AM at Amistad. A little lateness on the Amtrak Sunset Limited was helpful as Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) and former New York Centr... (more)
The crew of a Houston-bound manifest nears the end of their day, about 20 miles to go to Del Rio. The train is a few miles from crossing the enormous trestle over Lake Amistad. Time was 1312.
Q EWWC bunches slack for the speed restriction over Sycamore Creek while passing some rather "western" vegetation.
A WB manifest rolls off of the huge trestle over Lake Amistad west of Del Rio, TX. The train is accelerating after picking up the lead ballast car which had been in the Amistad siding for repairs... (more)
CSX power and Tropicana reefers head out are standard on this train. Taking the hole for an eastbound. Crew change is 5 miles away.
Appx. 14 miles west of Del Rio, the Houston stack train has just climbed up out of the Lake Amistad area.
