July 19th- The Sue Line Goes Hog Wild for Hog Rails

Post date: Jul 22, 2012 12:38:44 AM

The night the Hog Railers ran the Sue Line was a night to be remembered.

Art Houston (above) and a group of railroaders from Baton Rouge along with a few from Houston spent the night on the Sue Line and neither the railroad or the operators will be the same again.

THE VISITORS

Jim Lofland- Mainline Engineer.

Jim Thompson- Mainline Engineer.

Jeff Guidrey- Mainline Engineer.

Dick Schneider- Mainline Engineer.

Alan Evans- Mainline Engineer.

Casey Leblanc- Mainline Engineer.

Rick White- Shreveport Yard Master.

Allen Free- Sue City Operator.

Ron Fredericks- Maryville Operator (MOp).

Snub DeRoven- Rail fan.

THE HOME TEAM

Mose Crews- Supervisor- Shreveport Area.

Danny Garland- Supervisor- Sue City Area.

Ken Ellison- Supervisor- Brandon-Robinson  Area.

Ken Ellison also took the photos of this session.

Marvin Bennett, Jr.- Supervisor North Park Area.

Paul Harwell- Supervisor Alexandria Area and

Alexandria Yard Master.

Jim Willis (above, right) Supervisor Ft. Barrow-Pinecrest Supervisor

discusses events with Ken Ellison- Supervisor Brandon-Robinson Area.

Rob Robbins (File Photo)  Supervisor- Sherwood-Jeauxville Area.

Richard Kamm- Dispatcher.

SHOTS ALONG THE WAY.....

Casey Leblanc waits for his train in Alexandria Yard.

I-49 West Yard was a busy place all night.

Sue City was also a busy place-

Allen Free (above, far left),

Danny Garland (above,red shirt),

Dick Schneider (above,middle with throttle)

and Jim Thompson (above, far right).

Sue City was almost as busy later on as

Danny Garland (above, far right),

Dick Schneider (above, right), and

Allen Free(above, right,tallest)

try to get two trains switched at once.

Jeff Guidrey (above, middle) who was the "Keeper of the Ring"

and Jim Thompson (above, left) are busy switching

two trains in Robinson.

Art Houston (above, left) is busy making a video tape

while Snub DeRoven waits for more action.

Trains, trains, trains, everywhere trains.

The dispatcher had fun all night weaving

the trains past one another to keep the

freight moving.

112 is switching in North Park.

772 is moving ahead of 86 between

Great Bridge and Pinecrest.

238 is switching in Maryville.

And they are all south bound!