Fort Worth - Saginaw

South end staging on the S&W represents connections to Temple and Houston, TX. Out of stagin trains first enter Fort Worth, site of downtown yard. Above is a Google Earth look at Downtown Yard in Fort Worth. It is a jointly run yard and interchange point between BNSF and Union Pacific. The S&W has a live interchange with UP including a 3 track yard and a short UP main. North of downtown the main, paralleled by the UP main, crosses the Trinity River as it approaches Hodge Junction.

North Yard is the operational center of the entire layout. Interchanges with UP and FW&W as well as switching locals for Saginaw, Decatur, and Bowie all run out of North Yard. Attebury Grain is yard side, and the Railhead industrial district is just off the north end of the yard. Railhead is represented on the S&W with two industries--P&O Cold Logistics and Evergreen Feeds. Above is a Google Earth shot of the south half of North Yard in Saginaw, TX. You can see the yard office and tower, RIP facilities, and engine servicing facilities as well as Attebury Grain Elevator, all of which appear on the S&W.