Western Railroad Discussion > MoPac on the MoPac!

It's been a great week for railfans in Central Texas. This morning, I got a text from a friend who works at the San Antonio Intermodal Terminal that UP 1982, the Missouri Pacific heritage unit, was set to lead the ZEGYC (Intermodal, Eagle Pass, TX to Dolton, IL/Yard Center) this afternoon. While this train takes ex-SP rails from Eagle Pass to San Antonio, the rest of its trip is almost exclusively on ex-MoPac rails, making this a fitting leader for the highest priority train on the Austin Subdivision.

Thanks for viewing!

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Nice catch and shot!

Nice pic!

Great shot, atx!

texchief1

I like the wide angle effect! Really nice image…

Lance

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First rate image !  Taken right at the  former Austin MP depot . 

Most excellent! The WP unit recently led a train up the ex-WP for the first time in who knows how long. A gypsum train out to Gerlach, Nevada. Of course the eastbound run was at night, but I went and grabbed a clip of it at the Oroville WP depot:
https://youtu.be/qIqSxKjcHKY?si=9w_juniOVF_zuuOa

It would have led on the westbound run too but there was some sort of issue and they added a unit on in front of it.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/11/25 20:11 by SPbird.

Clean, perfect spot! Matching Heritage, buildings, and skyline, Awesome!

SD7D_ACe Wrote:
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> Clean, perfect spot! Matching Heritage, buildings,
> and skyline, Awesome!

And the wide angle from down to earth really made this photo.

RR

Great catch at a cool spot, not many major US cities that have a heavy freight mainline rolling through or near the downtown (and that isn't walled or fenced off)...

JG

Most excellent!

How long is the ZEGYC running these days? Any significant sign of CN containers for the Falcon Premium service rolling on it?

pbouzide Wrote:
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> Most excellent!
>
> How long is the ZEGYC running these days? Any
> significant sign of CN containers for the Falcon
> Premium service rolling on it?

Recently, they've been running it very long, I'd say maybe 14,000 feet. Sometimes longer. And also running second sections most days, which are typically on the shorter side. A decent amount of CN containers on both sections

atx_railfan Wrote:
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> pbouzide Wrote:
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> > Most excellent!
> >
> > How long is the ZEGYC running these days? Any
> > significant sign of CN containers for the
> Falcon
> > Premium service rolling on it?
>
> Recently, they've been running it very long, I'd
> say maybe 14,000 feet. Sometimes longer. And also
> running second sections most days, which are
> typically on the shorter side. A decent amount of
> CN containers on both sections

That's great, thank you.

I wish they would limit those trains to 11000 or 12000 ft..