Western Railroad Discussion > Around Cowtown on Sunday Evening

This past Sunday evening, I had the opportunity to go searching for a few trains with KB5WK and DS Homer.  We only caught three trains but considering it was a spur of the moment outing we did pretty well.

We noticed an intermodal train headed west out the Wichita Falls Sub.  We headed up to a location just west of the siding at Avondale to shoot the train.

1 and 2. BNSF train Q-ALTSBD6-01A accelerates out of the siding after meeting 2 eastbounds at Avondale, Texas.

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We caught another westbounder, this time an empty coal train, leaving Saginaw.

4. BNSF train E-SLPEBM0-18A heads west out of Saginaw, Texas.

5. DPU BNSF 9220 pushes on the rear of train E-SLPEBM0-18A as it departs Saginaw, Texas.

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We heard on the scanner that a northbound train was having problems down by Tower 55.  Turns out this train was led by a Ferromex ES44AC.  We found a spot across from the former Cotton Belt freight depot to shoot the train once the crew changed out a knuckle.

5 and 6. BNSf train V-EAPBLU1-29A led by Ferromex 4668 leaves downtown Fort Worth, Texas.

After the vehicle train cleared, we headed to a local pizza joint to meet the wives for dinner, ending our railfan outing.

Enjoy

BNSFDS

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Great shots. I like the last shot with the Ferromex unit especially. That line along US-287 seems to be pretty busy, took a trip back from Arlington to Washington state and saw quite a few trains along there. Seems as though there are a lot of nice open shots, would like to go back. Thanks for sharing..

Nice open locations for the first two trains, also really like those FXE shots as well. Thanks for posting

PQM
 

Great photos.

Ronda Thomas

Nice shots, Steve!  I shot the Ferromex 4668 at 9:17 am at MP 208.2 on the Galveston Sub Sunday.

Randy Lundgren
 

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