During the morning of Saturday, 11/7/2020, me and my family traveled north to San Antonio, TX for the weekend. In this video I will show all of the trains I spotted throughout the trip.
First train: UP 7776 (C45ACCTE/ES44AC), and UP 5329 (C45ACCTE/ES44AC) haul a Northbound UP Manifest train coming from Mexico and headed for San Antonio stopped right in front of the Laredo Port waiting for a possible Southbound Manifest headed its direction.
Second train: KCSM 4067 (SD70ACe), and KCSM 4571 (AC44CW) haul a Northbound UP Auto train just north of the Laredo Port and from the first Northbound Manifest that was pulled over. Nice to see some KCS Power on the UP tracks since I haven’t visited the Tex-Mex Tracks in a while to spot some trains.
Third train: UP 7048 (C44ACM/AC4460CW), UP 6787 (C44AC/AC44CW), UP 7691 (C45ACCTE/ES44AC), KCS 4857 (ES44AC), KCS 4589 (AC4400CW), KCS 4590 (AC4400CW), and UP 6421 (C44AC/AC44CW) haul a Southbound UP Manifest train coming straight out of Dilley, TX as we were entering the small town. Nice to see an all GE power Manifest once in a while, not to mention this beast of a train had 7 Locomotives in the lead!
Fourth train: KCS 4591 (AC4400CW), and KCS 4178 (SD70ACe) are the lead units for another Northbound UP Manifest and are pulled into a siding waiting for clearance after the last train passed them. This train was spotted in the siding in between Dilley, TX and Pearsall, TX.
Fifth train: UP 7629 (C45ACCTE/ES44AC), and UP 8366 (SD70ACe) are hauling a Northbound UP Intermodal train just north of Pearsall, TX and seem to be waiting for the previous Northbound to pass them as they wait in a siding.
Sixth train: (Ex-SP) UP 6314 (C44AC/AC44CW) is the lead unit for a possibly empty Southbound UP Manifest that seemed to be waiting for that Northbound Manifest with KCS power to pass them. If you pause at the right moments your able to see that the Engineer of this Manifest actually had reclined his seat back and had his feet on the control stand of the locomotive.
A nice day it was for road tripping and spotting trains along the way. I will never forget these moments throughout my life! Hope you enjoy.
