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Western Railroad Discussion > Western trip day 3.Date: 03/20/23 06:01 Western trip day 3. Author: AndyBrown We started out before dawn in Hereford TX headed west.
1. First train of the day was this westbound manifest leaving the siding at West Black after picking up 2 units off an industry spur. 2. An eastbound was waiting at Friona for it to get out of the way. 3. The Eastbound is now dropping a unit at East Black.    Date: 03/20/23 06:04 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: AndyBrown 4. Eastbound smokin' hot Z goes by on 2.
5. Nice looking consist with the 2 H1s as the eastbound leaves the siding at East Black. 6. Moving down the line we found this exploded cotton bale at Bovina. Not sure if it was on a truck or how it ended up getting whacked but there was a lot of cotton here!    Date: 03/20/23 06:06 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: AndyBrown 7. Westbound U train approaches Texico/Falwell.
8. Eastbound at Texico. Line to Dallas(?) in foreground. 9. Back up to Bovina for this westbound.    Date: 03/20/23 06:08 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: AndyBrown 10. Clovis yard switcher.
11. Eastbound at Taiban NM. 12. Westbound at Taiban.    Date: 03/20/23 06:11 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: AndyBrown 13. Westbound coal at Tolar NM where it would cross over 1 to 2.
14. Coal train at Taiban. 15. We finished the day at the Pecos River bridges at Ft. Sumner NM, westbound on 2. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/20/23 06:18 by AndyBrown.    Date: 03/20/23 06:12 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: AndyBrown 16. This is an eastbound going away on 1 which snuck up on us so I got it from the dark side.
17. Another westbound on 2. 18. Drone view.    Date: 03/20/23 06:14 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: AndyBrown 19-20. Was hoping for another train on 1 but did not succeed.
21. Another drone view thanks to Russ!    Date: 03/20/23 06:15 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: czephyr17 AndyBrown Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > > 8. Eastbound at Texico. Line to Dallas(?) in > foreground. Line to Temple, where it connects to the line from Fort Worth to Houston. Trains going to Fort Worth continue to Amarillo where they get on the former FW&D. Thanks for the great photos! Posted from iPhone Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/20/23 06:16 by czephyr17. Date: 03/20/23 06:17 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: AndyBrown 22-24. Going back to yesterday morning, here are 3 from Russ that I didn't get downloaded in time to post, at the Canadian River bridges, Canadian TX.
All drone photos courtesy of Russell Lyon. Thanks for looking! Andy Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/20/23 06:18 by AndyBrown.    Date: 03/20/23 06:20 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: AndyBrown czephyr17 Wrote:
> Line to Temple, where it connects to the line from > Fort Worth to Houston. Trains going to Fort Worth > continue to Amarillo where they get on the former > FW&D. Got it, thanks! We were kind of wondering about frequency on that line, if anybody has info. Thanks for the kind remarks, Andy Date: 03/20/23 07:07 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: millerdc Some Ft. Worth traffic takes the Temple line and at Sweetwater takes trackage rights on the UP (former T &P) to Tower 55 at Ft. Worth.
Date: 03/20/23 07:49 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: King_Coal Neat series of grand bridges in your postings. Lot's of $$$ tied up in construction and maintenance over the years.
Date: 03/20/23 07:52 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: zaltwsp7 AndyBrown Wrote:
------------------------------------- > We were kind of wondering about frequency on that > line, if anybody has info. > > Thanks for the kind remarks, > > Andy Thank you for these photos of your trip! Here's a link to that question I posted a while back. It could be different now though. Thank you. https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,5061219,5062315#msg-5062315 - Andy Date: 03/20/23 07:59 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: jgilmore More great Transcon views, love the first one and all the drone views. For instance, the drone views at Texico and Fort Sumner give a very interesting perspecitve of the trackage layout, plus they help out on the flat open land west of Clovis. And good to see that SD40 set as yard power in Clovis, been there for a long time. Line to Sweetwater generally does 8-12 a day, a few more east of Lubbock...
JG Date: 03/20/23 09:47 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: Ritzville Thanks for a great series of an area I used to frequent back in the ATSF days in the 1980's and 90's. Used to stay in Hereford and watch the trains fly thru town at high speed and horn blowing. I hope that hasn't changed. Your series has brought back great memories!
Larry Date: 03/20/23 10:00 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: MacBeau Great series, especially the two H-1s. Thanks for sharing all of these scenes.
—Mac Date: 03/20/23 16:44 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: Roadmaster I am enjoying your series. The pair of H1 Dash 9's is my favorite consist so far.
Matthew Date: 03/20/23 17:59 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: bobk Very nice series!
Date: 03/22/23 16:12 Re: Western trip day 3. Author: ns1000 Thanks for the pics...
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