Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Central Tx Railfanning

Well for those who dont know, I recently moved to Ft Hood Tx for my Unit in the US Army.  Convienently the BNSF Lampasas sub and Temple are nearby so I have been making trips out there.  Here are some pictures ive taken since being here.  Enjoy.\

Here BNSF 9266 sd70ace and a exec mac pass my spot mp248.8 on Ft Hood as it travels wb on the Lampasas sub.  Taken 29 Sept 2011. 

BNSF 9873 Wb passes CP2080 just west of Rogers Tx on the Galveston Sub.  Taken 25 Sept 2011. 

BNSF 7218 WB Q HouLac??  passes mp248 just west of Clear Creek rd just west of Ft Hood.  Taken 2 Oct 2011

BNSF RSWB 791 EB Q train passes thru Killeen on its way to Houston.  Taken 5 Oct 2011.


CSXT 823 ge and BNSF 8295 in Hole at Nolanville on Lampasas Sub. Waiting on crew to bring into Temple.  H LubTpl. 
Here BNSF 8932 WB passes MP257 just west of Copperas Cove as it heads back for wyoming. 
My Son standing next to ATC 442 RSD15 in Burmet Tx. 

ATSF 951 c40-8w NB coming thru Temple Tx.  Taken From Adams St.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

A trip to Corpus Christi in 1997

When I was about 11, I went down to my aunts house in rockport tx to spend the summer with her.  Fortunately, the tracks were not too far away from her house so we frequented the tracks alot.  Unfortunately, this is a very slow branch from Gregory to Aransas Pass.  Back when I visited, the Degusa Carbon Black plant was still in full operation. Here are some pictures from my trip. 

SP 7942 gp40-2 at Ingleside Tx 7/5/1997 on one of the many chemical spurs.
A view of the 7942 and UP 1617 gp15-1

UP 1617 gp15-1(x MP)

Recently, I discovered that the 1617 was working in DFW area, however it is now UPY 617.  See link below. 
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=317628



SP 7501 sd45 resting at Aransas Pass on the main ajacent to the Degussa Carbon Plant.  Taken  7/24/1997
SP 6868 tunnelmotor sd45t-2 at Aransas Pass. 
SP 6828 sd45t-2 Arasas PAss Tx

One of the many cars stored on the branch at Aransas PAss.
End of the Line Aransas Pass.

Now on to Corpus Christi.
UP 1993 gp38-2 by the depot in corpus christi.
Corpus Christi Depot.
Old cabeese at Tex Mex yard corpus christi.
TexMEx gp38-2 at Corpus Christi.

And Last but not least, lets travel to Kingsville Tx.

UP sd40-2s at Kingsville Tx
close up view of UP 3704.
UP 3572 sd40-2 Kingsville, Tx
UP 3748 sd40-2



Thanks for looking.  Hope yall enjoyed.