Brownwood - San Angelo local

Sunday, March 4, 1990

On Sunday, I went out east of San Angelo to shoot the westbound local from Brownwood. I caught them near Miles and followed them west toward San Angelo until it got dark.

Westbound San Angelo local at Miles, TX

setting out at San Angelo Feed Yard west of Miles...

coupling back to their train after setting out

Back on the move, with GP39-2 3410 in charge.

sunset at Red Creek

1) ATSF w/b local (Brownwood to San Angelo) - 3410 (GP39-2) / 2772 (GP30 - Kodachrome)

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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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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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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...

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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...

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Late January in San Angelo

At some point in late January (exact date not recorded) I made a quick trip out to the San Angelo yard to see what was on hand. The results were quite typical of what I'd normally see out there on a weekday or Sunday afternoon when the three-day-a-week local from Brownwood was in town. (It ran west from Brownwood to San Angelo on Sun-Tue-Thur, and returned to Brownwood on Mon-Wed-Fri).

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GP7 # 2183 - San Angelo, TX - January 1990

B23-7 # 6412 in San Angelo.

Ballast regulator.

Power on hand at ATSF San Angelo yard:

ATSF 2183 (GP7)
ATSF 6412 (B23-7) / 2222 (GP7) / 2709 (GP30)

That's all for today and for this month; next update will be on or about February 3.

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