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From: "Robert E. Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:18:54 -0600
Subject: Feb. 16, 2002 and the last leg of the reverse chase is over as BNSF
pusher # 9713 heads away. The signal tower I took the last few shots
from is shown on the left. I just may re-visit this place again. Chase
is over, getting hungry, time to head for home.
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102/133
From: "Robert E. Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:13:34 -0600
Subject: Last shot from the signal post. This is one of my favorites showing the light shield from the signal. Time to climb down now.
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103/133
From: "Robert E. Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:10:36 -0600
Subject: BNSF west bound empty coal train enters the main - You just had to have been there to appreciate these shots.
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From: "Robert E. Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:07:06 -0600
Subject: Here she comes! Probably wondering who that nut was on top of the signal tower!
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105/133
From: "Robert E. Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:05:42 -0600
Subject: I just couldn't help it. I arrived ahead of the train at the "Y" and
saw a good spot. Atop the signal tower looked good to me. Didn't see
anyone around so I climbed up and hoped the engineer would not call it
in to security. He was a good guy and probably felt he knew me by now.
This is the BNSF main looking SE towards Galveston as I await the
approach of the empty coal train coming around the loop to the right.
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106/133
From: "Robert E. Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 16:00:41 -0600
Subject: Pulled on ahead and pulled over to catch this shot over a wooden bridge as we head back to the BNSF main.
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From: "Robert E. Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:59:12 -0600
Subject: Pusher BNSF # 9713 passed by and I'm off and running back the other way.
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108/133
From: "Robert E. Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:49:34 -0600
Subject: Feb. 16, 2002 still and I just had to get this shot of the outgoing BNSF # 9995 with the plant in the background. It is a very large plant.
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From: "Robert E. Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:45:03 -0600
Subject: Up close and personal. BNSF 9995 starts its journey north.
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From: "Robert E. Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:41:32 -0600
Subject: So here goes BNSF 9995 pulling a mile long empty coal train and the chase begins again!
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From: "Robert E. Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:39:45 -0600
Subject: As the pusher # 9987 passes by, low and behold there sits a empty coal
train waiting to begin the return trip. BNSF # 9995 has a fresh crew
and ready to go.
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112/133
From: "Robert E. Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:35:58 -0600
Subject: Loaded coal train entering the coal plant Feb. 16, 2002.
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From: "Robert E. Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:26:19 -0600
Subject: BNSF pusher # 9987 on the loaded coal train over the Hwy 59 bridge
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From: "Robert E. Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:22:20 -0600
Subject: Loaded coal train over Hwy 59
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From: "Robert E. Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:19:22 -0600
Subject: Feb, 16, 2002, I positioned myself for the passing of a loaded
coal train to get a shot from a different place. Little did I know that I
would end up chasing coal trains for the rest of the afternoon. After
taking three shots of the BNSF 9902, assisted by the pusher # 9987, I
jumped in my car and the chase was on. The BNSF line follows Hwy 762
heading south from Rosenberg eventually ending in Galveston but the "Y"
at Thompson's crossing brings about two trains a day into the W. A.
Parish coal burning power plant which is about 4 or 5 miles down the
road from the Hwy 59 bridge.
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From: "Robert Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 19:06:52 -0600
Subject: Side view of same "Torpedo." Jan. 10, 2002
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From: "Robert Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 19:04:12 -0600
Subject: Front of "Torpedo." Old but still used if necessary in dark territories - Feb. 10, 2002
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From: "Robert Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:54:16 -0600
Subject: BNSF grain train passes through the interlocker while a east bound UP waits on the main.
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From: "Robert Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:39:30 -0600
Subject: UP 123 sitting idle in the Rosenberg yard on Feb. 3, 2002
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From: "Robert Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:16:05 -0600
Subject: East bound CSX 7705 pulling through Tower 17 heavy loaded
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From: "Robert Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:11:00 -0600
Subject: East bound "Tex-Mex" on the UP main on Jan. 19, 2002.
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From: "Robert Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:09:25 -0600
Subject: Jan. 19, 2002, Old radio mic. still used at Tower 17
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From: "Robert Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 09:37:05 -0600
Subject: Empty coal train sequence shot number 3. Cars can be turned over and emptyed without disconnecting the couplers.
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From: "Robert Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 09:39:14 -0600
Subject: Empty coal train pusher BNSF 8944. Sequence shot number 4. At lease 10 coal trains a week pass the Tower 17 interlocker.
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From: "Robert Chapman" rec_@_pdq.net
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 09:35:30 -0600
Subject: Empty coal train sequence shot number 2 on Jan. 19, 2002 from the top of the stairs at Tower 17
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