BNSF's Red River Subdivision
>(Former Fort Worth & Denver line between Amarillo and Wichita Falls, Texas)
October, 2005
(click on each image to see a larger version -- approx 1024X768)


October 7, 2005:

A stack train moving into the passing siding

Clarendon, TX.
3:53pm

A westbound coal train (empty) on the main

Clarendon, TX.
4:03pm


An Eastbound stack train, viewed from a strategically placed highway rest stop.

near Hedley, TX.
5:02pm

And a Westbound stack train, viewed from the same spot.

near Hedley, TX.
5:37pm

And another Westbound stack train.

near Hedley, TX.
5:58pm


October 8, 2005:

an overcast sky as a Westbound passes E Hedley into the passing siding.

Hedley, TX.
11:45am
On the main track we have a bit of foreign power, with some REALLY FOREIGN power!

Hedley, TX.
11:56am

...and a pusher brings up the rear as the sky begins to clear.
The same coal train with that alien unit again.

Goodlett, TX.
2:58pm
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.
3:22pm

Once the stack train cleared, the coal empty got the clear...

Acme, TX.
3:39pm
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.

October 9, 2005:

Roaring Eastbound across the "Prarie Dog Fork of the Red River", yes, that's the real name...

near Estelline, TX.
12:25pm
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.
12:51pm
I decided to move a bit and while setting up for a shot was surprised by something decidedly "Texas".

near Estelline, TX.
1:47pm
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.
2:04pm
My next stop was just West of Childress for more of the same type action.

Carey, TX.
3:52pm
Carey, TX.
4:08pm
East of Childress are a couple more passing sidings, and chances for meets. Plus a view that gives plenty of approach warning.

Kirkland, TX.
5:21pm
Of course, not all the good shots have trains in them.

Kirkland, TX.
5:37pm
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.
5:52pm
The final shots of the evening are from the opposide end of the Kirkland siding...

Kirkland, TX.
6:08pm

October 10, 2005:

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.
1:47pm
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.
3:18pm
East of town I found a vantage point to watch that loaded coal train continue East.

Chillicothe, TX.
3:34pm
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.
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:

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.
8:48am
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.
11:19am

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.
11:53am

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Mack Muir