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UP 2010 chugs through the now quiet zoned downtown Longview on December 30th, 2010 as the DPU on the ITIMN.
LansingJct
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Jan 3, 2011
longview
texas
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Category: Western United States
844 is steaming to life in Longview Texas on April 21, 2010 awaiting departure to North Little Rock. This will be the beginning of my 90 mile ride to Texarkana aboard the train.
LansingJct
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Nov 25, 2010
844
eagle
longview
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valley
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Category: Mainline Excursions
power for the LAW51 local includes freshly painted SD60M 2283 at Taylor
SWTexan82
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Sep 14, 2010
pacific
sd60m
taylor
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union
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Category: Union Pacific
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
SWTexan82
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Sep 14, 2010
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rock
taylor
texas
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Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
UP 1982 Leads the Ft. Worth - San Antonio manifest out of Taylor, Texas in the rain on Friday morning September 3, 2010
SWTexan82
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Sep 7, 2010
1982
heritage
locotive
missouri
pacific
taylor
texas
union
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Category: Heritage Units - Union Pacific
A PSP12 treatment of CSX 7600 thru Rosenberg, Tx Aug 30, 2010.
kenw
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Sep 3, 2010
csx
rosenberg
texas
Comments: 1
Category: Railroad Art
TM 853 prepares to fetch repaired equipment.
rgcx
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Aug 1, 2010
mexican
texas
Comments: 2
Category: Regionals and Shortlines
The logo of TM 865 was showing its age in 1992.
rgcx
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Aug 1, 2010
mexican
texas
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Category: Regionals and Shortlines
BNSF , ex Santa Fe SD40-2 6957 sits in the roundhouse area at the BNSF facilities in Temple, Texas
SWTexan82
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Jul 28, 2010
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fe
santa
sd40-2
temple
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Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
BNSF 5416 and 7549 Await Departure from the yard in Teague, Texas on July 21, 2010
SWTexan82
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Jul 28, 2010
bnsf
burlington
fe
northern
railroad
santa
teague
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Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
TM 853 drags a cut of cars from the border bridge to its original Laredo yard. It is passing the former passenger depot (out of view left) when TM attempted to run its own passenger trains from Laredo to Corpus Christi (1988?). This was my favorite TM diesel.
rgcx
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Jul 4, 2010
mexican
texas
Comments: 2
Category: Regionals and Shortlines
Switching at Laredo, Texas. TM 854 was a gp18.
rgcx
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Jul 2, 2010
mexican
texas
Comments: 4
Category: Regionals and Shortlines
The long hood of TM 865
rgcx
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Jun 19, 2010
mexican
texas
tm
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Category: Regionals and Shortlines
TM 865 (gp38-2) and GECX 5000 (c630) swap stories on the ready tracks of TM's Laredo yard.
rgcx
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Jun 19, 2010
ge
mexican
texas
tm
Comments: 6
Category: Regionals and Shortlines
UP 1988, the Katy Heritage Unit sits in the UP yard at Taylor, Texas on May 12, 2010
SWTexan82
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May 12, 2010
1988
heritage
katy
pacific
taylor
texas
union
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Category: Heritage Units - Union Pacific
SP 8580 leads the Smithville-Taylor, Texas local out of the UP Taylor Yard Dec 22, 2009
SWTexan82
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Feb 17, 2010
pacific
southern
sp
taylor
texas
union
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Category: Union Pacific
A pair of KCS Retro-Belles roll east thru Rosenberg, Texas on their way to Houston with a very short train. The edits are courtesy of PaintShop Pro, the original is from a Canon 50d with 28-135 IS at 28mm.
kenw
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Feb 11, 2010
belle
kcs
retro
texas
Comments: 4
Category: Railroad Art
This is about as "wintery" as SE Texas will look...color courtesy of KCS.
kenw
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Feb 5, 2010
belle
kcs
rosenberg
texas
Comments: 2
Category: Kansas City Southern
BN Caboose 12312, now downgraded to a shoving platform is on the end of a maintenance of way train at Teague, Texas on Jan 30, 2010
SWTexan82
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Feb 4, 2010
bnsf
burlington
caboose
fe
northern
platform
santa
shoving
teague
texas
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Category: Caboose
BNSF 6313 sits on a Big Brown Coal Train at the FM 80 Crossing in Kirvin, Texas at dusk on Friday Night, October 16, 2009
SWTexan82
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Oct 20, 2009
bnsf
burlington
coal
dfw
fe
kirvin
northern
railroad
santa
sub
teague
texas
Comments: 1
Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
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