Nostalgia & History > Typical 70's Santa Fe train in Texas

July 1979
Rebuilt and older engines on this Santa Fe train in Cleburne,Tx.
It is coming off the line south to Galveston and is headed out on the Dallas route.

 

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Nice catch. They definately got a lot of leftovers down there.
JB

3rdswitch Wrote:
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> Nice catch. They definately got a lot of leftovers
> down there.
> JB

Yeah, SP and Santa Fe both sent their "finest" to Texas.

Good catch, guess it was easier to keep the old worn-out junk close to the repair shop...

JG

The way it was!  Gary, I'm a little mixed uo.  If he is headed to Dallas, seems like he would have headed to the right if eastbound.  Can you explain this to me?  Thanks.

texchief1

Great catch - Interesting lashup.
Bob

texchief1 Wrote:
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> The way it was!  Gary, I'm a little mixed uo.
>  If he is headed to Dallas, seems like he would
> have headed to the right if eastbound.  Can you
> explain this to me?  Thanks.

I'll take a crack at it: From my now-foggy memory, trains from Cleburne Yard (and further west by way of Cresson) would come geographically south out of town to this wye and head east/northeast to Midlothian and Dallas. I recall manifests (like the KCS run-throughs) and west coast intermodals doing this before the traffic moved to Alliance. However, the coal trains to the many cement plants around Midlothian, auto trains to the unloading facility there, and locals still do this move...

JG

JG is right.
I should have noted that the image is looking north.
Gary

The powerhouse smokestack for the Cleburne shops can be seen above the cab of the fourth unit.

Yes, east bound.     Old power is just about all the GC&SF got from parent ATSF.  The new, good, powerfull stuff was assigned to the transcon.  It was about the same way during steam days. Amarillo south was the dividing line.  You could find all the newer power in Amarillo.