Tuesday Mar 20 2007
Today dawned cool, cloudy and windy. Our train ride would consist of a round trip west to Monahans, TX, and we had a good turn out of law enforcment officers from the state, county, and city.
Monday Mar 19 2007
Today on Monday the 19th the UP public safety special made a round trip from Odessa to Big Spring and return. After our 6:45am job briefing, members of the operating department along with officers of the UPRR police department and I assembled coolers of iced down water and soft drinks along with sandwich boxes to be loaded on the train. Before the special could pull up for loading, we had to wait for the UP 5181 West to pass by the yard office and our assembled refreshments.
Sunday Mar 18 2007
After returning from a succesful wedding shoot in San Antonio on Saturday afternoon, I was on the road again at 10:00am this morning headed for Odessa and the coming week’s grade crossing safety special. The Baird Sub was relatively quiet, and I encountered my first train in the form of the UP 5022 East, seen here between Ranger and Tiffin.
Sunday Feb 25 2007
After leaving the empty BNSF Rock Train behind at Holland, we drove on south down the Waco Sub through Taylor, and then a few miles south of town a northbound headlight announced an empty UP coal train.
