A peaceful morning on the bank of the Colorado River is rattled to life by the passing of the Smithville Local.

A set of GCSR power crosses Brady Creek heading back to the yard.

UP power leads an empty Powder River Basin coal train from San Antonio's plant at Elmendorf, crossing over the San Antonio River. Only a few miles north from here on the river is the famous River... (more)

A UP local departs the ex-MP Sosan Yard in San Antonio bound for some frac sand plants on the Laredo Sub where the sand is distributed to drilling sites in the booming Eagle Ford shale in south Te... (more)

UP 8813 East crosses a small canyon on its way to the next crew change at Del Rio, TX as it traverses barren west Texas. The bridge in the foreground is the old US 90 crossing.

UP's Fort Worth to San Antonio road freight departs Corbyn Yard, continuing south on the Austin Sub for its destination at the ex-MP Sosan Yard.

Crossing the Colorado
A northbound Kansas City Southern freight crosses the Colorado River (not the same river in Colorado) at Wharton, Texas, on the afternoon of March 14, 2013. This b... (more)

Amtrak's Texas Eagle crosses the Blanco River and the old Post Road as it proceeds north along the Balcones Escarpment bound for Fort Worth and Dallas and eventually Chicago.

The final piece from the Museum of the American Railroad is on the home stretch, seen crossing a small creek at Porter Park. The 1.2 million pound Alco locomotive was moved from downtown Dallas' F... (more)

A northbound Kansas City Southern freight crosses the lift bridge over the Victoria Barge Canal at Bloomington, Texas, on March 13, 2013. KCS has trackage rights on this route over Union Pacificâ€... (more)

Westbound Amtrak Train 1, Sunset Limited, technically numbered 421 on this April 8, 2003 day and led by two P42's, crosses the Rio Grande River after leaving El Paso, Texas station. Behind the c... (more)

In the late 1980s the Texas Limited was privately operated between Houston and Galveston, primarily on the old Galveston, Houston and Henderson. With a leased ATSF GP9 it was returning northward ... (more)

The Dublin Turn crossover over a small creek on its way south, with Sundance Kid leading the way. Thanks to Patrick Phelan and the FWWR Company Photographer for showing me around.

A westbound UP stack train bound for the Los Angeles area crosses one of many bridges on the Sunset Route across south Texas.

The silence of the rural San Saba River is rattled to life by the passing of a train slowly heading toward Brady.