Well guys, I am back finally after a year long deployment to southern Afghanistan. Glad to be back in the states. I headed to DFW area this last weekend for blockleave and I got Monday to do some railfanning with the crew. So without futher abdo, let the show begin.
I started out the day around Noonish and my first stop was Broadway yard, just south of the interlocker.
1st up is UP C-KHEY-10 with UP 8042 holding the Ney BYpass waiting for a BNSF crew to take it north on the WF sub.
I missed the opportunity to catch the BNSF local from Wardspur but oh well. PWR wasnt anything special anyways.
I hear on the scanner a few EB stack trains will be going east across the DAllas Sub.
UP 6949 East on stack train cross the diamond on main 2 and heads for Dallas.
Suprised to see some old 6000 hp locos and a ac4400 on the rear as dpu.
After he passed, I drove over by the Amtrak station and saw a sb manifest holding at north yard.
Renumbered UP 9043mac and a belle gevo.
After this, I drove to DAvidson hoping to find some other power but only a couple of aces and gevos in the ready tracks. So I decieded to head to Saginaw and see what I could find. There was a SB grain holding the EASt siding crewless. Drove further and saw a NB train coming out of the yard. I headed to the crossing at Mcleroy and set up to catch it.
While fixing to cross the tracks, I saw a BNSF set of gevos switching at ATTEBURY grain
BNSF 7041 brand new GEVO is lead motor today
BNSF 4168 Comes across Mcleroy Blvd.
After he passed, it was on to Alliance via Hicks and Avondale. nothing on the UP but I did hear a rollby complete on the Wichita Falls sub at Avondale which means, something is fixing to depart Eb so I headed there and just as soon as i came up on the crossing, he started out of siding and headed to fort worth.
BNSF 7386 DEparts E Avondale and heads east.
AFter he passed, I continued to Alliance and didnt see much that I havent seen before. no Kcs was around, so I started to head back to Fort Worth. I stopped at 7-11 to have a break with kids, and as I was pulling out, I saw Stack train departing so i set up for it.
BNSF 7525 comes out of Alliance and heads for Wichita FAlls sub.
I headed back down Bus 287 and I saw the 7386 again holding at CP11. He got signal to enter Saginaw and I set up at Mcleroy again for a runby.
After he passed, I started again to Fort worth via North Yard.
found this hidden near the office off Dean AVe.
BAck in TWR 55, a SB ethanol train comes off Dallas sub and heads for Fort Worth sub and points south. The KCS belle and 9043mac in the background
Next up, A SB BNSF 7795 and loaded Ethanol comes off UP Choctaw sub and heads for Midlothina sub.
BNSF 6434 heads for midlothina sub after sitting for 4 hrs with DPU traction motor problems.
AFter he passed, I headed to Tower 60 for 2 last trains before calling it a day.
UP 4783 leads Davidson yard to BNSF north yard local on choctaw 1 nb thru twr60
5 min later, nb coal train from ney bypass comes by.
After this train, we headed back to arlington. I made a stop at the 232 signals after seeing a rock train off division passing Bowen.
thanks for looking and hope to have more soon.
CWC3
charlie C.
