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Photos from today's BNSF Make-A-Wish-Foundation passenger excursion |
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Posted by Dave on Sat Oct 22 21:46:07 2016 Today was another in a series of special passenger runs from the Ft. Worth Stockyards southwest down to Forth Worth & Western RR's Cresson Yard. At Cresson the train wyes and heads back to the Stockyards.Before heading out we gassed up the car and made a quick drive to a UP mainline where we caught a Z train heading to Los Angeles from Atlanta. Four units were on the point headed up by AC4400CW #7277 followed by SD70M #3936. I didn't catch the road numbers on the third and fourth units. The train was running at MAS and hauling a unit train of stacks:  I took some photos today at a very scenic location called Mustang Creek, which is about 30 miles southwest of Ft. Worth. It's very rural and the Bass Family has hundred of acres of ranch land here; during the spring it's not uncommon to see 1,000+ head of cattle grazing as you drive through the area. Here the train is heading southwest towards Cresson. The land on either aside of the ROW is Bass-owned land:  The train passed us and we headed closer to Cresson to set up another shot:   Upon reaching Cresson the train enters the right leg of the wye in preparation for its return trip back to the Stockyards:   Here's a track plan of Cresson and you can clearly see the wye. The train enters the right leg; backs up towards the yard; and then enters the left leg for the return trip:  We chased the train back northeast to the Stockyards for a bit:    And then we headed home. More pictures tomorrow! |
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