Coal dust flies out of empty hoppers due to compression as BNSF 9906 leads this westbound coal empty over some rolling rails in northern TX.
No Swoosh on the back of this GEVO running on the tail end of an eastbound coal drag. One look at the topography and you can see why DPUs are a must on this line!
Two matched 70MACs in not-so-popular paint lead a shiny aluminum snake of COEH empties out of the siding at Vernon after meeting a Z and a P train. Time - 1939
Three GEs drag an Alliance-bound Z train out of the Pease River Valley up into Vernon at 1113.
After being delayed at CP 1562 for about 30 minutes due to East Vernon signal problems, Z ALTRIC blasts thru Vernon at 1342. Meanwhile, G QUAPTR1 20A slides up toward the the east end of the sidi... (more)
The Farmrail grain train eases toward the east end of the siding for a meet with Saturday's Z ALTRIC.
BNSF 8870 leads 128 UFIX loads for Houston through the enormous (though mostly abandoned) Boltons "Crown Quality" Feed & Seed complex at the east end of Vernon at 1115.
Two Dash 9s (one cooler than the other) pull bare tables away from US 287 to cross the Pease River a few miles west of Vernon, TX at 1312.