On June 10 and 12, 2008, I railfanned
the BNSF from Milano to Sealy, Texas. With other committments, I didn't
have time to spend more than about an hour at various places waiting on
trains, so I only got 3 moving BNSF trains during those two days, and a
couple of photos of standing trains. Also included is the UP at Gauze,
Texas, which is west of Hearne. Moving BNSF trains were at Somerville,
north of Caldwell and just south of Somerville. I did stake out some
good sites, though, such as at Caldwell near the BNSF signal maintainer
office and at Kenney, Texas.
Seen were: BNSF 9344, 9934, 4353, 4991, 4670, 4456, 7562,
720 *** UP 7557 *** NS 9483 *** Kenney site, cat and
butterflies.
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BNSF 9344 on a loaded southbound coal train, 6 miles north of Caldwell,
Texas on June 10 at 1:14 p.m. This was at the Highway 1363 crossing.
LEFT-DPU 9934. RIGHT-BNSF4353 in the Somerville yards, 2:25 p.m. June
10 with a unit grain train.
LEFT-Colorful loco at the Somerville Museum. RIGHT-BNSF 4991 at 2:54
p.m. June 10 northbound into the Somerville yard.
LEFT-BNSF 4670. RIGHT-Later in the day on June 10, I waited an hour and
a half here for a train in Kenney, Texas, which is a few miles out of
Bellville.
LEFT-Two butterflies in Kenney. I was just passing time.
RIGHT-Southbound train after crossing Highway 1948 a few miles south of
Somerville on June 12.
LEFT-Stopped train in Lyons, Texas at 10:35 a.m. June 12. Looks like a
grain train with two DPU's with NS 9483 on the rear. RIGHT-BNSF 720.
A UP rock train about to cross Lemon Street in Gauze, Texas, a few
miles west of Hearne, June 12 at 11:32 a.m.
LEFT-Looks like dirty work. What exactly are these cars hauling?
RIGHT-Cat giving me a suspicious eye.
