It was so clean, the sun was on it at just the right time, nobody was around- I enjoyed filling my CF card this morning.

UP 9630 leads a rock train across the Guadalupe, providing a brief distraction for the fishermen below.

What a difference 3 years makes. When this photo was taken, a slobbering 27 year old GE fan was excited to get another death series U23B in prime light. Three years later in this same town, a 30... (more)

A pair of UP SD70M's lead an autorack through the rolling hills of central Texas as the train races east / north on the Union Pacific's Austin Sub, somewhere between Rockdale and Milano.

The northbound Texas Eagle flies through Round Rock on its way to Chicago.

Two NS engines crawl through Austin with a UP vehicle train in tow as cranes shift girders in the background

With his escort in the background, a rail-test vehicle checks this mainline track between San Antonio and Taylor. This track went through an extensive tie-replacement program in late 2007.

Idle on the short spur/siding in New Braunfels, TX. MP #2255 began its life in 1976 as Rock Island (CRI&P) #4316, in bright blue "The Rock" paint.

This Ex-Southern Pacific Originally Erie SDP45 with the angular long hood lacking a steam generator idles in the Taylor yard after shunting cars around for hours.

An empty UP rock train behind a trio of AC60s heads toward San Antonio for another set of loads. Shot on DINA 2007.

UP coal empties from San Antonio cross the Guadaloupe River in New Braunfels, TX. Shot on DINA 2007.

Former TFM re-lettered KCS 4537 is the solo power on a UP intermodel train seen here racing out of Taylor as the sun sets after a hot sunny day

Brand New SD70ACe 8584 and it's train with a good mix of power waits a crew change on the west end of the yard in early evening