UP 1995 CNW HERITAGE UNIT TAYLOR, TEXAS

The Chicago Northwestern Heritage Unit was in Taylor, Texas on April 11, 2013

March 2013

UP 9600 leads a northbound rock train through Rock Rock, Texas

March 15, 2013

UP 7777 Leads a northbound manifest through Round Rock, Texas.

March 15, 2013

UP 9746 On A Southbound Rock Train At Round Rock, Texas

March 15, 2013

SD40-2 3736 leads the LAW51 Local From Taylor across Brushy Creek in Round Rock headed for interchange with the Georgetown Railroad

March 18, 2013

UP 9715 Leads the Ft. Worth - San Antonio manifest southbound at McNeil 

March 17, 2013

A Northbound Pacer intermodal train holds the main line waiting for the southbound Ft. Worth - San Antonio manifest to run around through the siding at McNeil

March 17, 2013

A Northbound Pacer intermodal train holds the main line as the southbound Ft. Worth - San Antonio manifest enters the siding at McNeil

March 17, 2013

UP 9665 waits for it's next rock train assignment at the Union Pacific, Austin Western interchange at McNeil.

March 17, 2013

UP 9665, an SD70M, and UP 4881 sit in the Austin Western interchange track at McNeil.

March 17, 2013

Ferromex 4684 leads a northbound Eagle Pass to Little Rock manifest through McNeil behind the White Lime General Store.

March 17, 2013

Amtrak 66 Taylor, Texas

Amtrak Heritage Unit #66 Lead the southbound Texas Eagle on March 14, 2013.  Here the train enters the Austin subdivision at Taylor after making the trip from Ft. Worth.  

February 2013

Local LAW51 with 4 standard cab units switches the south end of Taylor yard on the morning of February 1, 2013

Loaded rock train from Georgetown heads through Taylor before entering the Waco sub for the trip north up the Katy line.  February 1, 2013

Train QLDNL (Laredo - North Little Rock Priority Merchandise) enters Taylor yard as the MSAFW (San Antonio - Ft. Worth Merchandise) waits to depart up the Waco Sub to Bellmead yard.   February 1, 2013

Rebuilt SD40-2 1613, now classified as an SD40-2R with a "Snoot" nose is part of the LAW51 consist.  February 1, 2013

A loaded cement train turns the curve out of Taylor yard and onto the Waco sub for the trip to Smithville, Texas.   February 1, 2013

 

Amtrak's Texas Eagle stops at Taylor before departing for Temple.  February 1, 2013

Amtrak's Texas Eagle is about to enter Round Rock after passing through McNeil.  February 5, 2013

Trip to Lometa and Brady, Texas

A Gulf, Colorado, & San Saba train sits idle at the BNSF interchange in Lometa, Texas on Sunday morning December 23, 2012.  

Santa Fe Signals and Glass insulators along the BNSF tracks between Lampasas and Lometa, Texas

Bridge on US HWY 190 Crossing the Colorado River

San Saba county Texas courthouse.  San Saba, TX

Hopper Cars Parked on the Gulf, Colorado, & San Saba Railroad in San Saba, Texas. 

The US Hwy Crossing on the San Saba River.  Cars from a derailment that occured earlier in 2012 on the Gulf, Colorado, & San Saba Railroad still sit on the ground under the bridge

The Gulf, Colorado, & San Saba Railroad in Richland Springs, Texas

Downtown Richland Springs, Texas

Brady, Texas Santa Fe Depot