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Judy and I took Tuesday of this last week off to recover from our West Virginia trip before returning to work.  I had a new request from FWWR for some shots showing freshly rebuilt track for an upcoming PowerPoint presentation.  As a result while running errands I listened for the Monday through Friday 1:00pm Tolar Turn to leave Hodge Yard, and I intercepted him in Trinity Park.

This was my first action shot of SD40’s #2015 and #2016 pulling a short 15 car train along with GP50 #2012.  SD40R #2017 should be at Hodge Yard by the time you read this post on Sunday.  After the train’s passage I walked up the embankment to get this shot of the freshly rebuilt track looking back north towards the levee gate.

The tamper/liner and ballast regulator are working hard as the FWWR plans to replace 35,000 ties this year between Fort Worth and Cresson and Cleburne.  The Tolar Turn stopped to pick up a cart at Eighth Avenue, so I was able to get ahead of him for one more shot just south of milepost 0 at Fort Worth Junction.

The clouds blocked me this time and they only looked thicker on ahead, so I continued on with my errands from here.