Waiting on Two East

Last Friday August 27th I went to Weatherford before work to pick up some items my wife had ordered.  When I got tothe store the paperwork was messed up, so while the clerk straightened things out I took a short drive down to the old T&P depot.  The old depot is used a feed supply these days, and there was a DPU on a westbound train in the siding parked just east of it.  There was a green signal lit behind me for an eastbound to come down the main.  I waited there for a bit wondering where the train was, and just as I was about to give up and go back to the store one of the UP MTO’s I know drove by with the conductor from the westbound.  I quickly learned they were waiting on two eastbound trains to show up, and the first one was at Preble.  I decided to wait and before long the UP 8514 East raced by on the main with an intermodal train heading towards Fort Worth.

After that photo I drove one block further east and set up at the signal house at the east end of the siding.  The second train turned out to be the UP 7631 East with another intermodal in tow, and I left no doubt as to the location this time.

From there I headed back to the store and my wife’s order was ready now.  With two shots in the bag a little ouside my normal territory as a bonus I headed on to work with my primary mission accomplished.