A pair of Ferromex units are on the point of this Cadet-Tulsa manifest. BNSF recently constructed a new facility just south of San Antonio in Van Ormy, named Cadet Yard.
A variety of UP power idles at the engine facility at SAIT on a fine spring morning, along with a unit from the contract switch operation, Trans Global.
UP's empty rock train from Millet, TX crosses the Medina River on its way north for another load of rock for the booming Eagle Ford shale region.
Perhaps the lonliest engine servicing area in America? MRL 610 is leased to work the new UP Intermodal Yard in San Antonio, TX, however, I don't think I've ever seen it move from the spot she is ... (more)