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A legacy in plain view

            An unguarded and unremarked diamond crossing is traced by the last light of day under the expansive Texas sky outside aptly-named Plainview, Texas.  This diamond was installed by the Fort Worth and Denver in 1928 to cross regional rival Santa Fe.  The FW&D line attained the high plains by way of the last active rail tunnel in Texas.  The Santa Fe line once hosted transcontinental traffic on a circuitous routing across neighboring Quanah, Acme, and Pacific.  Now, under the consolidated purview of BNSF, the two lines slumber in truncated obscurity hosting local industry traffic on an irregular basis.  Who'd guess now that this lowly crossing is an artifact of the heyday of railroad competition for cotton, cattle, and grain traffic on the Texas South Plains.
   

Taken on: October 22, 2021

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Fort Worth & Denver

Santa Fe Railway

Quanah Acme & Pacific

Sets appears in: • On The Road • Phonetography more » • Color « less

Groups appears in: • This is America • Rural America - (Opted out of 30/60) more » • BNSF - Burlington Northern Santa Fe • Texas Panhandle • Texas - The Lone Star State - Tejas - TX - All The Great Views • Burlington Northern • Golden Hour Rails • Inspired by David Plowden • Rural Railfanning • Santa Fe Railroad • Railroad Photos Without Locomotives • Burlington Route « less

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