Wednesday Apr 30 2008
Two Yard Jobs and a Local
Next up in the parade across the diamonds was an eastbound yard job heading back to North Yard with “shoving platform” 999779 leading the way.
Tuesday Apr 29 2008
First Two Out of the Gate
A short time after I arrived at the Saginaw railfan parking lot, the M of W gang foreman cleared the BNSF 4119 East through his limits on the Wichita Falls Sub, which turned out to be a loaded grain train.
Monday Apr 28 2008
A Matched Pair
David Hawkins and friends had been at Saginaw for several hours on Sunday April 13th, but had not seen much as M of W had the diamonds shut down for several hours for replacement and repair. I was down in Alvarado, and listening to DS22 I decided I had enough time to arrive there just as the curfew would be lifted and a flurry of traffic would begin. When I got to town and exited Loop 820, a pair of relatively new NRE 3GS21B’s were switching at Saginaw Yard next to Business 287. I quickly pulled over for this sequence of the 1291 and the 1287 shoving a cut of cars.
Sunday Apr 27 2008
TXI Railport
I followed Gifco Road back to Highway 67 and drove west towards Venus. After passing the old AT&SF yard along the highway the fact I had not been down here in two years or so was proven when I came across the entrance to the TXI Railport.
