Choose Your Own Adventure

A short list of the most promising games slated to hit home systems before Christmas.

"...letting brother drop out of high school to hop freight trains, and setting up mom and sis with a..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Brendan Sinclair

Unstoppable

Denzel Washington stops a runaway train loaded with toxic cargo.

"...massive, hulking, clanking, shrieking locomotives and their equally cacophonous freight yards – the Tonka kid in all of us..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

End of the Line

The Passing of Grey Ghost

"..."I liked riding the freights," recalled Williams. "I'd find a train that was stopped..."

July 26, 1996 Music Feature

Day Trips

Angry farmers sparked the name of this Texas town

"...Long ago, Elgin was a whistle stop for the trains heading into Austin. In the early days when the..."

June 21, 2013 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

MetroRail: Week One

Standing room only on the train

"...already being made for increasing the frequency of the trains. “Herzog [the contractor that actually operates the trains] has..."

March 26, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Banking on Amtrak

Kay Bailey Hutchison's Been Workin' on the Railroad

"...or service is terminated. When workers were transferred from freight-line jobs to the "experiment" of nationalized passenger rail in..."

June 13, 1997 News Column by Brett Holloway-Reeves

It's Kind of Obvious

"...the train noises ["Seaholm Residents Got Dem Ol’ Noisy Freight Train Blues," Nov. 23]. Most of them are grownups..."

Nov. 24, 2018 Postmarks

Developing Stories: The Rail Learning Curve

Spillar outlines city plan to avoid Cap Metro's missteps

"...$105 million) for a system unable to run enough trains to meet anticipated demand. Cap Metro then tried to..."

Dec. 18, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Capital Metro faces criticism for unsafe rail crossings after derailment

"...Cheatham, the owner of Longhorn Railway Company, which hauls freight on the city-owned rail line, blames the derailment on..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Austintonio?

Connecting San Antonio and Austin by Train

"...along the SH130 right of way, allowing Union Pacific freight to avoid the current tracks, which are designated for..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature by Dan Quinn

Taking a Look at the Neighborhoods That Will Be Changed the Most by Project Connect

Diving into the iterations of the public transit redesign

"...This is the Blue Line Bridge, which will carry trains to and from East Riverside and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Hightower Report

What happened to America's train system?

"...Nineties to undermine the higher-speed potential of Amtrak's Acela trains, funding such Koch-headed front groups as the Cato Institute..."

May 6, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report: What's In Your Closet, Warren?

What's in your closet, Warren?

"...Say what? Yes, choo-choos. I'm not talking about model trains, but actual railroads, with locomotives, freight cars, steel tracks,..."

Sept. 6, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Playback: Fit To Perform

Divine Fits debut at Beerland, Willie hops the Railroad, and Ume gets a call from Perry Farrell.

"...Conway of Dripping Springs. A staple of Americana imagery, trains have a symbolic value that represents more than steel..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...get more rail transit (which Austin wants), more efficient freight rail, fewer cars and trucks on the road, and..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column

Day Trips

"...scenic route for passengers as well as a working freight hauler through the almost inaccessible canyons of the Animas..."

April 12, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

LIGHT RAIL 101: The Facts, Figures, & Terms You Need to Know

"...more frequently -- and has larger cars and longer trains, and therefore can carry more people. To accommodate this,..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature

Will the Third Time Be a Charm for an Austin Rail System?

Project Connect looks to help make connections

"...share the same route along Guadalupe and Lamar, with trains every five minutes at peak periods...."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Jack Craver

Council and Cap Metro Prepare to Hand Transit Plan to Voters

City's big plan is nearing the station

"...earmarked for anti-displacement initiatives to keep the shiny new trains and buses from gentrifying the working- and middle-class neighborhoods..."

July 31, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...perspective from car or air. The history of railroads, freight and passenger, is the history of Texas. As spoken..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Border Violations

What happened to the thousands of unaccompanied children who crossed the U.S. border last year?

"...La Bestia is the immigrants' nickname for the freight train that transports many children and adults from Central..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Day Trips

The Old Tunnel Wildlife Management Area outside of Fredericksburg hosts a bat colony twice the size of our own

"...line between San Antonio and Fredericksburg. The train carried freight and passengers from 1913 until the tracks were sold..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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Our readers talk back.

"...Commuter rail will use existing track that already runs freight; this plan simply adds passengers to the mix. This..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Column

Supports Commuter Rail Plan

"...Commuter rail will use existing track that already runs freight; this plan simply adds passengers to the mix. This..."

Oct. 26, 2004 Postmarks

'All Systems Go!' ... Very, Very Slowly

Cap Metro proposes a rail plan that is much less than meets the eye

"...existing Red Line (on which Cap Metro currently runs freight rail service) – most notably, to or through the..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...City Limits tapings per year, with the noise of trains (freight and/or commuter) rumbling past during the performances, when..."

July 2, 2004 Column

'Mistake on the Lake' Nominees

"...City Limits tapings per year, with the noise of trains (freight and/or commuter) rumbling past during the performances, when..."

June 29, 2004 Postmarks

Day Trips

"...pulled their pistols on the train's engineer. An alert freight worker killed the would-be robbers and ended an era..."

March 21, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Sucking Us Dry

"...of I-35 to allow most of the 18-wheelers and freight to bypass Austin altogether, thereby reducing pollution and the..."

May 21, 1999 Column

Corridor Conundrum

The Truth Is Out There on the Highway

"...and the money, Fort Worth the cows and the trains, and together they made a well-rounded socioeconomic unit, and..."

May 8, 1998 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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