A Railfanning Trip to TEXAS,
June, 2012
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| This Westbound stack train is near CP4283 on the Oklahoma-Texas border, near Higgins, TX. I met up with the the BNSF Transcon near Shattuck and followed it all the way to Amarillo. This is a very busy lining but time was short selected few photos. 6:35 PM | |
The next day we followed the Red River Valley Subdivision from Amarillo to Wichita Falls. This westbound empty hopper train is pretty typical of this line. Hedley, Texas |
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In Chillicothe at the location of the former diamond with the KCM&O I found these relics. Number 110 is former MK&T #110, the second unit was probably MK&T as well for a short time but I'm not sure. Chillicothe, Texas |
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| Another former Katy re-purposed at Harrold, Texas 6:29pm |
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From Wichita Falls I jetted over to Gainesville where I met this Southbound ethanol train. Gainesville, Texas |
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| From Gainesville I followed the BNSF fort worth subdivision south to a place called Metro where the same ethanol train met a northbound empty hopper train which UP power. 4:35 PM |
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| At Ponder, Texas I caught this northbound grain train meeting the same ethanol train. Hey! The caboose is for sale! 5:13 PM |
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| At North Justin our ethanol train met a Northbound manifest freight just out of Alliance yard. 5:44 PM |
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I ended the day at Saginaw, Texas watching pretty typical traffic for this spot. 7:30 PM |
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Nifty switch control outside the gate to the museum tracks in Temple, Texas.
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| The former Katy station in temple still stands. 6:46 PM |
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The next day I had to hurry on down to Houston but not before catching this rail train by the museum in Temple. 8:38 AM |
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Crossing the Navasota River on the UP subdivision of the same name. Navasota, Texas |
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| My accommodations at my brother's house in Pasadena, Texas. Pretty cool, huh? | |
| Meeting the Muir gang -- John, Shannon, Lydia, Bethany, Andrew, and Nathan. |  |
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