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

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.

Patched SP , SSW GP60s In Taylor, Texas 4/20/2011

BNSF Pics From Teague, TX On March 24, 2011

SSW 9647 Hearne, Texas

 

Unpatched SSW Has Been Working A UP Local In The Hearne, Texas area for the last few weeks.  Caught it tonight parked in the yard with another UP unit.  March 24, 2011

SSW 9699 San Marcos, Texas March 11, 2011

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I took these pics of unpatched SSW 9699 In San Marcos, Texas on March 11, 2011.  It has been working the UP local between San Marcos and San Antonio, Texas