A Mike Bledsoe Photo.

While on a yard tour given to me by a friend, HZRX 3134 holds in the yard at the Austin Steam Institute.

PRLX 3757 lettered up for Old Castle Materials Texas, sits in the small loading facility south of Bernet near Marble Falls.

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)

After sleeping on the ground atop a bluff overlooking the tracks, I was warned by a distant whistle. I knew that I'd have to run down in order to have a chance at a photograph. I barely made it ... (more)

Train No. 42 is eastbound for Houston powered by a P-5 Pacific which whistles for the Webberville Road crossing several miles out of Austin.

A MetroRail commuter train quietly glides through the Austin Western Abbott Yard, passing a new locomotive built by Railserve for the Trans-Gabon Railway.

With a rare consist, the Austin Western 241 Job heads west with a new Railserve DUAL LEAF locomotive built for the Trans-Gabon Railway. The genset will soon leave a US port aboard a ship destined ... (more)

Austin & Texas Central's westbound excursion to Bertram, TX holds for a late Sunday afternoon meet with an Austin Western eastbound rock train with BNSF power at the Austin Capital Metro's western... (more)

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)

A late summer afternoon finds Austin Area Terminal Railroad (AUAR) Gandy Turn heading north from McNeil, crossing Highway 171 under the conductor's protection because gates have just been installe... (more)

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

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