Five Up Front

The next westbound out of Fort Worth to show up at the east switch of Iona turned out to be an intermodal with five six-axle units on the point, all elephant style.

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This train was quoted on the radio as being over 8,000 feet long just like the MFWWC stopped ahead of it at Aledo, and all five units were pulling hard.

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We were surprised to see no DPU on the rear end of this one as it slipped silently by.

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