December 29, 2012 Austin, Texas

SSW 9647 in Hearne, Texas

SSW GP 60 9647 Spends Saturday Afternoon December 22, 2012 in the Hearne, Texas Yard.

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Mopac Heritage 1982 Eddy, Texas

UP 1982 was setout in Eddy, Texas on Friday June 1, 2012.  The engine carried a string of empty well cars to Dallas that were stored further south in the siding. 

Texas Size Rock Train

A Northbound BNSF rock train loaded with Texas Size Stones from the Marble Falls, TX area heads north on the Union Pacific Waco Sub (ex MKT) between Taylor and Granger, TX.  BNSF utilizes trackage rights on the UP to reach the central Texas quarries in Georgetown and off the Austin Western railroad via the interchange at McNeil.

Chasing 844 on May 2, 2012

Union Pacific 844 along with the UP E Units departed Hearne, TX this morning in route to Ft. Worth with the 150th anniversary train.   844 returned to Hearne after repairs were performed during the past few weeks in Georgetown at the Georgetown Railroad Shops. Videos below include the train departing Hearne yard then heading north on the Ft. Worth sub at Valley Junction.  Finally the train departs Marlin, TX after about a 20 minute service stop.  

Videos of 844 and E Unit 949 Across Texas This Week

UP 844 In Taylor, Hutto, and Georgetown, TX 4/19/2012

UP 949 Downtown Austin, Texas

UP 844 Powell and Corsicana, Texas

Recent Central Texas SSW GP60s

SSW 9708 Working the UP Local Out Of San Marcos.   March 28, 2012
Pics Taken On The Former MKT Passenger Track now just a spur track across from Cheatham Street
Warehouse on N LBJ St in San Marcos.  This line is former MKT, now the UP Lockhart Sub.

SSW 9642 in Hearne, TX     March 4, 2012

Unit is currently working the local between Bryan and Hearne.