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Viewing Album:  Fall-Winter 2011
 
By:Jim Satterwhite
Dates:9/6/2011 - 12/31/2011
Album Info:The sun has changed angles in North Texas and the temperatures have moderated. Now is the time to take Railroad Pictures in North Texas.
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Extra UP 8684 East
Title:  Extra UP 8684 East
Description:  Wildfire in North and East Texas closed the Union Pacific Longview Subdivision. Hot stack trains are being detoured on the KCS through Greenville. Extra 8684 East crosses the Blacklands at CP 170 on a mild fall like day.
Photo Date:  9/6/2011  Upload Date: 9/6/2011 12:41:33 PM
Location:  Greenville, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8684(SD70ACe)
Views:  473   Comments: 3
UP 8684
Title:  UP 8684
Description:  A hot detoured stack train crosses the Blacklands RR at Greenville.
Photo Date:  9/6/2011  Upload Date: 9/6/2011 12:45:28 PM
Location:  Greenville, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8684(SD70ACe)
Views:  407   Comments: 6
UP 7662 South
Title:  UP 7662 South
Description:  The southbound manifest rumbles across the Duck Creek Bridge near Tioga, Texas.
Photo Date:  9/20/2011  Upload Date: 9/20/2011 11:22:20 PM
Location:  Tioga, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7662(AC45CCTE)
Views:  309   Comments: 5
UP 7662
Title:  UP 7662
Description:  A southbound manifest enters the main at CP 684 at South Whitesboro, Texas after meeting a northbound ethanol train.
Photo Date:  9/20/2011  Upload Date: 9/20/2011 11:18:39 PM
Location:  Whitesboro, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Scenic,Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7662(AC45CCTE)
Views:  332   Comments: 6
UP 7912
Title:  UP 7912
Description:  UP 7912 assumes duty as distributed power and shoves the train over the Duck Creek Bridge near Tioga, Texas.
Photo Date:  9/20/2011  Upload Date: 9/20/2011 11:24:24 PM
Location:  Tioga, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7912(AC45CCTE)
Views:  498   Comments: 3
A Lazy Day
Title:  A Lazy Day
Description:  TFM 1603 and 1645 comprise the Tidewater Turn. The enignes are as close to street running as you can get on Martin Luther King Dr. in Sulphur Springs.
Photo Date:  9/30/2011  Upload Date: 10/1/2011 4:04:36 PM
Location:  Sulphur Springs, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  TFM 1603(SD70MAC)
Views:  382   Comments: 2
Trestle Rumble
Title:  Trestle Rumble
Description:  The Sulphur Springs Turn rumbles across a trestle near Ridgeway (Hopkins Co.), Texas.
Photo Date:  9/30/2011  Upload Date: 10/1/2011 4:09:51 PM
Location:  Ridgeway, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  BLR 4601(GP9R)
Views:  548   Comments: 2
Woodland Rails
Title:  Woodland Rails
Description:  The train to Sulphur Springs eases through the woods at Ridgeway, Texas.
Photo Date:  9/30/2011  Upload Date: 10/1/2011 4:06:29 PM
Location:  Ridgeway, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BLR 4601(GP9R)
Views:  478   Comments: 1
Repositioning power
Title:  Repositioning power
Description:  NS 9541 pulls ahead after placing KCS 4045 on the siding after a traction motor bearing locked up the axle.
Photo Date:  10/5/2011  Upload Date: 10/9/2011 4:00:45 PM
Location:  Greenville, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9641(C40-9W)
Views:  453   Comments: 3
Applying the "Slick em"
Title:  Applying the "Slick em"
Description:  The traction motor bearing on number 2 axle of the rear truck on KCS 4045 overheated and eventually welded itself to the axle. The train stopped at West Greenville and shop forces were called from Wylie. A maintenance worker applies "slick em" as the locomotive is gently shoved into the sideing.
Photo Date:  10/5/2011  Upload Date: 10/9/2011 3:58:47 PM
Location:  Greenville, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4045(SD70ACe)
Views:  522   Comments: 0
Family Days
Title:  Family Days
Description:  UP 1989 was in charge of a Union Pacific Family Days Special on Thursday, October 13, 2011. The train is seen arriving at the station in Mineola, Texas.
Photo Date:  10/13/2011  Upload Date: 10/16/2011 9:34:23 PM
Location:  Mineola, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1989(SD70ACe)
Views:  349   Comments: 3
Station Stop
Title:  Station Stop
Description:  The special pulled across the US 69 crossing to allow passengers to disembark.
Photo Date:  10/13/2011  Upload Date: 10/16/2011 9:35:54 PM
Location:  Mineola, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Scenic,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1989(SD70ACe)
Views:  256   Comments: 1
BNSF 1977
Title:  BNSF 1977
Description:  The Worlds Greatest Railfans spotted this local freight switching behind a marshal arts studio and biker bar. We used silent steps to work around the building to a fence line to shoot this scene.
Photo Date:  10/14/2011  Upload Date: 10/17/2011 9:54:21 PM
Location:  Saginaw, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Scenic,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 1977(SD40-2)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
BNSF 1286
Title:  BNSF 1286
Description:  Three NRE Model 3GS21B "Gen-sets" were posed at the BNSF Ft. Worth Yard at one location for the Worlds Greatest Railfan Gathering last month.
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 11/3/2011 10:19:09 PM
Location:  Fort Worth, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  BNSF 1287(3GS21B)
Views:  344   Comments: 5
North Yard Gen-sets
Title:  North Yard Gen-sets
Description:  Three 3GS21B locomotives posed at Ft. Worths North Yard for the gathering of the Worlds Greatest Railfans last month.
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 11/3/2011 10:27:20 PM
Location:  Fort Worth, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  BNSF 1286(3GS21B)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
Butch Cassidy
Title:  Butch Cassidy
Description:  That Old Texas Moon smiles down at a Ft. Worth and Western SD40-2 that is posed Saturday morning in the yard for a gathering of the Worlds Greatest Railfans last month.
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 11/3/2011 10:31:10 PM
Location:  Fort Worth, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  FWWR 2015(SD40-2)
Views:  407   Comments: 1
Drilling Rig and GP38
Title:  Drilling Rig and GP38
Description:  Only in Texas do you find drilling rigs looming in the background of a busy yard operation on the Ft. Worth and Western Railroad.
Photo Date:  10/15/2011  Upload Date: 11/3/2011 10:33:29 PM
Location:  Fort Worth, TX
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  UP 1424(GP40-2)
Views:  285   Comments: 2
Train Spotter
Title:  Train Spotter
Description:  Daryl stands senteniel while the NLR to Pine Bluff train trundles by the station on a rainy day.
Photo Date:  12/20/2011  Upload Date: 12/27/2011 6:24:08 PM
Location:  Little Rock, AR
Author:  Jim Satterwhite
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4894(SD70M)
Views:  298   Comments: 2

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