The 101 Job with loads for LJT Steel and Mars Petcare passes by the BNSF Fort Worth Subdivision.

Fire Engine Red can't quite compare to the bright red paint on clean Patriot Rail equipment. Larry's Truck & Electric 1446 and 1455 make up the entire TC roster.

A boxcar is shoved into Wilsonart International, a laminate and adhesive company.

The yard job pulls a short cut from track 5 as a brakeman known just as "Squirrel" rides out to the switch.

An engineer gets a chance to inspect his heavy train as they tackle the curves and grade toward the county line south of Coupland. This portion of the Waco Sub generally has two rock trains, one c... (more)

A train of westbound aggregate empties cuts through Downtown Elgin passing Veterans Memorial Park and the Elgin Chamber of Commerce.

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)

Main Street in downtown Elgin is greeted with the 121 Job heading west. Elgin is a railroad town and owes its existence, or at least location, to the railroad and a flood. The original alignment o... (more)

The Daffan Double. A 121 crew completes the double after the 111 job lost two motors and went dead shortly after laying down on Daffan Hill. The first cut is seen between the switches at De... (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 very first train to arrive in Austin came on Christmas day 1871 with much celebration. That day paved the way for Austin to become the metropolis it is where freight trains play second fiddle ... (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)

A late running TRE train ducks under the historic Hunt-Hawes building as the TRE attempts to keep service going despite the bad weather conditions.

That nose bell just can't be mistaken, these former Chicago & Northwestern GP50's continue to work together taking this train west toward Manor, TX.