Amtrak's Sunset Limited prepares to depart San Antonio while Southern Pacific Mikdao 784 looks on.

Westbound stopped to pick up a crew member.

Using the balloon track on the western side of UP's East Yard, a mixed freight train goes about switching cars on a sunny afternoon in the "Drive-By City" as framed by the signal bridge for Tower ... (more)

A fast moving east bound intermodal train composed of domestic and international containers rolls through Tower 112 atop the west bound mainline. A ratty looking AC4400 provides pushing power as ... (more)

4175, 5210, 2155 & 1434 pass through downtown San Antonio whilst hauling a manifest train

The freshly painted "Spirit of the Union Pacific" heads out of downtown San Antonio following the official unveiling ceremony held at Sunset Station. The locomotive arrived to San Antonio covered ... (more)

The freshly painted "Spirit of the Union Pacific" spotted at Sunset Station in San Antonio for the official unveiling ceremony. The locomotive arrived to San Antonio covered in a tarp displaying U... (more)

The freshly painted "Spirit of the Union Pacific" departs the unveiling ceremony held at Sunset Station in San Antonio and will soon begin Union Pacific's Salute to the Military Tour. The locomoti... (more)

The unveiling of UP 1943 Spirit of the Union Pacific to Support our Troops at the Sunset Station near downtown San Antonio frequently called "Military City USA" The following is copied from ... (more)

The Texas Transportation Company was an electrified, short-line railroad in San Antonio, Texas. It served the Pearl Brewery and several other businesses, moving carloads between those businesses a... (more)

A loaded BNSF trackage rights sand train heads down the Rockport Sub for one of the many unloading yards found on the line. The train is crossing over the San Antonio River and the south end of i... (more)

A SD70ACe leads two others units west on the Sunset Route with a ballast train. Winter usually means trackwork season in south Texas, and this year is no exception with all kinds of work on each ... (more)

Quintana Neighborhood Railroading

Switching railroad San Antonio Central has a roster of three EMD switchers leased from Webb Asset Management (WAMX): two SW1500s and an MP15DC. Ph... (more)

Another eclectic lash-up for a westbound out of San Antonio and the only time I ever caught something painted in Rio Grande paint in the area.

Back in Black

San Antonio Central is a switching railroad that leases three EMD switchers from Webb Asset Management (WAMX): two SW1500s and an MP15DC. Photographed in San Antonio, ... (more)