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  1. Cotton Belt 9647 Hearne, Texas

    Cotton Belt 9647 Hearne, Texas

    Cotton Belt GP60 sits in the yard at Hearne, Texas after returning from local work on March 24, 2011
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    • belt cotton gp60 hearne pacific railroad southern texas train union
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Union Pacific
  2. BNSF 2518 Deadline Temple, Texas

    BNSF 2518 Deadline Temple, Texas

    BNSF 2518 sits in the deadline at Temple, Texas on August 4, 2011
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    • bnsf fe railroad santa temple texas
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    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  3. Santa Fe GP30 Deadline Temple, Texas

    Santa Fe GP30 Deadline Temple, Texas

    BNSF 2421, an ex Santa Fe GP30 sits in storage at Temple, Texas on August 4, 2011
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    • bnsf fe railroad santa temple texas
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    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  4. Ex SP AC4400 UP 6403 Taylor, Texas

    Ex SP AC4400 UP 6403 Taylor, Texas

    UP 6403 in Southern Pacific paint passes through Taylor, Texas on an empty SATX coal train heading back north
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    • ac4400cw pacific railroad southern taylor texas train union
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Union Pacific
  5. Austin Western (WATCO) 5007 Austin, TX

    Austin Western (WATCO) 5007 Austin, TX

    Austin Western 5007 switches a local industry on Howard Lane in Austin, Texas August 1, 2011
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    • austin railroad watco western
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  6. BNSF 4314

    BNSF 4314

    BNSF 4314 leads a southbound BNSF train through Corsicana, Texas headed for Teague on Saturday Sept 4, 2010
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    • bnsf corsicana
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    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  7. UP SD60M 2283 Taylor, Texas

    UP SD60M 2283 Taylor, Texas

    power for the LAW51 local includes freshly painted SD60M 2283 at Taylor
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    • pacific sd60m taylor texas union
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    • Category: Union Pacific
  8. BNSF 4714 Taylor , TX

    BNSF 4714 Taylor , TX

    BNSF 4714 comes through Taylor on a rock train headed for Georgetown. Train came off the BNSF at Temple and took trackage rights to the GRR
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    • 4714 bnsf rock taylor texas train
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    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  9. SWTexan82

    Comment by 'SWTexan82' in media 'Struggling to Make Track Speed'

    interesting patch job, thats how those units were built to run.
  10. UP 1982 in Taylor Texas

    UP 1982 in Taylor Texas

    UP 1982 Leads the Ft. Worth - San Antonio manifest out of Taylor, Texas in the rain on Friday morning September 3, 2010
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    • 1982 heritage locotive missouri pacific taylor texas union
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Heritage Units - Union Pacific
  11. BNSF 6957

    BNSF 6957

    BNSF , ex Santa Fe SD40-2 6957 sits in the roundhouse area at the BNSF facilities in Temple, Texas
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    • bnsf fe santa sd40-2 temple texas tx
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  12. BNSF Lineup Teague, Texas

    BNSF Lineup Teague, Texas

    BNSF 5416 and 7549 Await Departure from the yard in Teague, Texas on July 21, 2010
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    • bnsf burlington fe northern railroad santa teague texas
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    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  13. SWTexan82

    Comment by 'SWTexan82' in media 'UP 8145 WB Empty Rock Train'

    they replaced the ties between Austin and Taylor and possibly further, and this train was dumping new ballast in the area. The other 2 engines on the train were there for "push pull" operations as they were going back and forth dumping ballast .
  14. UP Katy Heritage 1988

    UP Katy Heritage 1988

    UP 1988, the Katy Heritage Unit sits in the UP yard at Taylor, Texas on May 12, 2010
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    • 1988 heritage katy pacific taylor texas union
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    • Category: Heritage Units - Union Pacific
  15. SWTexan82

    Comment by 'SWTexan82' in media 'UP 8145 WB Empty Rock Train'

    this engine and whole train has been working between Round Rock and Hutto the last couple of weeks dumping ballast.
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