Interesting example of how stuff gets swapped around. Apparently built as a GP7 but rebuilt by IC (note the little visor over the class light) with a GP10 long hood, battery box covers etc. owne... (more)
Perhaps They Stopped to Use the ATM at Hondo National Bank…A westbound Union Pacific rock train has stopped in downtown Hondo, Texas, to flag a grade crossing due to a problematic... (more)
An eastbound UP mixed freight, likely from the Ferromex interchange at Eagle, Pass, TX, crosses the usually dry Hondo Creek on its Sunset Route journey.
UP's Pine Bluff, AR to Eagle Pass, TX manifest freight heads west across the former SP Sunset Route, eventually bound for a Mexican border interchange with Ferromex. Power today includes two rece... (more)
An eastbound UP freight from the Ferromex interchange at the Mexican border at Eagle Pass, TX crosses Hondo Creek between Hondo, TX and Dunlay, TX.
A BNSF train bound for shortline Hondo Railway with loads of corn syrup and ethanol storms upgrade outside of the town of Hondo, only minutes from its final destination.
A very interesting combination of power leads a westbound SP freight. The 434-B & A are SD40 prototype units built on SD35 frames. They also had flared radiators which appered later on SD45 units.... (more)
The Hondo Railway's newest locomotive, GP50 #1978, idles waiting to make the next switch at this transload facility.
UP 9468 leads a short WB mixed freight on the Sunset Route at Hondo, TX, just outside of San Antonio, TX.
Hondo Railway GP8 #1586 sits on a Saturday morning waiting to spot the next load of corn syrup. This is a new railroad for Railpictures.net. History of unit: Ex-GP7 SLSF 541 to AGRICO 1586 to I... (more)
UP 8322 West heads through Hondo, TX on the UP Sunset Route.
UP 7510 East heads over Hondo Creek with three EMDs and a loaded ballast train, most likely from the quarry near Knippa.
