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Brian-- I'm surprised you are having so many problems finding public access. As I'm sure you know, Texas is still largely rural, and many of the really inaccessible rail properties are in urban areas. Much of the mainline mileage in Texas roughly parallels passable public roads, many of which were the original highways built next to the RR because that's where the Highway Dept could get cheap ROW. In most other cases, there are lots of secondary roads crossing the tracks. Now, that's not completely true on BNSF around Lampasas, where your info says you are from, but there are still some good spots for watching, like from US 183 south of Lometa for several miles, and that's not too far from you at all. Same is true up around Goldthwaite, on the north side of town. Or go the other direction on US 190-the tracks are generally parallel to a road all the way through Killeen-Copperas Cove, etc. The BNSF main Temple-FTW runs right alongside TX317 above Belton almost all the way. Lots of public places where you can stop and watch a train. TxDOT produces detailed county road maps that are available at low cost and which can probably be of help to you. Also look for a sectional chart, available from your friendly fixed base operator (FBO) at the local airport, or if you know a provate pilot, talk them out of their old copies when they replace them. The FBO will usually sell you one even if you are not a pilot, and they have RRs and adjacent roads on them because they are landmarks for air navigation at low altitudes. Have fun and be careful.
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