Another hot west Texas day is upon us when all you can wish for is a little of that hot air to keep a steady breeze and maybe a cloud to offer a bit of shade long enough to catch your breath. The ... (more)

The throttle is opened as the heavy train begins to climb the multiple grades out of the San Saba River Valley towards the Colorado River.

Scheduled maintenance for the 412 places it out of the consist for Wabtec.

Pulling up track one, the outbound sand loads reach the BNSF interchange. The inbound sand loads and empties are along side on track three and soon they will depart towards Brady. The former Scoul... (more)

A lengthy train of sand loads powered by four clean GP15-1's nears the old depot location and the rarely used secondary. This railroad is at the center of the energy boom and proppant loading is r... (more)

Three GP15-1's take the days grain and sand outbounds toward the BNSF interchange in Lometa. Here the train is passing through a small cut that reduced the grade over the farms in the settlement o... (more)

What looks like Purple Horsemint wildflowers surround the right-of-way and this train getting a fresh crew. I'm not a fan of mint, but a horse would make some crew changes easier. This great Texas... (more)

Footings from the past sit as a reminder of the railroads history as it quickly grows into the future.

A wet winter and early spring invited an explosion of floral vegetation to cover parts of the railroad. With MOW crews and Texas heat battling at the unwanted guests, scenes like this will soon be... (more)

The evening westbound crosses the last trestle out of the San Saba River bottom, click here to see the train crossing the m... (more)

The local switch job has finished spotting empties and pulling loads from the "sand hole" with 9525 and 412. It has pulled up to the yard and tied down along side the road train that has arrived f... (more)

All four GP15's depart Brady with over 70 loads bound for interchange with BNSF in Lometa.

The silence of the rural San Saba River is rattled to life by the passing of a train slowly heading toward Brady.

The bread and butter of the GCSR is sand, lots of it. What has become known as "Brady Brown" is high in silica and great for use in proppants. Here the local switching team plays two bay shuffle o... (more)

Moving at a slow pace the a GCSR train of mostly sand cars passes a vineyard near Richland Springs.