An empty aggregates train returns to the Texas Hill Country for reloading and delivery back to the Union Pacific in McNeil (north Austin).

WAMX 4228 was built as Kennecott Utah Copper Corpo... (more)

A very strange consist to see in Texas no doubt. Austin Western has recently been making a big push for bigger power and they sure are getting it.

A rare daylight run for the Austin Western is seen with a 5 pack of EMD SD40-2's. This is the daily southbound rock train from Marble Falls, Texas to Manor, Texas.

The Texas Hill Country is enjoying a great showing of bluebonnets this spring following above average rainfall last year. Austin Western Job 207 is seen here switching Hill Country Recycling in Ma... (more)

A westbound train rolls up and down the undulating grade as they march toward the Oldcastle Materials Sudduth quarry for another load of Central Texas aggregate. This operation is unique in that t... (more)

A pair of former Chicago & Northwestern GP50's lead empties back west for another load of aggregate. The Austin Western has eight ex-CNW GP50's on the roster.

Fire fills the sky over an Austin Western train beginning their nightly run west to Austin. The contract between Watco and Capital Metro is coming to an end in 2015, leaving many to wonder if Watc... (more)

Support for the local high school football team is evident as the 121 Job crosses Main Street in Downtown Elgin.

A healthy dose of sand is applied to the rail during an emergency brake application. Sand prevents the locomotive wheels from sliding when a train goes into emergency at speed. However, there was ... (more)

A six pack of former Chicago & Northwestern GP50's continue earn their keep hauling aggregate in the rolling Central Texas Hill Country terrain. Here the train is heading west to the Old Castle qu... (more)

An echoing sound of the 121 Job pounding the diamond interupts an otherwise quiet evening in the small rural town of Elgin, Texas.

Just west of the village of Bertram, a matched 4-pack of Austin Western GP50’s lead empty rock hoppers from Oldcastle’s rock yard at Seward Junction (Liberty Hill), TX to the massive quarry at... (more)

Railroad officials and First Responders work the derailment scene.

The 121 Job heads west through "The Land of Brick and Sausage" with a load of chicken waste. Main Street in Elgin is decorated for the upcoming 26th Annual Hogeye Festival and soon the street will... (more)

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