The old saying is being "put out to pasture", which this old Santa Fe crummy has been quite literally.

With only 8.5 miles of track, welcome Southern Switching Company (SSC) to Railpictures.net. The entire roster is shown here doing the first job of the morning. These two rare units haven't been se... (more)

While the helicopter chasing the train may have challenged some taking video, it added a little something rare to those shooting photographs. I guess we may have seen it all now, lets hope this is... (more)

It's almost like looking back in time seeing a pair of old geeps getting washed outside the company engine house. These GP7's were recently sidelined by GP38-3's and most, if not all, have been so... (more)

Pulling up track one, the outbound sand loads reach the BNSF interchange. The inbound sand loads and empties are along side on track three and soon they will depart towards Brady. The former Scoul... (more)

Back in business! Having made a remarkable recovery following a dramatic bridge fire and subsequent collapse, Heart of Texas Railroad has proven to be resilient. The bridge fire was ... (more)

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 Heartland Flyer heads north to Oklahoma sporting special decals supporting rail travel to the annual Red River Rivalry collegiate football game between UT and OU. The side of the locomotive re... (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)

The Amtrak Exhibit Train came north from San Antonio off of the Sunset Limited as part of the Texas Eagle train 22. The equipment was placed between the motor for 22 and the Texas Eagle passenger ... (more)

A 40-car lignite shuttle train heads toward the Oak Grove Steam Electric Station with a former EMD demonstrator SD70ACe recently obtained by Luminant Energy. Note the beacon on the end of the long... (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)

A pair of former Santa Fe CF7's continue to survive a hundred or so miles away from where the ATSF Cleburne shops built them from F7A's. The are looking nice and clean and the silver horn is a nic... (more)

A lengthy train of sand loads powered by four clean GP15-1's nears the old depot location and the rarely used secondary. This railroad is at the center of the energy boom and proppant loading is r... (more)

The only two units this railroad has on different ends of the yard. I caught them just right to manage getting both in the shot though.