Friday Mar 24 2006
A Meet At Eskota on March 24th
My wife and I will be headed to Sweetwater tomorrow morning for a quick weekend visit with my father, so I thought it appropriate to revisit the area for today’s picture. The UP’s Baird Sub has been upgraded in 2006 with welded rail, new signals, new sidings and CTC “islands” to support 70 mph running, but two years ago back in 2004 that work was just beginning, and the rails around Eskota just east of Tecific were still jointed. An afternoon thunderstorm is brewing to the north as we look down the side of a westbound BNSF train holding the main for a meet with an easbound BNSF already in the siding. The rail may be welded today and the signals upgraded, but this area is still dominated by ABS signalling with TWC and spring switches hand-thrown to enter a siding.
