Western Railroad Discussion > Monday at Metro

Fall has arrived in North Texas. The gray rainy skies of Sunday gave way to Sunday and mild conditions on Monday so when some business took me towards Denton I decided to make a side trip towards the junction at Metro. I got there about 15 minutes before the southbound Z train arrived to start the Metro Pig Dance. I set up at the dramatic curve about a mile north of Metro to shoot the Zipper.

1. BNSF train Z-WSPALT9-30A rounds the curve approaching the siding at Metro near Denton, Texas.

There was a northbound junk freight waiting in the hole at Metro for the Z. Turns out he had a little surprise on the head end that I wasn't expecting.

2. BNSF Yellow Wedge ES44DC 7695 leads train H-ALTGAL1-30A north out of Metro near Denton, Texas.

After the ALTGAL cleared, I headed to the Milam Road crossing south of Metro on the KCS to wait for the IMTDA to depart with a sizable block of UPS traffic.

3. KCS train IMTDA-01 heads south from Metro Junction near Denton, Texas.

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I wanted another shot of the IMTDA and since I was headed in the same general direction, I headed to the UP underpass on the south side of Denton. I was hoping UP would send a southbound train down the Choctaw Sub in time for an over/under meet but no doing. After about a 5 minute wait, the KCS train showed up with nothing but empty tracks below it.

4. KCS GP22ECO 2824 and sister 2810 pulls train IMTDA-01 over the UP tracks in Denton, Texas.

I had to break off the railfanning to take care of my business but it was still a nice way to start the week.

Enjoy

BNSFDS



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/01/12 20:20 by BNSFDS.

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GREAT pics!!!!!