Central Texas Railfanning--Hill Country and Austin Tx 21 Jan 2012

Well my last railfan trip before i head to the sandbox turned out to be awesome.  Was planning to go to see Amtrak in San antonio but that bit the dust so this was the next best thing.  Kids had a blast so here we go with out further abdo::

After waiting in Bertram for a bit, finally arrived and blasted thru town. 

a close up of ATC 442 blowing smoke,.

conductor gives me and the kids a wave as they accelerate out of Bertram.

coming down the hill from summit just about to cross hwy 29.

coming into burnett on old H TC, 

Posing under the TRain order sign at Burnet

After shooting the Flyer, I got word that the Austin Western RR was in area so I headed south toward Marble Falls. 

After searching for an hour, I found him in fairland, tx switching a quarry,. 

Good ole Robert Currie at the throttle. 

Former BNSF sd40-2s.  If anyone has origins, Ill gladly add info.

X CNW gp50 with gong nose bell still in use.

Approaching a county Road E of Fairland

Approaching SH 281 xing

last car clear of 281.

I head to Summit for my last couple shots of the train.  He is to tie down into the RIP track for the passenger train to pass by. 

backing into the siding for the passenger train

tied down at summit. 

Well that concludes this.  Thanks for looking

New Years Railfanning 1/1/2012 Temple, Tx

After catching the Texas Eagle with the Heritage consist, i stuck around town to see what would show up.  I had pretty decent day considering i wasnt going to stick around after amtrak.

BNSF 4981 comes out of temple yard and will start to head south towards galveston.  M-TplGat

crossing 3rd street

BNSF 8011, which has been on local out of Temple for some time, heads out with the galveston bound train.  interestingly still carries original BN #.

Consist passing old grain silo.  A CSXT ac44 is also included in the consist.

After nailing this train, I caught Amtrak with the heritage locos and cars in tow.  After that, i heard DS112 talk to BNSF 7919 Sb holding at Temple siding for a new crew.  Finally, got crewed up and headed south toward fuel pad at knowd. 

 

last train of the day, wb onto the Lampasas subdivision.  I will follow this train to Nolanville.

seen just passing Opal Jct

Last shot of the train is at Nolanville, just East of Killeen.

After this, I continued on home.  Not bad for just going to shoot amtrak. 

New years day---Amtrak heritages visit Central Tx.

Well after getting word from trainorders.com that the heritage consist was heading for Fort worth, I decidded that i would head to Temple in order to catch this.  I have yet to see a heritage amtrak loco so this was a cool catch.  Saw some BNSF action to make it worth my trip besides Amtrak.  Enjoy'

Taken at Temple Amtrak station next to Centramod.

F40ph 406 At Temple Station

Amtrak 85 leading the heritage set at MLK BLVD on the UP WAco sub. 

heritage consist infront of the regular Eagle.



After the train left temple, i decided to stick around temple a little while and see what would show up.  I had decent day too.  Stay tuned.