A train of westbound aggregate empties cuts through Downtown Elgin passing Veterans Memorial Park and the Elgin Chamber of Commerce.

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)

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 matched set of 3 former Chicago & Northwestern GP50's work Griffin Industries, crossing the Union Pacific interlocking and passing the 1903 depot in downtown Elgin. While other Watco units on th... (more)

A pair of SD60M's lead the local back to Smithville from Taylor passing the historic Elgin Grain & Feed building in downtown Elgin.

The 4146 and 4147 head back west past the 1872 Houston and Texas Central Freight Depot, the oldest building in downtown Elgin.

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)

A load of rendered chicken meal and a handful of aggregate empties head west toward Manor.

Austin Western's Butler Turn accelerates out of Elgin, crossing the ex-MKT UP mainline and passing the restored depot.

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.

Katy Pacific No.374, built by Alco in 1912, is seen arriving in Elgin with the Houston section of the Katy Limited. It was scheduled to leave Elgin at 2:56 PM but is running unusually late.

A southbound Katy Mikado, built by Lima in 1923, leads its 72 car freight onto a siding in order to take on water. Its immaculate appearance is typical of Katy maintenance standards in the latt... (more)