WAMX 5007, the last GP50 still in Austin Western colors, rests at Abbott Yard in Austin with a train just interchanged from the Union Pacific.

UP 1995 leads a northbound manifest at West

A UP stack train passes through downtown Austin

An Austin Western local departs Elgin

An Austin Western local arrives in Manor

An Austin Western local passes the freight depot in Elgin

The southbound Texas Eagle departs Taylor with two cars from the "Winter Park Express" in tow.

An Austin Western local returns to Manor behind a pair of SD40-2s.

A UP manifest passes through downtown Austin

An evening 7 train flies above the crowds in Flushing. The R188s have a real distinctive look to them.

BNSF 714 leads a rock train into McNeil, TX. 714 is one of the C44-9Ws that were delivered to BNSF just after the merger in a modified "Warbonnet" paint scheme.

A Union Pacific rock train basks in the golden hour light as it skirts along McNeil Road

A "fake bonnet" Dash 9 leads a rock train into McNeil in evening light.

Austin Western road power sits on the ready track at Abbott Yard. In recent years, Watco has shuffled most of the GP50s off property in exchange for SD40-2s, SD60, and SD60Ms. Here, an SD40-2 sits... (more)

A UP manifest rounds the curve in downtown Austin with a colorful consist