Union Pacific Trains at Alpine, TX with UP 7400 !!! -12/19/2016

After hearing that UP 7400 was leading the UP MEWTU-18 I got up early to railfan and caught some trains and was told by a friendly UP Worker at the Alpine station that the MEWTU-18 ETA for Alpine was 4:50pm so I came back to the station 10 minutes early and caught another train before it.
Train 1 -UP Hi-Rail Truck (Track Inspector) (WB)
Train 2 -UP Mixed Freight (WB)
UP GE C45ACCTE 7828
UP GE C45ACCTE 7687
UP GE C45ACCTE 7630 (DPU)
UP GE C45ACCTE 5343 (DPU)
Horn-K5HLL
Train 3 -UP ZSALC-19 (WB)
UP GE C45AH 8198
UP GE ET44AH 2604 (My First UP Tier 4 on camera)
UP EMD SD70AH 8833
Horn-3rd Gen. K5LLA
Train 4 -UP ILXEW-17 (EB)
UP GE C45ACCTE 8026 (Hairball Express -according to graffiti)
UP EMD SD70M 4919
Horn-K5HLL
Train 5 -UP MEWTU-18 (EB)
UP GE C45ACCTE 7400 (Pink Ribbon Unit!!!)
UP GE C45ACCTE 7894
UP GE C45ACCTE 7845 (DPU)
Horn-K5HLL
Train 6 -UP Mixed Freight (WB)
UP GE C45AH 8220
UP GE C6044AC 6937
UP EMD SD70ACe or SD70AH (DPU)
UP GEVO (DPU)
Horn-K5HLL
The DPU's were not recorded
Thanks For Watching! Enjoy!

[@TheACman42]

Great catches Cole and congrats with 7400 as well as your first UP Tier 4!

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Thanks! I was so glad to see 7400 after waiting all day. My first Tier 4 was unexpected

[@westernrailfan5336]

Great video! Nice catch with UP 7400 leading. Just wondering, is that a crew change point? Because the trains always come up slow.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

WesternRailFan yeah this is a very isolated part of the state. Alpine is a half way point between the towns of El Paso and Del Rio

[@philfrizzell4571]

Yes alpine is a crew change point so is del rio

[@johncharleslee7986]

i have family that lives in Alpine and i love it there.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

I don't have family in Alpine but I love it too

[@SmithConductor]

Nice catches Cole! My Mother said I'm free to Railfan this week. Im probably going to Railfan in Spring because I've spent too much time railfanning in Rosenberg.

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Harris County Rail fanning spring is under rail construction and there's a Christmas festival but I know another place by the Lloyd yard. By 1960 and the hardy toll road.

[@SmithConductor]

Yeah, Ive only railfanned there once. What kind of construction is UP doing?

[@southplainsrailfan8697]

Harris County Rail fanning tie replacement, ballast replacement and signal replacement

[@SmithConductor]

Cool!

[@philfrizzell4571]

Didn't show actual crew change