Big Sandy Train Symbols
Some of the freight symbols on the Corsicana Sub are as follow. These are not necessarily daily trains.
ZDTMX– Expedited, Detroit – Mexico City (inter- changed to KCSM at Laredo, TX)
ZYCLD– Expedited, Yard Center (Chicago, IL) – Laredo, TX
ZYCMX– Expedited, Yard Center – Mexico City ZYCMXB– Expedited, Yard Center – Mexico City, second departure
AASMX– Automobiles, Alton & Southern – Mexico City
ADEWF– Automobiles, Detroit Terminal – Westfield, TX
MPBEG– Manifest, Pine Bluff – Eagle Pass, TX (interchanged to Ferromex)
MPBMX– Manifest, Pine Bluff – Mexico City MPBSA– Manifest, Pine Bluff – San Antonio
The list for the Mineola Sub is longer since it includes both east- and westbound trains.
IHJNS– Intermodal, Hanjin (Long Beach, CA) – Atlanta
ILBMN– Intermodal, Long Beach – Marion, AR ILXMN– Intermodal, ITCF Long Beach – Marion IMNLB– Intermodal, Marion – Long Beach ITIMN7– Intermodal, Terminal Island, CA – Marion, Sunday departure
KGSMN2– Secondary Expedited, Global South (Terminal Island, CA) – Marion, Tuesday departure
KLBNS– Secondary Expedited, Long Beach – Norfolk Southern
ZAILC– Expedited, Atlanta – Los Angeles Transportation Center
ZDUMQ– Expedited, Dupo Yard, IL – Mesquite, TX ZG4MQ– Expedited, Global IV (Joliet, IL) – Mesquite, TX
ZLAME– Expedited, Los Angeles – Memphis (At Memphis, this train becomes CSX Q144 to Atlanta.)
ZLAMN3– Expedited, Los Angeles – Marion, Wednesday departure
ZLCAI– Expedited, LA Transportation Center – Atlanta
ZLCMN2– Expedited, LA Transportation Center – Marion, Tuesday departure
ZMNLA– Expedited, Marion – Los Angeles ZMNLA2– Expedited. Marion – Los Angeles, Tuesday departure
TOP: With evidence of springtime all around, UP 8168 West departs Big Sandy with a fresh crew on March 31, 2010. ABOVE: On a sultry August afternoon in 2007, Norfolk Southern’s four F9s lead a UP office car consist at track speed westbound through Big Sandy. The offi- cers' special was symboled SSHDA (Special, Shreveport to Dallas). LEFT: Foreign power is common, such as these CSX and Ferromex units leading a manifest train through the west end of Big Sandy at CP R113.
sity of the rain increased. I waited in the car until the train was fairly close, and then stepped out to get a series of shots. Although I wasn’t out long, by the time I jumped back into the car I was soaked. What started as a shower had quickly turned into a torrential downpour, and looking through my medium telephoto I could barely see the train, the rain was so thick! If you like watching the UP and want
to get away from the big city, this small town is the right place. Just park under a shade tree and wait for the trains to come to you. If you find yourself in the middle of a dead period, there are places to get food and drink on High- way 80 as well as photo locations in the immediate area to explore. Get your photo gear ready to go before the trains show up, because oft times the first train to appear isn’t the last.
ZMQG4– Expedited, Mesquite – Global IV AARWX– Automobiles, Arlington, TX – Waycross, GA (CSX as Q208 via New Orleans, LA)
AMEML– Automobiles, Memphis – Mira Loma, CA AMNLB– Automobiles, Marion – Long Beach ASMAR– Automobiles, Salem, IL – Arlington, TX auto parts
MDALI– Manifest, Dallas – Livonia, LA MFWBT– Manifest, Ft. Worth – Beaumont, TX MFWLI– Manifest, Ft. Worth – Livonia MFWNL– Manifest, Ft. Worth – North Little Rock, AR
MLIFW– Manifest, Livonia – Ft. Worth MPBDA– Manifest, Pine Bluff – Dallas (Miller Yard) MPBFW– Manifest, Pine Bluff – Ft. Worth MSHFW– Manifest, Shreveport – Ft. Worth
I’ve included this list of train symbols not only to show which trains run through Big Sandy, but also to demonstrate the variety of their origins and destina- tions. Although the preponderance of these symbols run between the Southeast and West Coast, there are also a fair number that run between Texas and the upper Midwest, and from the Midwest to Mexico City. There are also a fair number of trains that run between the Southeast and Texas.
— Steve Schmollinger 47
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