Missouri Pacific GP7 1690 local at Austin, Texas. A Mike Bledsoe Photo.

A pair of KCSM AC44s lead a Union Pacific grainer through Austin, Texas

NS 1073, the Penn Central heritage unit and PRLX 9563, an ex-BN SD70MAC lead ALDPP through Austin

A southbound manifest rolls through Austin with an NS AC44C6M in tow

A UP freight heads north through Austin

A pair of NS D9-40CWs lead a stack train through Austin on a 100 degree day in July.

A P40DC, heritage unit No. 822 leads the Eagle on a hot and humid May morning.

The Prototype SW10 was rebuilt in 1979 at the Omaha Shops to Union Pacific specifications. UP 1240 Rebuilt from SW9 1826, UP 1241 Rebuilt from TR5A 1871. A Mike Bledsoe Photo.

A foreigner and an IC SD70 lead a northbound manifest through Austin on a hot and humid afternoon in March.

A UP stack train crosses the bridge into downtown Austin.

The Capital MetroRail proceeds up East Fourth Street in Downtown Austin on a hot Saturday afternoon. The service covers 32 miles of rail in the Austin area and carries commuters in and out of the ... (more)

An appropriate flower combination (Texas Bluebonnets and Indian Paint Brush) greet the Phase I Amtrak heritage unit on a beautiful spring evening.

Snow was a rarity in Central Texas in the winter of 1947, but so were steam locomotives on the Sunshine Special which by this time had been dieselized. The abbreviated consist was indicative of ... (more)