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Photos I captured of UP, BNSF and CPKC trains at Flatonia, Texas, rail platform during Flatonia railfan day on Saturday, April 6.
It was an enjoyable time at the Tommy Shults Photo Pavilion,
A good group of railfans from all over the state participated in the railfan day, which is always on...
Amtrak No. 21, the Texas Eagle, crosses the North Bosque River at Clifton, Texas. Soon, it will meet BNSF 6355 awaiting at a siding. https://tinyurl.com/2mdh5bu9
CTC is coming to the KCS Laredo Sub. During Texas Mexican days; the entire railroad was dark with track warrants. CTC will allow more train movements between Laredo and Corpus Christi, Texas.
KCS 4038 West is working one of the many hills that lay between Corpus Christi and Laredo, Texas. Another unit cut in the middle as a DPU has not been very helpful for this heavy manifest because its speed fell to 12mph for most of the climb.
For the first time in years a matching set of engines and cars were placed on the front of the Texas Eagle, even more rare then the heritage Genesis was the Dash 8 led unit.
For the first time in years a matching set of engines and cars were placed on the front of the Texas Eagle, even more rare then the heritage Genesis was the Dash 8 led unit.
KCS 4680 west leads a Mexico bound grain train at Alice, TX. The former Texas Mexican line between Corpus Christi and Laredo is plagued with numerous grade x-ings in every town. This train had unusual 1x1 dpu set-up.
Two examples of geeps placed into a remanufacturing program. A matched set of GP22ECO's, KCS 2811 and KCS 2810, rest next to a matched set of GP16's working the intermodal yard, PREX 1601 and PREX 1600.