Railfan Trip Report Waco-NOL – General Forum

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sswCharter Member · 610 postsDec 16, 2002 4:00 PM

I did some railfanning from Waco on our way to New Orleans on a debate trip. I was gonna do the ol' take pics out the window of the moving van trick, but the constant rain from Marlin to New Orleans stifled that, so I had to watch out the window.north of Hearne:
0928 Thursday
UP 7198, UP7294 SB HIPX loaded coal UP7088-DPU HIPX24060
Hearne:
0931 Thursday
UP3259, UP3152(Available for MSTS) SP/SSW7788 (unpatched) SP?7628 GP40-2, no lettering visible, but un patched.KCS in Lake Charles Yard 2 SW'sSunday return
Lake Charles- 2 KCS SW's in yard right side of I-10E, a UP GP something or other 2064? in what looked like lightning stripe with no wings.Houston (Loop 610) Is this Engelwood?
There was a set of Geeps working what I guess would be englewood hump, and there was one of the BNSF Ice reefer/89'foot things.Hearne:
UP4610 or 4601 with 20 or so Autoracks
there was a DTTX car with four 3 axle buckeye's under it
CSX ????, an Sd50 or 60 with CEFX 3122 a blue unit in an SD45 body.UP50XX, 5022 (Flared and flagged) with UP painted tunnel motor, crummy lookikng SD40-2 and unpatched SP/SSW GE.Saw Lots of street cars. The St. Charles Line went right infront of our hotel and we were a block and a half off of Canal at the Hampton Inn. Is the St. Charles line broad gauge, and if so, is the riverfront line broad? I couldn't tell.

Bradley Linda
Waco, Texas

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