UP 1055 (ex SSW 9699) rests in the yard at Hearne

A raggedy looking former SSW 9699 hangs out at the former SP Hearne Yard on a beautiful Texas morning.

A raggedy looking former SSW 9699 hangs out with two other UP units at the former SP Hearne Yard.

UP 8053 leads a mixed manifest off the former MoPac line, bending south at Valley Junction.

Busy afternoon at Valley Junction, as a northbound heads toward Waco, while a train coming off the former Mopac waits to head south toward Flatonia. Meanwhile, to the west, and empty SATX coal tra... (more)

Bending off the UP (Mopac) line between San Antonio and Hearne, south on (I believe) Southern Pacific (originally Hearne and Brazos Valley Railroad). This junction was established in 1892. Now ove... (more)

A string of switcher locomotives is tied up on the west side of the GATX Car repair facility on a beautiful evening in Hearne Texas.

A new unit for the Chicago area. Gee, I wonder who used to own it. Photo by Tony Lanier. From my collection.

Southbound rainbow consist.

UP 4014 steams into Hearne, Texas on a beautiful fall morning.

Union Pacific 1943 "The Spirit of the Union Pacific" Armed Forces Heritage Unit assigned to one of the Hearne Locals - LAB46 with the United States, Texas and Union Pacific flags of the ... (more)

UP 8900 leads a colorful consist is it approaches the crew change point just outside of Hearne Texas.

A rather interesting unit works the GATX plant in Hearne Texas on a very hot Texas July day.

Southern Pacific GE B30-7 7838 and U30C 7919 heading east near Hearne, Texas. Photo from my slide collection, Photographer Mike Bledsoe.

Some things never change - throughout high school and college the SP held trains out waiting to get in to the yard, and UP is now doing the same - 25 years later!