Are the days of gleaming GP15-1's in Central Texas over? Heart of Texas Railroad has taken over the former GCSR operation and the future of these four leased locomotives isn't clear. Here t... (more)

The Texas flag inspired paint scheme of the Gulf, Colorado and San Saba Railroad will be missed as Heart of Texas Railroad has taken over the operation. With GCSR now a fallen flag, only time will... (more)

Farewell GCSR! I picture is said to be worth a thousand words. Sometimes a picture and a thousand words just can't tell the story. What do you see here? A crumbling railroad on the verge of... (more)

The Texas heat is at a boil as a slow moving train creeps over the railroad. The relentless heat has been causing sun kinks and wide guages that threaten to derail trains. The most recent having t... (more)

Entering the through truss bridge span, our 9,170 ton train slowly creeps over the San Saba River. Signs of heavy repairs are evident on the left side following a derailment that damaged the struc... (more)

Its a long and slow ride from Lometa to Brady, the rhythmic 8 mph wobble will continue into the cold night.

A rested crew prepares to go on duty and take the train to BNSF interchange in Lometa. The engineer is likely to shout out to the hitch-hiker covered conductor returning from knocking off handbrak... (more)

Shoved into the seldom used furniture track, the morning sun shines on this old unit found surrounded by flowers. It was used in the film "Courage Under Fire" starring Denzel Washington. Unfortuna... (more)

Many shortlines have ended up in the hands of large holding companies and have lost that hometown identity, looking more like an aggressive Class 1. Then you have the Gulf, Colorado & San Saba tha... (more)

Entering a cut lined with prickly pear cactus, the 80-car loaded frac sand train heads down grade into the San Saba River Valley. Further down the line, all four GP15's will be put to the test to ... (more)

We laid down in the weeds many times, but always managed to be creative enough to over come the situation.

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)