Austin, Texas Daily Photo

On what used to be West Second and is now called Electric Avenue on this side of the old Power Plant, is the terminus of the railroad brid...

It's easy to forget standing amidst the downtown skyscrapers that trains used to run along the south side of Third Street. But next to...

I took this shot of a train going over the hike and bike path the other day and happened to catch Linda's hands and iPhone snapping t...

Lots of people were taking advantage of the Zilker train to have a nice ride in the sun the other day. 

Going places on Amtrak. The station is just around the corner from where I shot this photo. It's fun to think of being on that train ...

A little train travels through Zilker Park on a regular basis.

Sometimes, you have to stop jogging in Zilker Park so the small train can cross the path. 

While it may look like these riders are on the road, they are really just beyond the curb of a street running through Zilker Park and they...

On Thursday I rode the Capital MetroRail line out to the Lakeline Station and back. No good reason. It doesn't really go anywhere I wan...

A railroad spur used to come down Third Street to the Warehouse district. There was a depot or warehouse at one time where the Ballet Austin...

In Zilker Park you can ride a miniature train called The Zephyr. Every time I see it go by the riders seem to be having a fine time.

On Austin's new commuter trains, you may not smoke or play your boom box. (Do people still carry those around? Perhaps to break dance in...

I walked over to the convention center yesterday with the idle thought that I might go into the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar. I bumped into M...

When we were walking to Whole Foods today a train came along beside the construction for the Spring Condominiums. This is the same track sho...

Commuter Rail? Austin doesn't have it. But the Capital Metro people got money for it and besides tinkering with tracks and stations they...

Train tracks run through downtown Austin not far from where we will live. One day commuter trains will run near by (or so the taxing by Capi...