Georgetown Railroad EMD SW1500 #1010 , GRR Passenger extra at Round Rock, Texas.

A 1983 business trip took me to Austin, Texas. I managed a visit to the Georgetown Railroad, in hopes of catching some of the Baldwin switchers on the roster. I had to settle for an SW1500, which ... (more)

A GRR MP15 sits outside the locomotive shop in Georgetown, TX.

Waited 10 years for this shot and some late season snow storms and running steam early in May of 2017 made this shot so special on the Georgetown Loop Railroad. If this would have been a hour earl... (more)

GRR quarry job Georgetown

Northbound GRR train returning to Georgetown from UP interchange at Round Rock

A pair of Georgetown RR's considerable fleet (at least for a railroad this size) work some stored SATX hoppers north of the railroad's headquarters. GP20 9056 is of Milwaukee Road origin. MP15DC... (more)

Georgetown RR rock train near Georgetown, TX in May 1976.

Mid-train in Georgetown RR's continuous-belt ballast train are two distribution cars that can swing to either side to distribute rock. On the former MoPac at Hestes, Texas Oct. 12, 1989.

Rock hauler Georgetown RR has also gotten into ballast distribution. Its continuous-belt ballast train with two Paducah rebuilds, GRR 9050 East was on the U.P., former MoPac, at Hestes, Texas (be... (more)

Georgetown RR Baldwin S-12 switchers 1006 and 1005 are plugged into stand-by power as they await tomorrow's assignments art the Georgetown, Texas rock quarry.

What is it? Numberless 50-ton Atlas diesel, one of two built in the early 1940's for the U.S. Navy with side rods and radial couplers, was working for Georgetown Railroad at Georgetown, Texas on... (more)

This one has been sitting a while. Notice the rust is running out of the battery box and staining the ballast. Either that or the engineer is a very precise parker.

A road train, with a loader that travels along on top of gons and two ex-MILW style GP-9 rebuilds.

A Georgetown Railroad GP20 sits outside of the shop, looking like she won't run again.