A UP vehicle/mixed freight train crosses the Frio River bridge on its way to San Antonio.

Texas State Railroad's Palestine train crosses the Neches River above canoeist Richard Donovan, author of PADDLING THE WILD NECHES (Texas A&M University Press, 2006) on May 3, 2008.

A KCS trackage rights train passes the Shiner brewery. Beer and trains make a great combination.

A brand-new set of Austin DMUs was caught out on a test run.

Last shot of the day: The Heartland Flyer heading north toward OKC.

KCS 708 West crosses the other, less famous Colorado River at Columbus, TX.

HLCX SD40-2 7183 leads a westbound UP manifest over US Highway 80 at Fruitvale.

UP 7510 East heads over Hondo Creek with three EMDs and a loaded ballast train, most likely from the quarry near Knippa.

As sundown approaches, UP 9523 North crosses a small bayou in the ultra-industrial refinery complex on the south side of the Houston Ship Channel.

With more and more of the former SP trestles being replaced with modern modular concrete spans, SD60M 2343 looks almost classy leading autoracks over Youngs Creek at restricted speed at 1228. A t... (more)

Running long hood forward.

Austin Area Terminal Railroad's Gandy Turn takes a train of empty gons to a Burnet County rock quarry for loading. Thanks to the friendly train crew for posing their train.

Warbonnets lead the Stack Richmond (CA) - Dallas over the Trinity River bridge. This scene is completely changed now, as the Dallas Sub was sold to DART before the BNSF merger and a new concrete b... (more)