UP 6706 leads the MSAEW 20 over the Austin Subdivision due to a maintenance curfew along the Glidden Subdivision at Flatonia, TX. San Antonio to Houston traffic will be rerouted on the Austin Subd... (more)

UP's 51 local departs Taylor

A northbound rock train passes downtown Austin bracketed by a pair of AC60s

An SD70M leads the hottest train on the Austin sub, UP's "Falcon Service" stacks, past downtown.

A northbound manifest passes downtown Austin

A southbound rock train passes the historic McNeil Post Office and Austin White Lime general store. Founded in 1888, Austin White Lime operated for 135 years until its closure on March 31st, 2024.... (more)

The Canadian Air Force invades Austin! One of Canadian Pacific's commemorative locomotives painted for the Canadian Air Force leads a manifest through downtown Austin with a KCSM SD70ACe... (more)

UP 1995, the Chicago & Northwestern heritage unit, leads a manifest through downtown Austin

A northbound manifest is flanked by the aptly named MoPac Expressway

A Rerouted BNSF Z-train passes downtown Austin. This train, the Z-EAPCHI (Priority Intermodal, Eagle Pass TX to Chicago IL) has been rerouting over the Austin Subdivision in recent weeks as UP has... (more)

A northbound manifest crosses Lamar Blvd in downtown Austin.

A northbound manifest passes through downtown Austin

A freshly rebuild Dash 9 pairs up with an increasingly rare SD70M on a northbound manifest

A pair of locomotives comprising both CPKC merger partners leads MLDDI (Manifest, Laredo, TX to Dallas, TX) through Austin. CP power used to be almost unheard of on the Austin Sub, but it's become... (more)

Lehigh Hanson has acquired two former Missouri Pacific SD40-2s (UP 4279, previously MP 4279 and originally MP 3279) and 4297, (UP 4297, previously MP B4297 and originally MP 3297) to operate their... (more)