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Western Railroad Discussion > It STILL looks like Uncle Pete owns the joint!Date: 03/14/19 06:41 It STILL looks like Uncle Pete owns the joint! Author: santafe199 A few days ago I made mention of the fact I’ve been seeing quite bit of UP traffic on the BNSF Strong City Sub. ( https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,4745362,4745362#msg-4745362 ). Here’s another UP train taken a day after the one in this link. At 11:36 AM it would have been a decent sequence if Mr Sol had come out from hiding. But hey, it’s always good to scout out a new telephoto shooting angle. And rumor has it Spring a just down the track a little ways…
1. 2. & 3. UP 8809 is approaching my vantage point at 270, 220 & 75mm respectively. And…    Date: 03/14/19 06:42 Re: It STILL looks like Uncle Pete owns the joint! Author: santafe199 4. …the DP unit, UP 8214 tags along faithfully as seen from the Upland Rd crossing a couple of miles WNW of Lost Springs, KS.
Photo date: February 18, 2019. Thanks for looking (again)! Lance Garrels santafe199  Date: 03/14/19 08:45 Re: It STILL looks like Uncle Pete owns the joint! Author: King_Coal Looks like what is called a "grocery" train taking coal down to cement producers in Texas. Older hopper cars used in that service. Nice catch.
Date: 03/14/19 18:36 Re: It STILL looks like Uncle Pete owns the joint! Author: texchief1 Nice shots, Lance and good info!
Randy Lundgren Date: 03/14/19 20:53 Re: It STILL looks like Uncle Pete owns the joint! Author: SouthWestRailCams |