Tuesday Jan 22 2008
Three Classics
There was a southbound train tied down in the UP siding at Hicks, and the engine consist was worth retracing my steps for. The lead unit was the familiar Cotton Belt GP40-2 7286 from last Sunday’s Wichita Falls local, except this time with much better light.
The train had a total of seven units, and further back in the consist was this pair of GP60’s lettered for what was originally the parent and the subsidiary.
Cotton Belt 9642 is numbered exactly 100 slots below Southern Pacific 9742 for now, but one day soon either Union Pacific’s patching or painting will put an end to that.
