Coming through downtown New Braunfels, my childhood hometown, is an empty aggregates rock train, bound for the Western Railroad Company about four miles further on, traveling on the old MoPac, nee... (more)
Awaiting clearance into the small Taylor Yard (ex-MoPac), UP 8570 heads up an aggregates train from Western Railroad Co. in New Braunfels (my childhood home).
Specially modified and painted equipment becomes a rolling classroom for area firefighters. This training progam focused on HAZMAT emergencies, railcar anatomy, capping kits, chlorine gas and leak... (more)