The northbound ILDYC passes through downtown Austin with NS 1068, the Erie heritage unit, in tow.

A well-weathered ex-SOO Line by way of Indiana Railroad SD60 leads a westbound rock train into Paige, TX on the evening of November 23rd, 2021.

A well-weathered ex-SOO Line by way of Indiana Railroad SD60 leads a westbound rock train into Butler, TX on the evening of November 23rd, 2021.

A well-weathered ex-SOO Line by way of Indiana Railroad SD60 splits the vintage SP searchlights in Elgin, TX with a westbound rock train on the Austin Western on the evening of November 23rd, 2021... (more)

A well-weathered ex-SOO Line by way of Indiana Railroad SD60 leads a westbound rock train on the Austin Western past some vintage Southern Pacific searchlight signals on the evening on November 23... (more)

A UP coal drag passes through downtown Austin with an SD70ACe-T4 in tow.

UP 4014 steams into Hearne, Texas on a beautiful fall morning.

UP 4014 stands guard at night in College Station, ready for the next day's excursion run to Palestine, TX.

A northbound rock train basks in the golden hour light in downtown Austin, Texas.

An empty aggregates train returns to the Texas Hill Country for reloading and delivery back to the Union Pacific in McNeil (north Austin).

WAMX 4228 was built as Kennecott Utah Copper Corpo... (more)

A colorful foursome of SD40s of various vintages await the next assignment at the limestone/aggregates complexes in Marble Falls, TX.

PRLX 2842 was delivered as SP SD45T-2 9399
FBRX... (more)

The scenery ain’t the greatest but here is the train comin out of the shadows.

Originally BLE, rare beast to find. Reported now stored. Looks like the “kid in tennis shoes” as somebody described the EMD six-axle -2 locomotives. Photo by Mike Wikman, local railfan hero... (more)

Reflecting On A Long Journey. Amtrak 21 (Texas Eagle) pulls into the station in Taylor Texas on Saturday, January 2, 2021. Amtrak 146 (P42DC) leads both Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific ... (more)

Switching duties.