Angelina & Neches River RR (A&NR 2000) at Lufkin, Tx. 05/10/2011 ©

Finally caught this shortline during their switching duties, first at Lufkin industries on the UP Lufkin sub and then east of Timberland dr. returning from the GP mill in Lufkin, Tx. Tags: Railfanning NS UP KCS CSX CN CP BNSF FXE AMTRAK SP WP CNW E8A 40-2 Metrolink Metra EJ&E SD38-2 Sw1500 MP15AC MP15DC Conrail GTW Santa Fe Burlington Northern Gp 38-2 39 SD 40 45 50-2 60 SD70MAC SD70ACe ES44DC 30-7 40-8 32-8 DASH9 ACC45TE 44CW SD9043Mac mkt ssw cot­ton belt dg­no tner hlcx necr llpx gmtx svgx ki­amichi rm­px railamer­i­ca in­ter­modal grain man­i­fest barf­bon­net her­itage naf­ta 1982 1983 1988 1989 1995 1996 2001 2002 4575 9647 2010 8444 3985 844 7400 ©

[MikkelFog]

Great stuff... I am collecting information on A&NR so this is great for me. Doing research for a model layout. Living in Copenhagen, Denmark.

[unkonshus]

@texasrupert I go to Lufkin for different reasons bout 3 or 4 times a year. I always look when I go down. This time I got lucky. You dont hear them on the scanner channel cause their old school using hand signals the whole time

[texasrupert]

nice catch and i was looking for that when i was trucking thur lufkin.

[arlingtontrains]

nice catch bro... another shortline i suppose?

[UnionPacificBNSF]

They still got #12 an alco and a GMDD center cab that is stored for Abbitini Consolidated Paper Mill. The GP38 was bought new that way in 1980. Most run at night and early morning. I live in Diboll and hear train horns all night.

[rangerrail]

Woah! It still has a working gyralite!

[CRQ]

@unkonshus From what I can tell, the ANR purchased the locomotive new. St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF or 'Frisco') also used that style of nose light on almost all their diesels. Reserve Mining Company also used them on their diesels as well. There are/were a couple more but I can't remember who else.

[rve]

Most of the time you see the SW1500 working the interchange .also the diamond at the ANR interlocker at MP120.5 has been removed so the eastside of the ANR isnt connected to the westside of the ANR .2000 and 1500 are the only engines they use they also have a bunch of 50' boxcars

[TFN]

Yeah, at first I suspected that the engine might have a SLSF or SP heritage but it was actually built new for the A&NR.

[unkonshus]

@Howard1939 Funny you mention that. The only early diesel geeps I seen with oscillating noselights was the old SP units. Maybe someone can enlighten us?

[unkonshus]

@dumbasscracker As far as I know, its the geep #2000 and the sw #1500. And they still use caboose on occassion

[Howard]

Wonder what the heritage of the loco is, reminds me of Texas-Mexican with short range fuel tanks.

[shaggyolsen]

@unkonshus i live in lufkin and i never see any of the Trains.