Topics in this issue:
San Antonio’s New Star
Choo Choo Claus Sighting!
Elmendorf Heritage & Railroad Museum
SARHM’s 2009 Board of Directors
SARHM Needs Your Help!

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Topics in this issue:
The Renovation of SP 794
Reconstructing Elmendorf’s Depot
SARHM Needs Your Help!

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Progressive Railroading - DART's Street Opens for Business

I saw the UP1995 Heritage unit this afternoon (5pm) at SOSAN Yard (CP SA216).

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This afternoon, a couple of us were down at the SP 794 giving a tour of the locomotive.  Fans were gathering for the UTSA football game in the Alamo Dome, and the Budweiser Clydesdale were making an appearance.  The horses were approaching from the East on Commerce St and were about to cross the tracks when the crossing gates came down due to a BNSF freight which was approaching from the South.  The engineer had blown the horn a couple of times which naturally had caused the horses to be on edge.  I think that the engineer had noticed this and expertly stopped the long freight at the edge of the street.  The conductor then climbed out of the cab of the locomotive and manually lifted the crossing gate to allow the famous horses and their wagon cross.
           
Here's a video from our Facebook page
 

This afternoon we found the Charter Club and St. James Place Private rail cars had been dropped off at Sunset Station the night before.
The Charter Club is the ACF Dome/Coach car.  Previously identified as the AT-703 and UP7003.  Interestingly enough, the car did not have a reporting mark painted on it.
Prior to being known as the St. James Place, it was called the "Belleville" and was owned by the Illinois Central Railroad.

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On Oct 27, 2012, I was able to photograph UP's Heritage Locomotive commemorating the 100th year of Scouting at SoSan Yard in San Antonio.  It was used for the annual San Antonio Service Unit UP Employee Day.  This Employee Day was a big deal because it was also held in conjunction with UP's 150th Anniversary.


   
   

Took these pictures at 4:55PM Oct 1, 2013.  She was the number 2 locomotive that was heading North out of SoSan Yard at CP216.  Got lucky, I had just stepped out of work looked down the track and there she was.  Then a couple of minutes after taking the last photo, the consist throttled up and she was gone.
               

Today I was able to photograph the Katy Heritage locomotive at SoSan Yard, San Antonio, Texas.  She was on the point of a 3 unit consist heading either North or East bound.
   

Ironically, I was not the only one from Bldg 171 at Port of San Antonio, photographing this girl.