Nostalgia & History > Lone Star departing Cleburne,Tx -- June 76

The northbound Lone Star is ready to depart the Santa Fe station on its way to Chicago. An SDP40F and an E unit will do the honors. Two E units brought the train in from Houston and were cut off.
The Santa Fe station on the right has been torn down while the brick building on the far right was the station for the Trinity & Brazos Valley Ry (abandoned in 1932). It was an antique store at this time but later burned.
Between the train and the station a couple of tracks can be seen that were once part of the station trackage (brick platforms could still be seen).

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The same train going away -- passing the very busy Santa Fe Cleburne shops and yards.

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What was the route for the Lone Star? Also when was the train terminated?

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MrOGDEN Wrote:
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> What was the route for the Lone Star? Also when
> was the train terminated?
>
> 0q

AT&SF Chicago-KC-Topeka-OK City-Ft Worth-Temple-Houston.

Train was discontinued Oct 1979. Bob

Seeing pictures of this train bring back many memories of going over to the depot in Gainesville Texas to watch the daily passage of the Lone Star. It was a shame that this train was cut in 1979, only if the Heartland Flyer could run through to Kansas.



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ATSF #1160 in the second photo is the famous one-of-a-kind "Beep", a Baldwin VO1000 rebuilt with an EMD 567 engine and a GP hood. I think that it is still on the BNSF roster, #1460.

lynnpowell Wrote:
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> ATSF #1160 in the second photo is the famous
> one-of-a-kind "Beep", a Baldwin VO1000 rebuilt
> with an EMD 567 engine and a GP hood. .

And not only that, but it's M.U.ed to a GP7B!

Gary, you brought back nice memories with your slides of the Lone Star at Cleburne.  I recall scenes such as  your slides here.
I appreciate seeing your slides taken in Texas. --Kelly