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)

A brilliant setting sun illuminates a westbound manifest crawling out of the Dallas skyline with a full moon lingering over, preparing to offer a brilliant illumination of its own.

The Daffan Double. A 121 crew completes the double after the 111 job lost two motors and went dead shortly after laying down on Daffan Hill. The first cut is seen between the switches at De... (more)

A southbound loaded coal train destined for Halsted, TX wraps around a northbound empty E SLPRWM0 24A heading from Smithers Lake, TX to Rawhide Mine, Wyoming.

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)

Entering a cut lined with prickly pear cactus, the 80-car loaded frac sand train heads down grade into the San Saba River Valley. Further down the line, all four GP15's will be put to the test to ... (more)

Jimmy prepares to line a switch into Texaco as the engineer does a classic lean out the window of this rebuilt NW2. The Austin & Northwestern is a fallen flag and all that remains of this scene is... (more)

Three P42's lead the colorful 20 car AAPRCO special into the Temple depot. Here it will get a fresh crew before proceeding to an overnight stay in Fort Worth, TX. The consist was in order as follo... (more)

Loads of frac sand head east as the conductor follows behind in the hi-rail, inspecting for problems along the way. This former Santa Fe branch line has a long history of moving the valuable sand,... (more)

The throttle is opened as the heavy train begins to climb the multiple grades out of the San Saba River Valley towards the Colorado River.

A structure sure to stand the test of time carries a westbound train over the Colorado River. The wooden trestle that once stood here caught fire and collapsed in May of 2013, leaving the future o... (more)

The BNSF H.O.P.E. Farms Special departs the Ft Worth Stockyards for a run over the FWWR to Cresson, TX and back. Former Dallas Cowboy Russell Maryland is riding along todays train.

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

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

A pair of GP15-1's give all they have to shove heavy frac sand loads into the yard from the Sand Lead.