The work extra with 60 plus loads of ballast traverses the old L&A/Santa Fe Interchange in Farmersville.
Stormy skies promise rain to the parched earth as an afternoon Shreveport (SH) to Alliance (AL) Texas train pass through Greenville.
The eastbound Dallas-Shreveport train passes by communication poles that are leaning dangerously to adjacent homes. The poles once belonged to the Katy (MKT) Railroad.
The last eastbound train on the KCS Trans-Con speeds by Speedway Crossing in Greenville so MOW forces can start their day's work.
Work Extra KCS 620 East eases by a string of Herzog hoppers on a bright sunny morning in North Texas.
This train is part of the BNSF/KCS land bridge from the eastern seaboard to the west coast of the United States.
Empty cars returning to the Wyoming Coal Fields