First, let me say that it makes me giddy to hear the word "railfan" on a gun forum.KBCraig wrote:They're not huge, but they're useable. Texas mostly has Wyoming to thank for a continued supply of electricity. Railfans along the Kansas City Southern enjoy a certain boredom: "Southbound coal train. Northbound MT. Southbound coal train. Northbound MT." Repeat, ad infinitum.No4Mk1 wrote:Well I figured if anything somebody here would know the answer! Thanks fellas!
I have to confess I had no idea there were even significant coal deposits in Texas.
Kevin
Secondly, the east/west Meridian Speedway (the Greenville sub runs through here) isn't too bad with boredom. We see quite a bit of intermodals, locals, work trains, BNSF runthrough coal, etc. The coal trains are sort of interesting because when they're coming westbound, the lead units are in full dynamics. You can hear them wayyyyy off. But by the time the DPUs arrive in the middle, he's back on the throttle and those suckers are *humming*. Same with the pusher(s) at the end.
Kevin, did you catch the 844 a couple months back?