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Rio Valley Switching in McAllen, Tx. My fiancee is from McAllen, for Christmas 2009 (and other times) we stayed at her mother's house. I have yet to see a RVS train. This was taken in McAllen at their offices. I noticed the John Deere tractor is almost the same color as their locos.
The hardest working units aren't running the country's mainlines, they're in the yards switching 24/7.
You're looking at a typical CN hump set:
GP38-2 mother lead (CN 7500 even)
HBU-4 hump booster unit aka slug (CN 500)
HBU-4 hump booster unit aka slug (CN 500)
GP38-2 mother trail (CN...
CP 454 normally leaves Saskatoon around noon or 8pm. Today however he decided to go for 5:30pm, not a good time variance if you try to catch it like I do. The power is CP 5984-9111-5712, in three distinct CP paint shemes: Action red, beaver & dual-flags. It's odd that the units are all...
Everyday yard switching at its best. I see these guys every time I go into the yard. Here's a shot of the power, always CP 1546 leading!
http://www.railroadforums.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=41392&si=1546
I cropped him out of this photo (its just two tanks) so that he wouldn't destruct...
Here is MRL #401 along with MRL #402 switching the lumber plant at Bonner, Montana.. This is a very quick run from Missoula eastward about 3 to 4 miles to the industry.
CP GP7 & GP9 are getting ready to cross the street with about 10 IMS cars during a switching move. I'm not sure if they're 100% remote control, but the switchman is the only person I've seen there, he was riding the Geep steps prior.
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