Sunday at Tecific / Sweetwater - 1 of 2

Sunday, February 25, 1990

I decided to spend most of the day east of Sweetwater at Tecific, where the Santa Fe Lampasas Subdivision ran parallel to the UP Baird Subdivision for a mile or so. It was a fairly typical Sunday at Tecific.

ATSF 5833 leads eastbound sulfur loads at Tecific.

UP 5013 is the trailing unit on a UP westbound.

ATSF 5174 / Conrail 6332 at Sweetwater

westbound trailers at Tecific

ATSF GP60 # 4016

Stay tuned for Part 2...

WSC

Sunday at Tecific / Sweetwater - 2 of 2

UP 4244 leads a transfer for the Santa Fe at Tecific

Meanwhile, UP 228 heads toward Sweetwater to perform local work...

Side by side at Tecific: UP 4244 and ATSF 5149. Both trains are waiting to enter Sweetwater.

ATSF 8748. This may have been the last U36C I ever saw.

ATSF 3438 leads a westbound into Sweetwater.

Trailing unit on a westbound: ATSF 6407.

Back together, UP's westbound heads west through Sweetwater.

Sweetwater / Tecific trip

1) UP w/b freight - MP 5027 (SD50 - UP yellow) / UP 5049 (SD50) / UP5013 (SD50)

2) ATSF e/b sulfur - 5833 (SD45-2) / 5510 (SD45-2B) / 8736 (U36C) / more???

3) UP e/b freight - MP 5053 (SD50 - UP yellow) / UP 3972 (SD40-2) / 5001(SD50) / 3148 (SD40-2)

4) ATSF w/b TOFC - 5025 (SD40-2) / 4016 (GP60)

5) ATSF e/b freight - 5174 (SD40-2) / CR 6332 (SD40-2)

6) ATSF switch job - gypsum spur - 2252 (GP9) / ???? (unknown)

7) UP w/b interchange to ATSF - UP 4244 (SD40-2 / 4092 (SD40-2)

8) UP w/b local - UP 228 (B30-7A)

9) ATSF w/b freight - 5149 (SD40-2) / 5070 (SD40-2/ ???? (unknown)

10) ATSF w/b freight - 3438 (GP39-2) / 5362 (SD45) / 2903 (GP35) / 6407 (B23-7)

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5) ATSF e/b at Tecific - 5174 / CR 6332 / 8748 (U36C)/ 5973 (SDF45 - Kodachrome)

8) UP w/b leaving Sweetwater - UP 4244 / 4092 / 228

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Next report will be on or about March 4.

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WSC

San Angelo Saturday

Saturday, February 24, 1990

On Saturday, I ventured out to San Angelo yard and found the power I had seen leading Friday's eastbound, along with a "Kodachrome" GP35.

GP35 # 2814 in the "Kodachrome" scheme

GP35 # 2918 - engineer's side of cab

GP20 # 3006

1) ATSF power in San Angelo: 2859 (GP35) / 2918 (GP35) / 3006 (GP20) + 2814 (GP35 - "Kodachrome")

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WSC

West of San Angelo

Friday, February 23, 1990

Late Friday afternoon, I went out west of San Angelo to catch an eastbound heading into town. I got shots of the train crossing one of the bridges over the Concho River near Tankersley.

Santa Fe eastbound crossing the Concho River west of San Angelo

ATSF 2859

caboose reflection

1) ATSF e/b near Tankersley - 2859 (GP35) / 2918 (GP35) / 3006 (GP20) /mixed freight + caboose 999804

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WSC

Friday evening eastbound

February 16, 1990

On a Friday evening, I caught an eastbound heading toward San Angelo from Fort Stockton.

Santa Fe eastbound approaching San Angelo, TX. Feb 16, 1990.

1) ATSF e/b - 2215 (GP7) / 3420 (GP39-2) / 2074 (GP7)

Next report will be on or about February 23...

WSC

Ruidoso ski trip

February 11, 1990

A photo from a weekend ski trip to Ruidoso NM with Mom, Dad, and girlfriend "H". H and I had been dating for close to a year at this point. This may have been her first time on skis. It didn't go so well.

More fun than our time on the slopes - enjoying the scenery at Inn of the Mountain Gods

Next report will be on or about February 16...

WSC

Brownwood & San Angelo - February 3

February 3, 1990 : Brownwood and back

I joined a few of my fellow Key Clubbers for a trip to Brownwood for "Spring Rally", a one-day mini leadership conference and community service idea brainstorming session with the San Angelo and Brownwood Key Club chapters.

Me & Natasha at Spring Rally

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On our way back to San Angelo, we overtook the Sunday local from Brownwood. After we got back to town, I headed out to the yard to take a few photos.

GP39-2 # 3426 - San Angelo, TX

ATSF 3426 builder's plate

GP30 # 2763 - San Angelo TX

Even way back then I was photographing boxcar scrawls.

ATSF power on hand at San Angelo yard - 2763 (GP30) / 2095 (GP7) / 2814 (GP35 - Kodachrome) / 2708 (GP30) / 3426 (GP39-2)

The next report will be on or about February 10, re-capping a weekend ski trip to New Mexico. Until then...

WSC