And Two Days Later

And Two Days Later

Two days later on Monday March 21st late in the afternoon, the UP 1982 came back eastbound from the rock loadout at Olden leading a 16,000 ton train headed to Houston. The weather was much more overcast than on Saturday when it was westbound with the empty train, but I decided to hop in the SUV and make the five minute trip to Iona. In retrospect I was glad I stopped at the cut near the middle of the siding instead of going to the east end as the 1982’s train pulled in to meet a westbound that was still in Fort Worth.

As you can see I was fortunate enough to catch a sucker hole in the clouds for the minute it took for the head end to pass by. When the train stopped it was not in a good spot for more photos, so I did not wait for the westbound and headed back home happy with these results.

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