It was not long before sunset on Saturday February 20th when I finished up my family business in Sweetwater with a visit to the Post Office. The sun was coming out for the last few minutes of daylight and circling the court house square I drove south towards the tracks on Oak. I [...]
On Saturday February 20th I made a one-day trip to Sweetwater and back on family business. The sky was overcast on the way west, but I still took time out to exit I20 and head down to Brazos when the radio indicated the eastbound Abilene local was there waiting on a westbound “Z” train. [...]
Wednesday February 17th the BNSF delivered an oversize load to the FWWR in the form of a new transformer going to the TXU nuclear power plant at Comanche Peak. Weighing in at over 200 tons and riding on a special 16-axle depressed-center flat car, the transformer was too large to fit through the two [...]
After a brief stint of rail photography on the morning of February 15th I went back home and got a few chores done. I was ready to get out again in the afternoon so I checked with the FWWR dispatcher and learned the Dublin train would run as a Cresson Turn called at 4:00pm. [...]
