Entering Tower 55 I was surprised to find no sign of the signal guys who had been officing there and the air conditioning turned off. The temperature was easily around 100 degrees, so I quickly opened two windows to get a breeze going through there. Looking north I could see Amtrak train 22 waiting for the signal to back out of the ITC while a southbound UP freight waited on the right and a TRE train came around the curve heading to the T&P Building on the left.
After the 3:00pm dispatcher turn over was complete train number 22 got the signal to come on south across the Tower 55 diamonds on Choctaw Sub Main One.
As the train backed past the tower I moved to a window on the south end to see P42 number 72 chug by in reverse.
After backing up clear of the signal in the Ney Bypass, the dispatcher lined train number 22 up to come through the crossover to Choctaw Main Two and then into the wye towards Dallas.
Zooming back I got the train coming through the sharp curve in the southeast quadrant of the tower.
My final shot was of the train entering Dallas Sub Main Two on its way east now.
No other trains sounded like they would be moving right away, so not wanting to endure the heat any longer I closed the windows and doors and headed back down to my air-conditioned SUV.
