It's shortly after 0800 on a Wednesday morning and the crew on board GMTX 413 (which is leased to Northern Plains railroad) have departed the yard at Gunn with a string of empties and is heading d... (more)

It's shortly after 0800 on a Wednesday morning and the crew on board GMTX 413 (which is leased to Northern Plains railroad) have departed the yard at Gunn with a string of empties and headed down ... (more)

Leased to Northern Plains railroad for use at the former Magnetation Jessie Loadout Facility location by Prairie River Minerals (PRM). Also to be used is a former Burlington Northern caboose pain... (more)

A set of GCSR power crosses Brady Creek heading back to the yard.

A switch stand seems out of place in this scene, but here we have the yard job splitting power on a humid Texas morning. The train will pull up the main, which is obscured by weeds at right.

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)

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

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

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

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

Bold is a word to describe the gleaming white paint on these three fresh GP15-1's on the GCSR. The roughly 68 mile long shortline was started up in 1993 and operates former Santa Fe tracka... (more)