An update about railroad operations in the central Texas area. Mainly along the UP Austin sub from Round Rock - Taylor and the BNSF in the Temple area. Also occasional updates from the UP Corsicana and Ennis subs and the BNSF DFW Sub between Dallas and Teague.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Saturday, March 31, 2012
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.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Amtrak 156 in Central Texas
Amtrak 156, one of 4 Amtrak 40th Anniversary engines, lead the Texas Eagle from Chicago to San Antonio and back last weekend. Here are pics of the train with 2 other Units entering Round Rock, TX heading for Austin and San Antonio
Here's A Video of the train at the same location, about to meet a Northbound at Round Rock
Friday, May 27, 2011
Random Pics From May 2011
Northbound Empty SATX Coal with a Patched SP Engine At Taylor, TX
BNSF Light Power Heading Back To Temple After Dropping Off Empties In Georgetown. All Three BNSF Pumpkin Schemes are Represented
BNSF Power On A Rock Train on the Austin Western Railroad At McNeil
SD60M Leads A Northbound Auto Parts Train Through Taylor
Southbound Texas Eagle At Round Rock
BNSF Power Leading Empties on A Southbound Rock Train Coming Off The Waco Sub At Taylor. This Train Will Head To Georgetown and onto the Georgetown Railroad at Round Rock
Taylor Yard May 27, 2011
Older C40-8W Leads A Northbound Eagle Pass to Little Rock Train at Taylor
Balcones Recycling Boxcars
Here are a few pics I shot in December of 2010 of some custom graffiti jobs done on boxcars used by Balcones Recycling in Austin. These cars can be found at random times in the Austin Western yard on Howard Ln still today.
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