Eastbound L31
Having pulled through Temple (in the background) from the north, BNSF 7174 enters the yard southeast of town for fueling, and likely a crew change.
A pair of GEVOs is all that is needed to handle this train headed down the relatively flat Galveston Subdivision. Presumably these are heading to southeastern Houston's petrochemical complex to re... (more)
UP 5953 holds the siding with coal for San Antonio while the engineer (or conductor) comes out to give a visual once-over of an eastbound, near sunset.
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)
Busy afternoon at Valley Junction, as a northbound heads toward Waco, while a train coming off the former Mopac waits to head south toward Flatonia. Meanwhile, to the west, and empty SATX coal tra... (more)
Eastbound L31 arriving Dallas yard
167 arriving Wylie yard
HASLET TX March 15 1981 — Santa Fe GP39-2 3696 is tied down in the passing siding. EMD built the unit (s/n 796314-1) in April 1980 and delivered it in blue body with yellow warbonnet livery. Aft... (more)
Eastbound L31 stops at Dallas junction to align the switch.
Eastbound local at the end of the trip as they return to Wylie yard from interchange with the BNSF Alliance yard in Haslet TX.
CPKC Blue Sunday in Texas
Early morning at Monahans, TX finds a TNMR train switching at the east end of the UP yard.
