BNSF empty frac sand train U-ELTCPP0-08T was parked on the Highway 156 underpass just south of Justin, Texas; at a location the railroad identifies as Lambert. The 198-car train weighed 5,253 tons, was 8,307 feet long and was on its way from Elmendorf, Texas to the Canadian Pacific at Kansas City. The six locomotives were C44-9W 4864, ES44DC 7900, SD70MAC 9540, C44-9W 5175, ET44C4 3736 and ES44C4 8001. When the train got to Arkansas City Kansas it was redirected to Rochelle, Illinois and redesignated U-ELTRCH4-20. The line in the foreground is the Wabtec/GE test track. |