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After getting some much needed sleep Sunday night, Judy and I met friend Scott Herring in Arlington for lunch on Memorial Day.  Afterwards on the way home the hotbox detector at milepost 50 at the beginning of the Midlothian Sub alerted us to an unknown southbound leaving Ney Yard.  We hopped off of I20 and made our way trackside in Forest Hill.  I barely had time to get the camera out and turned on before the BNSF 775 South came chugging by with a manifest train at around 50mph.

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Having been awake since Saturday morning at 8:00am, when I returned to the Saginaw depot Sunday afternoon at 5:00pm for an NRHS volunteer meeting, I was just about done in.  I suppose it is that getting old thing again.  Two interesting observations were made during this visit.  Before the meeting, BNSF SD60M 8197 in an old experimental Heritage paint scheme came by as the trailing unit on a grain train.

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In the afternoon of Saturday May 24th during the “24 Hours at Saginaw, one of the shots I got after the horn demonstration was of this southbound loaded UP grain train on the Duncan Sub.  I walked up into the open behind the depot, thankful it was not raining this year, and recorded this hazy shot as the grain train was passing a BNSF loaded coal train parked in the background.

I came in to work at 7:00pm last night to help with a major upgrade to our corporate computer network, and as the fate of IT people is sometimes written, I am still here at the office over 17 hours later as I type this.  I should make a 5:00pm meeting for the upcoming NRHS convention next month, but I imagine at this rate I will sleep in on Monday, Memorial Day.

Friday night’s slide shows in the depot at Saginaw, TX went well as a few train rolled by to interrupt the viewers.  Unfortunately I had to leave early to get some needed sleep before turning back up at noon on Saturday the 24th to blow some horns and then go in to work a 12-hour shift at 7:00pm.  I can remember when I did not need sleep, but it is tough to get old.  I’m glad I brought the horns out though, and with the invaluable help of Troy and his air tanks children of all ages had a great time with them.  Here Wes Carr’s son is giving the Nathan M5 a detailed inspection prior to honking it loudly.

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