Western Railroad Discussion > Corsicana local arrives at Con's Corner

The local Corsicana turn arrives back in Tyler (Tex) at Con's Corner on a overcast day last Friday.

The Tyler yard is about to undergo an extreme makeover expanding its capacity and track layout.
Not sure if the double diamond stays  -  UP would sure like to get rid of it.  Also 20 miles north
at Big Sandy, UP will be installing a connector on the SW corner of the diamond (former T&P/SSW crossing)
so trains coming west on the T&P can easily enter the Cotton Belt and head south to Tyler instead of pulling past the
diamond, backing up on the interchange connector on the north side of the diamond, then heading south to Tyler.

Currently there are a pair of switches being fabricated on site, on the right side of the first photo.

The Cotton Belt Depot Museum is in the baggage section of the depot seen here.

 

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Herre is UP's 2019 plan for Texas, and a map of the Big Sandy connector.

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Thanks for posting .... I sure do miss his posts.

Regards,
Burlington John

Just curious as to what type of trains would go east on the T and P and then turn south to go to Tyler? 

Autorack trains to the Mexico automotive plants..
Boxcar trains to beer plants In Mexico.  (Yes, we get a lot of boxcars!)
Grain trains to the Gulf coast ports
Frac sand trains to the south Texas oil fields 
Chemical trains to gulf coast ports
And we get a fair number of stack trains, not sure destination but assume the west coast.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/29/19 20:30 by WrongWayMurphy.

Thankyou Shane.Interesting developments at Cons ''patch''
He enriched Trainorders for sure.
Regards,DK