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A serene locale down South, it was the perfect rest stop until the water level dropped; now it's even better.
Inspired in part by Legohaulic's Mud Island Lighthouse, Nadroj's affinity for Dixie, and oddly enough the remake of The Hills Have Eyes*, but that's a longer story.
*which rocks.
Abilene Christian University's Nicodemus Naimadu races down the track in the mens' 5,000m run during the 2005 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Elmer Gray Stadium on the campus of Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. Naimadu won the event with a time of 13:59.67.
A black, Paducah-built GP11 working a spur down the line from an elevator? Is this a far-flung, long forgotten branch of the IC? Nope. This is alongside UP's old KP (Salina Sub) in Abilene, KS, but the unit looked right at home here. I'm looking north along Cedar St. towards the 1931 vintage Hotel Sunflower, which has ties to President Eisenhower.
The TLSX 8738 is being leased to Flint Hills Grain, which is conveniently located between the BNSF and UP mains in town, with access to both. The engine was built in 1957 as the IC 9231, before being rebuilt in the 70's.
I grew up right down the street from the Chicago Central main line, so I saw plenty of these units when I was a kid, although GP8's & 10's were more common. The mid-day sun wasn't ideal, but after a great lunch at Snuffy's up the street, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to burn some electrons on this one when I found it out running.
Everything that you could ever want to know about the hotel can be found here: www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/D...
The above photo is of Clematis 'Abilene', you can see what else I took photo of on 16th October 2025 by following the link to my website
A weekend trip took us to Abilene, Kansas with the burial chapel and Presidential Library of Dwight Eisenhower. I never pass up an opportunity to visit the beautifully designed windows which fill the room with brilliant color!
The Abilene Zoological Gardens is a small 16-acre zoo located in Abilene, Texas. The zoo has over 1,000 animals representing over 250 species.
Ike's home town is woken up on a sleepy Black Friday as the CSX trio on CWEDR9-24 rumbles through town at 25 MPH, track speed here.
November 24th, 2017
UP 1982 leads empty coal train CB2WE-05 west on the UP Salina Sub passing the old pumping station west of Abilene
Abilene, TX;
roadarch.blog/2020/10/04/day-2-western-tx/
Surviving Burger Chef buildings and signs at my website (4 pages worth) here: