Former Heart of Texas GP15, now working on Farmrail out of Altus, OK.

GMTX 411 at Brady, TX. This line will also be under the operation of Watco soon, and these nicely painted units will be going back to GMTX leasing.

A nicely dressed GP15-1 sporting a pair of spark arrestors catches some evening sun.

Pushing through a sea of high weeds and thorned mesquite, an outbound train of wheat and sand slowly creeps down the main track.

Farewell GCSR! A 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)

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)

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.

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)