Temple & Texas Central Railroad power sits quiet on Black Friday. While many people across were out chasing bargains, I went out to chase some trains.
A Luminant Power SD50 shoves a train of hoppers back to the mine for another load of lignite on the Oak Grove Railroad.. This operation joins other in TX as a conveyor of lignite to a mine-mouth ... (more)
UP 4973 leads a SB freight on the Cuero Sub, bound for the DALSA connection at Flatonia, TX to head toward San Antonio, TX.
KCSM 4672 heads west toward the border at Laredo, TX, seen here in very rural Realitos.
KCS 4044 leads a grain toward Mexico on ex-TexMex tracks.
KCSM 4672 and two other Belle units lead a long freight toward the border at Laredo, TX.
A loaded KCS grain train, with a pair of Belle paint units and matching consist of hoppers, highballs through Agua Dulce, TX on the former TexMex line between Robstown, TX and the Mexican border a... (more)
An empty BNSF grain train prepares to enter the UP Brownsville Sub from the Corpus Christi Sub as it uses trackage rights to reach home rails near Houston, TX.
A WB merchandise/intermodal train traverses KCS's ex-TexMex line between Robstown, TX and Laredo, TX, seen here just west of the very small town of Realitos. This part of Texas is certainly very ... (more)
A NB BNSF empty grain train from the port of Corpus Christi, TX passes parked UP power at the town of Sinton. I sure do like those flaired 45 series radiators and that Warbonnet paint scheme.
A WB UP mixed freight speeds through the small town of Flatonia, TX on a great fall day.
The Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad sits idle over the weekend at the quarry in Beckmann, TX, just outside of San Antonio, TX.
UP 9630 leads a rock train across the Guadalupe, providing a brief distraction for the fishermen below.
UP 9468 leads a short WB mixed freight on the Sunset Route at Hondo, TX, just outside of San Antonio, TX.
UP 8091 serves as a DPU on the rear of a WB mixed freight on the Sunset Route approaching San Antonio, TX.
