Addition: #1943 was standing by in case there was a problem with #4141. It is a fitting way to honor the late President. May God rest his soul. Addition: The information I received pertain...

Happy Father's Day!! Lots of Dads like trains and many meteorologists like trains. So, I have been saving this since June 6. While I have tracked trains on weather radars before, this is the first time I have seen a train on the same radar images as severe thunderstorms. The Union Pacific train was traveling southeast across south central Nebraska. The train is highlighted at the bottom. click to enlarge In this case, I do not know what type of train it was but I suspect it was a double stack or autorack.