Western Railroad Discussion > Eastbound Coal Loads Belen

Was watching the Belen webcam yesterday and a EB loaded coal came through.  Does anybody know where that came from and where it is going?  

Thanks for your help.

Randy Lundgren
Elgin, TX

Pretty sure that was the Cochise train, as I saw they were staging it yesterday. C-ESMDCH loads at El Segundo Mine on the Baca spur off the Gallup Sub. Interchanged to UP at Deming, NM, for the Apache plant at Cochise, AZ.

Ted Ferkenhoff
Flagstaff, AZ

Thanks a bunch, Ted!

tferk Wrote:
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> Pretty sure that was the Cochise train, as I saw
> they were staging it yesterday. C-ESMDCH loads at
> El Segundo Mine on the Baca spur off the Gallup
> Sub. Interchanged to UP at Deming, NM, for the
> Apache plant at Cochise, AZ.

What coal hoppers/gondolas were used?

SantaFeRuss

tferk Wrote:
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> Pretty sure that was the Cochise train, as I saw
> they were staging it yesterday. C-ESMDCH loads at
> El Segundo Mine on the Baca spur off the Gallup
> Sub. Interchanged to UP at Deming, NM, for the
> Apache plant at Cochise, AZ.

Do these still operate over the Southwestern Railroad between Rincon, NM and Deming or am I mixing these up with another train?

 

ShortlinesUSA Wrote:
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> tferk Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Pretty sure that was the Cochise train, as I
> saw
> > they were staging it yesterday. C-ESMDCH loads
> at
> > El Segundo Mine on the Baca spur off the Gallup
> > Sub. Interchanged to UP at Deming, NM, for the
> > Apache plant at Cochise, AZ.
>
> Do these still operate over the Southwestern
> Railroad between Rincon, NM and Deming or am I
> mixing these up with another train?

If they are interchanging with the UP in Deming, they are using the Southwestern RR from Rincon west to Deming.