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Sometime in the early 1940's the Fort Worth & Denver Zepher commenced its run from Dallas, TX to Denver, CO passing thru Dalhart , TX Headquaters for the Worlds Largest Ranch (the XIT) its circling head beacon was as bright a light that any cowboy had ever seen. Other than during WWII only a few trains per week on that line that crossed the Rock Island at Dalhart. In the early 1970's the natural gas shortage created a demand for alternate fuels for Power Generation. Southwestern Public Service Company in Amarillo was the first in TX to Contract for coal out of the Wyoming Coal Fields . Every bridge and 100's of miles of Railroad track had to be replaced to haul these 100 car unit trains. Today that line is operated by The Burlington Northern-Santa Fe and is by several times the greatest hauler of coal out of Wyoming to any market in the USA. For several years now a unit train passes thru Dalhart, TX blaring its whistles and horns for the four or five RR Crossings day & night every 30 minutes or so as each unit train heads north empty or south.loaded with coal. When Combined with the numerous trains out of California to Chicago on the old Rock Island Line the noise is constant to a vistor,but music in the ears of the local merchants in Dalhart. I am new at this Forum and unable to locate an answer to my previous questions: First Tank Car Loadings how many and how far and how often, Demand high or over built? The Second request is I am seeking early day Photographs of Ice Docks used to ice the Trains hauling fruits and vegitables out of California to Chicago and then on to the East Coast. Dalhart was one of the few such operations in America and I want to document this rare and specializrd Industry with words and pictures which has joined the Horse and buggy Industry.
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