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)

A pair of cabooses on the way to Smithville or San Antonio.

Switching duties.

Choose Temple! Both Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built dome/coach 549 (WEBX 801045) wer... (more)

My first photo of the year is Miss Katy waiting for a new crew in Taylor, She is waiting to head south to San Antonio once the northbound parade clears.

A trio of older GE's thunder up the hill just west of Lockhart, TX. Behind 2101 is CN 2434 (C40-8M) and BC Rail 4654.

A train rolls past the Temple locomotive service facility, coming off the line from West Texas (Lubbock, Sweetwater, Brownwood, Temple) and after refueling just east of town, will continue on to H... (more)

A very strange consist to see in Texas no doubt. Austin Western has recently been making a big push for bigger power and they sure are getting it.