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. 

Central Tx Railfanning

Well for those who dont know, I recently moved to Ft Hood Tx for my Unit in the US Army.  Convienently the BNSF Lampasas sub and Temple are nearby so I have been making trips out there.  Here are some pictures ive taken since being here.  Enjoy.\

Here BNSF 9266 sd70ace and a exec mac pass my spot mp248.8 on Ft Hood as it travels wb on the Lampasas sub.  Taken 29 Sept 2011. 

BNSF 9873 Wb passes CP2080 just west of Rogers Tx on the Galveston Sub.  Taken 25 Sept 2011. 

BNSF 7218 WB Q HouLac??  passes mp248 just west of Clear Creek rd just west of Ft Hood.  Taken 2 Oct 2011

BNSF RSWB 791 EB Q train passes thru Killeen on its way to Houston.  Taken 5 Oct 2011.

CSXT 823 ge and BNSF 8295 in Hole at Nolanville on Lampasas Sub. Waiting on crew to bring into Temple.  H LubTpl. 

Here BNSF 8932 WB passes MP257 just west of Copperas Cove as it heads back for wyoming. 

My Son standing next to ATC 442 RSD15 in Burmet Tx. 

ATSF 951 c40-8w NB coming thru Temple Tx.  Taken From Adams St.

A trip to Corpus Christi in 1997

When I was about 11, I went down to my aunts house in rockport tx to spend the summer with her.  Fortunately, the tracks were not too far away from her house so we frequented the tracks alot.  Unfortunately, this is a very slow branch from Gregory to Aransas Pass.  Back when I visited, the Degusa Carbon Black plant was still in full operation. Here are some pictures from my trip. 

SP 7942 gp40-2 at Ingleside Tx 7/5/1997 on one of the many chemical spurs.

A view of the 7942 and UP 1617 gp15-1

UP 1617 gp15-1(x MP)

Recently, I discovered that the 1617 was working in DFW area, however it is now UPY 617.  See link below. 
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=317628

SP 7501 sd45 resting at Aransas Pass on the main ajacent to the Degussa Carbon Plant.  Taken  7/24/1997

SP 6868 tunnelmotor sd45t-2 at Aransas Pass. 

SP 6828 sd45t-2 Arasas PAss Tx

One of the many cars stored on the branch at Aransas PAss.

End of the Line Aransas Pass.

Now on to Corpus Christi.

UP 1993 gp38-2 by the depot in corpus christi.

Corpus Christi Depot.

Old cabeese at Tex Mex yard corpus christi.

TexMEx gp38-2 at Corpus Christi.

And Last but not least, lets travel to Kingsville Tx.

UP sd40-2s at Kingsville Tx

close up view of UP 3704.

UP 3572 sd40-2 Kingsville, Tx

UP 3748 sd40-2

Thanks for looking.  Hope yall enjoyed.