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Ater working on the house last Sunday morning, I decided to get out in the afternoon for a bit more photography before work on Monday.  I picked up Danny Sisson along the way, and the first thing we found was a BNSF work train tied down in the middle siding at Birds south of Tower 55.  The train was facing northbound with the BNSF B40-8W #504 leading and an old green ex-BN SD40-2 trailing, but the middle unit was the catch.  CN SD60F #5556 is a long way from home.

The rear view of this “Draper Taper” unit offered the slightly better sun angle.

Heading further south we encountered Amtrak #22 coming into town at the West Butler Street crossing.  A small memorial in the foreground indicates someone was not so lucky at this spot, be it pedestrian or driver.

Moving south of I20 we crossed the Altamesa overpass over the BNSF and looked back north to see a southbound headlight in the distance.  We turned south on Crowley Road and made good time to a location I like on the west side of the tracks halfway down the Crowley siding alongside south Magnolia Street.  A few minutes later the southbound train chasing us turned out to be a loaded coal highballing through town with a new GEVO on the point.

The trailing unit was also a very new GEVO.

Driving from Crowley back to Fort Worth did not yield any more photo opportunities, so I dropped Danny off and went home to prepare for Monday.