Looking pretty handsome for a leaser GMD rebuild (three strikes, actually!), GCFX 6067 has the helm of a UP southbound in the hole at North Loop. She was originally built in '71 as CN SD40 5158.
The dynamic brakes of lead Dash 9 5217 and another sister whine as they bring a Houston-bound manifest toward a crew change at the south fuel pads at Temple.
Three ubiquitous Dash 9s pull a JB Hunt P-train out of the sag at Lugo and make a final pull for the summit at 1556. The westbound had been stuck a while just east of Lugo in emergency. With the... (more)