Western Railroad Discussion > Cloudy day on the Austin Sub

40% chance of rain here in the Austin area. Cool, no sun, a few sprinkles of rain - quite nice actually.

Heard about a SB coal train leaving Sneed in North Austin heading into Bergstrom for 2. Shortly after I arrived there, a NB train arrived and stopped on the main. The SB'er finished climbing Bergstrom Hill and entered the siding. The first NB left followed about 20 minutes later by the 2nd NB.

The SB is "local" coal train with its array of "Fallen Flag" hoppers - MoPac, Rio Grande, CNW and BN. Its first stop after leaving Bergstrom is to drop cars at Texas Lehigh in Buda and then continues south.

Mike

1. Trio of SD70M's holding the main.
2. Coal train entering the siding with a C44AC leader and ex-SP 132 (C44AC) trailing
3. Meeting the NB'er



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/16/12 14:37 by PALuvR.

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4. Head-end power
5. DPU (C44AC-CTE)
6. NB with its 3 SD70M's departs with UP 4422, 4625 and 4947.

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7. Z train with a pair of SD70M's- UP 4973 and 4457.

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Nice set of Pics Mike keep them coming.

SP7615