Weather, Track Repairs, Storm Reroutes and One young man visiting his sister here was just trying to get back to school. It seems even the trains are not reliable anymore. I stopped flying 35 years ago and have not looked back. I like the trains very much, especially Amtraks Zephyer from Chicago West. My brother and his wife were inbound having been in Palm Springs all last week. I was down at Union Station yesterday to see them return. Due in at 3:10 in the afternoon. Then, 4PM or later. I left the station and headed home on track 1 at 4:30PM. Had a text from my brother at 7:11. They were idle on a track half way between Ft. Worth and Dallas' Union Station. This morning, I had an update text that they got off at Irving and were finally home shortly after 10PM. Long day to end a fun week out West.
However, I did get some shots of the busy 7-tracks at Union Station with Reunion Tower on the far side of the track roads. Two Union Pacific manifest freights running dual side by side on 6 and 7. Containers, and Car Racks with some covered gondolas, tanks, a few hoppers and a lot of Intermodal frames from empty container flat beds. The graffiti on the cars is most interesting. You see lots of interesting stuff from people who really are rather talented with paint.
I had an interesting and brief conversation with a young man returning to college after visiting his sister here in
Dallas. he had a couple of canvas images that he was taking with him. Never got a chance to see the image but he obviously loved art. Nice man. Hope he got those canvas' home with out any travel damage.
