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

A pair of GP15-1's give all they have to shove heavy frac sand loads into the yard from the Sand Lead.

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)

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)

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)

Entering the through truss bridge span, our 9,170 ton train slowly creeps over the San Saba River. Signs of heavy repairs are evident on the left side following a derailment that damaged the struc... (more)

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

A rested crew prepares to go on duty and take the train to BNSF interchange in Lometa. The engineer is likely to shout out to the hitch-hiker covered conductor returning from knocking off handbrak... (more)

Shoved into the seldom used furniture track, the morning sun shines on this old unit found surrounded by flowers. It was used in the film "Courage Under Fire" starring Denzel Washington. Unfortuna... (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)

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