The Farmrail grain train eases toward the east end of the siding for a meet with Saturday's Z ALTRIC.
The rare Quanah to Port of Houston Farmrail grain train grows from 52 to 78 cars with a pickup of 26 loads of wheat at Chillicothe. Hardeman Grain & Seed, Inc. elevator.
Oops! The unit was trailing but online; I assume being returned to the UP for a new windshield.
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.
BNSF 8870 and 9574 drag 128 Utility Fuels (UFIX) loads for Houston up and over the plateau between the Wanderers Creek and Pease River Valleys. Eastbound under US 287 at 1054.
BNSF 9872 and 9448 drag 128 CEFX loads up and over the plateau between the Wanderers Creek and Pease River Valleys. Eastbound under US 287 at 0955.
A handsome untouched Warbonnet leads a cookie cutter Q train of mostly JB Hunt containers around 128 CEFX loads at East Chillicothe at 0938.
Three MACs split 2/1 hold 128 CEFX loads on the undulating main at Chillicothe, so a Q train can run around on the siding.
First Z train of the day glides past the Farmers Coop Elevator in "downtown" Oklaunion at 0904.
Q EWWC bunches slack for the speed restriction over Sycamore Creek while passing some rather "western" vegetation.
After meeting two eastbounds (the yard lead to the right is also the CTC siding), Saturday's Englewood - West Colton manifest gets rolling west again toward Del Rio.
The BNSF Wichita Falls switcher works covered hoppers at the west end of the yard.
Bare tables move east behind Warbonnet power at 50 mph at 1258.
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.
