Finishing Up the Valley Drive

The Valley was decently busy but I wanted to keep moving northward. There was a train in the siding at Tatsie but no headlight was visible and thus I assumed it was dead waiting for a crew. Way off in the distance I find something colorful moving in the plowed cotton fields. Knowing there are no roads where I can see it must be a train.

As I get closer the object get better clarity and they are stack container cars slowly moving south. Ah, let's see if I can make it to the north end of Tatsie and get into position but this is going to be close. The cars are moving real slow so I expect that the train is probably stopping at Tatsie.

I was essentially right but the train only stopped and then started again. I did quickly find a position and take a shot as the head end power got moving past the signal at Tatsie.



The interesting this here is not any of the power but rather the containers in the train. Orange color really stands out and in this case the colorful containers are all Haypag-Lloyd. This is a German company (kinda surprised by that).







By now the ever increasing cloud cover has mostly taken over the previously clear/partly cloudy sky. Gaaah. Onward to Valley Jct. Nothing going on here and not really much in the yard either. Last stop is Hearne.

A train from the Ennis side was arriving in Hearne just as I was. The job had a CN unit in the lead which was a little different. The train had some work to do in Hearne and I gave up on it after a clip or two of video at a crossing.





Time to head for the house.

Finishing Up the Valley Drive