Clarendon, TX.
3:53pm
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BNSF's Red River Subdivision |
October 7, 2005:
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A stack train moving into the passing siding
Clarendon, TX. |
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A westbound coal train (empty) on the main
Clarendon, TX. |
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An Eastbound stack train, viewed from a strategically placed highway rest stop.
near Hedley, TX. |
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And a Westbound stack train, viewed from the same spot.
near Hedley, TX. |
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And another Westbound stack train.
near Hedley, TX. |
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October 8, 2005:
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An overcast sky as a Westbound passes E Hedley into the passing siding.
Hedley, TX. |
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On the main track we have a bit of foreign power, with some REALLY FOREIGN power!
Hedley, TX. ...and a pusher brings up the rear as the sky begins to clear. |
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The same coal train with that alien unit again.
Goodlett, TX. |
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I'm on the wrong side from the Sun but I barely had time to catch this train as it rolled around a waiting empty coal train.
Acme, TX. |
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Once the stack train cleared, the coal empty got the clear...
Acme, TX. |
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Again, the Sun was wrong, but I couldn't pass on a shot of the former Quanah, Acme, and Pacific Railroad's station and main office building.
Quanah, TX. |
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October 9, 2005:
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Roaring Eastbound across the "Prarie Dog Fork of the Red River", yes, that's the real name...
near Estelline, TX. |
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I'd stopped at this location partly because I knew this SP unit was in the lead of a train headed here. The weather had other ideas though and decided to give me a darker shot... near Estelline, TX. |
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I decided to move a bit and while setting up for a shot was surprised by something decidedly "Texas".
near Estelline, TX. |
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A couple of Westbound stack trains passed by on the main while an empty coal train (that's the pusher visible) sat on the passing siding.
near Estelline, TX. |
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My next stop was just West of Childress for more of the same type action.
Carey, TX. |
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Carey, TX. 4:08pm |
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East of Childress are a couple more passing sidings, and chances for meets. Plus a view that gives plenty of approach warning.
Kirkland, TX. |
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Of course, not all the good shots have trains in them.
Kirkland, TX. |
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I moved a bit for a different kind of shot but got this refugee instead. If I had wanted to see NS action I would've stayed at home!
Kirkland, TX. |
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The final shots of the evening are from the opposide end of the Kirkland siding...
Kirkland, TX. |
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October 10, 2005:
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This empty coal train is heading West off trackage that once belonged to the Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railroad. That track is now used for meets on this busy line.
Acme, TX. |
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I stopped at the site of the former diamond with the KCM&O (long abandoned) in time to catch this speeding load of empty piggyback cars passing a loaded coal train.
West end of Chillicothe, TX. |
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East of town I found a vantage point to watch that loaded coal train continue East.
Chillicothe, TX. |
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I have no idea why this thing was here, or of it's full history. One clue to part of it's heritage was somebody's bad cover-up job...
Harrold, TX. |
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I decided that a trip devoted totally to railfanning would be a bit "off balance" so a little indoor rock climbing was in order. Only problem -- the place I picked wasn't open!
Wichita Falls, TX. |
October 11, 2005:
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The air is clear after the previous days rains for this morning shot of an Eastbound passing the radio station at E Hedley.
Hedley, TX. |
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By mid-morning my focus was really just wanting to get all the way back to Dallas and my afternoon flight home. If I was to catch any trains it would have to be with little (or no wait).
This set is the Quanah switcher headed to Vernon for the day's work. I got a shot flying down the highway but managed to pull ahead... West of Vernon, TX. |
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A bit later I overtook a coal train pulling into the passing siding at W Fowlkes. A stalled train farther down the line had cause quite a backup and a parade awaited from Wichita Falls eastward. Time was short so I passed the opportunity and headed on.
Maybe NEXT time. Electra, TX. |
Mack Muir
