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On Wednesday the 14th I stopped by Hodge Yard in the morning to drop off a few prints. I spotted one of the few cars actually owned by the FWWR in the form of ex-ATSF hopper 307687.  FWWR has about two dozen of these cars that are leased to Birdsong Peanuts to haul peanut hulls.

At the west end of Hodge Yard both GS14B’s were coupled up with a GP50 to make a transfer run to the BSNF after a while.  These units are perfoming much better after cooling fan modifications and software revisions.

On the way back home I caught a westbound stack train leaving Davidson Yard on the Baird Sub heading towards Sweetwater.  I used the long telephoto to bring the train up to me at the west end of the first “S” curve leaving the yard.

The UP 8411 and another unit are really generating the heat as they tackle the first grade after leaving the yard on their journey to the west coast.