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Western Railroad Discussion > UP rock train from Eastland County Tx to ?Date: 02/16/19 07:03 UP rock train from Eastland County Tx to ? Author: tomstp About 2 years ago a company called Vulcan Materials opened a rock quarry in Eastland , County, Tx at the small town of Olden. The company spent some big bucks on the siding. It built a siding approx 4 miles south to the quarry along the old right of way (abandoned) for a Texas Electric power plant. It has 112.5 welded rail and concrete ties and deep ballast obviously meant to handle heavy loads. The switch from the x-T&P mainline appears to be dispatcher controlled since it is signaled both east and west and the siding itself has a signal to control movement.
A unit train with air operated unloading cars is used on the train. Does anyone have a symbol for the rock train and know where it goes? Date: 02/16/19 07:07 Re: UP rock train from Eastland County Tx to ? Author: tomstp Shot is of the air mechanism for the hoppers. Also the signal cabinet for the siding. The hopper cars reporting marks are GACX
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