An engineer gets a chance to inspect his heavy train as they tackle the curves and grade toward the county line south of Coupland. This portion of the Waco Sub generally has two rock trains, one c... (more)

Main Street in downtown Elgin is greeted with the 121 Job heading west. Elgin is a railroad town and owes its existence, or at least location, to the railroad and a flood. The original alignment o... (more)

My first photo of 2013 and it comes from the small town of McNeil Texas. We're at the Austin Western's yard, where a group of power is taking it easy, waiting for assignments.

The very first train to arrive in Austin came on Christmas day 1871 with much celebration. That day paved the way for Austin to become the metropolis it is where freight trains play second fiddle ... (more)

A 92-car train of TILX empties crosses the UP Waco Sub as it continues south on the UP Austin Sub to McNeil, TX. As an extra-board conductor for the Austin Western Railroad, I often get called to ... (more)

A late evening rock train crosses the Austin Western interlocking and rumbles by the 1903 depot in downtown Elgin. The segregated depot was built with a ticket office opening to mirror image waiti... (more)

A Fort Worth to San Antonio manifest has exited the UP Waco Sub for a southbound move on the UP Austin Sub. The MFWSA-12 is getting a fresh crew as the couterpart MSAFW-12 is switched by the LAW10... (more)

NS 1072, the Illinois Terminal heritage unit, leads an Englewood-East Yard manifest westbound toward San Antonio with the S&A heritage unit trailing with two other NS GE's, all bound for emissions... (more)

A trio of Ferromex GEVOs lead an eastbound out of the siding at Nolte on the Sunset Route east of San Antonio, TX.

The 121 job spots loads and pulls empties out of CCI on a cool October evening. If you click the photo map, you can see that the spur the train is setting out on used to cross Big Sandy Creek. The... (more)

A westbound coal train bound for San Antonio from the Powder River Basin reflects on itself at the small town of Seguin.

A quiet morning in Elgin is briefly interrupted as the Austin Western makes an eastbound run through town toward Butler. The train is passing the restored Houston & Texas Central freight depot tha... (more)

Austin Western's Butler Turn returns back to Manor on a spring-like February Sunday, reflected in a pool of water from the previous day's rain.

A pair of rebuilt SD40Ns lead the Slot Machine work train toward San Antonio, having just entered the Austin Sub from the Lockhart Sub.

Katy Pacific No.397, built by the American Locomotive Co. in 1917, is crossing the trestle over Shoal Creek. The train is the southbound Texas Special.