This former SP unit looks as if it might have spent a year on the old Clinchfield. Photo by Tony Vanier. From my collection.

A pair of Austin Western SD40-2s sit in Abbott Yard.

A northbound manifests approaches the Amtrak Station in downtown Austin.

UP 1943, "The Spirit of the Union Pacific", leads a work train outside of Lockhart a few minutes before sunset.

BNSF 5928 (ES44AC) runs over a Rio Grande bridge at Leyden, Colorado.

A former EMD demo unit, looking good with any Georgetown "patina" AKA limestone dust. Nothing on slide, date approx. Photographer unknown although I suspect you Tom Sink, wherever you... (more)

The skyline looms in the distance as a rerouted MMNMX approaches Mary Street in south Austin.

UP 8948 leads the northbound ILDYC (Intermodal, Laredo, TX to Dolton, IL/Yard Center) around the S curve in downtown Austin. Shortly after this image was taken, the ILDYC became the ZEGYC (Inte... (more)

AWRR's 112 job departs Elgin

UP 6932 leads a mixed train into Waco Texas on a beautiful afternoon in Central Texas.

The LAW51 arrives in Smithville behind a trio of classic EMDs. The logo on the water tower makes Smithville's railroad heritage clear. Once a division point on the MKT, Smithville is quieter these... (more)

The UP LAW51 makes its weekly run from Taylor to Smithville, past the MKT depot in Elgin and the famous searchlights that still stand against all odds. After using road power for most of the p... (more)

A rerouted empty rock train approaches Hancock Drive, accelerating quickly on the 1.3% downhill grade out of Sneed Siding.

Taking a lunch break on Wednesday, GRR 9012 is parked just outside the engine house.

Still wearing its Kansas City Southern de Mexico lettering, an ex-Missouri Pacific dining car rests in the Austin Steam Train Association yard. Hopefully one day this car can be restored. You c... (more)