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

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.