MP 6036, Hope, AR
It's Labor Day, and holiday consolidations have the CFZ and CHZ combined out of Yard Center with 2 sets of power to protect the train split between the Fort Worth and Houston destined TOFC. The trains will likely be separated at the Texarkana crew change, about 35 miles ahead.
At this time the Dallas TOFC on the CFZ would set out at the MP Dallas freight house which accessed via trackage next to the Trinity River levee, as this was a couple of years before the new Mesquite Intermodal facility was built.
Hope is known for, among other things, growing some of the largest watermelons in the country, and host an annual Watermelon Festival as well.
9-7-1980
MP 6036, Hope, AR
It's Labor Day, and holiday consolidations have the CFZ and CHZ combined out of Yard Center with 2 sets of power to protect the train split between the Fort Worth and Houston destined TOFC. The trains will likely be separated at the Texarkana crew change, about 35 miles ahead.
At this time the Dallas TOFC on the CFZ would set out at the MP Dallas freight house which accessed via trackage next to the Trinity River levee, as this was a couple of years before the new Mesquite Intermodal facility was built.
Hope is known for, among other things, growing some of the largest watermelons in the country, and host an annual Watermelon Festival as well.
9-7-1980