Login
or
Register
Home
»
Trains Magazine
»
Forums
»
General Discussion
»
Recently I Saw . . . . . . .
Edit post
Edit your reply below.
Post Body
Enter your post below.
[8D]This morning I saw four NS SD80 MACS on A up autorack unit train bound for sanantonio from chicago thers An every day sight with NS or D&RGW loco on the lead <br />I also seen KCS 2001 2004 2005 & BNSF 4895 <br />In that order pulling A string of loaded coal buckets to beaumont Tx where it <br />will be dumped At A power plan TUGX Is the reporting marks on the cars <br />TXU ELECTRIC Is the power plant they will dump At <br />when I lived in North east Texas there was A Local coal train every day <br />except weekends It was A KCS train A 65 mile round trip lcaol from the sutface mines In Como To The Monticello TXU power plant <br />Near Lake Monticello It usually has 3-4 SD-50 or A mix of SD-50/SD-40 <br />sometimes It would have A GP40-2W or A SD45-2T <br />sometimes At home In jackson I can see some old MIDSOUTH locos <br />onthe KCS gulfport route Which Is old ICG line <br />every mornig about 4-5 am In jackson's CNIC yd (cnic does'nt sound right to me Its to canadian) (no offence Its just Canadian RR's in southern Miss that dont seem right) <br />You can see the mornig local from Mobile Ala 1 per day leaves Mobile @ 8PM <br />arives In Hattiesburg Around midnight Anorther IC local Leaves Jackson @8PM <br />and arrives In Hattiesburg around midnight Both trains meet there And after switching some cars They will switch trains The crew from Jackson takes The train from Mobile <br />And the crew from Mobile takes the Train from Jackson And the Jackson bound arrives Around 4AM at the same time the Mobile train arrives And Unloads the piggybacks And containers the Jackson train goes on to Memphis with Another train
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag
Update Reply
Join our Community!
Our community is
FREE
to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.
Login »
Register »
Search the Community
Newsletter Sign-Up
By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our
privacy policy
More great sites from Kalmbach Media
Terms Of Use
|
Privacy Policy
|
Copyright Policy