The Martin Lake Line is a railroad owned and operated by Texas Utilities and hauled Lignite coal from nearby mines at the Oak Hill Mine and Beckville Mine, until their closures in the later 2010's, to the Martin Lake Power Plant and has a connection with the BNSF Railway's Longview Subdivision near Tatum, TX. Coal from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming is transferred onto the line via the connection with BNSF. The line was constructed as an electrified line, using 25 kV AC, 60 Hz electrification, and operated GE E25Bs and former Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México GE E60s;[1][2] however, the line was de-electrified in 2011.[3]

Texas Utilities Martin Lake Line
Overview
Parent companyLuminant
Reporting markTUGX
LocaleMartin Lake Power Plant
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV AC, 60 Hz (1976-2011)

Motive Power

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Year built Builder Model Numbers Notes
1976 General Electric Transportation GE E25B 2300-2306 Displaced by GE E60s in 1999
1982-1983 General Electric Transportation GE E60C-2 N/A Former N de M.
1953 ALCo Alco S4 1537 Former ATSF. Disposition unknown.
N/A General Electric Transportation GE U23B 2309-2310, 23013 Used to haul ash trains.
N/A Electro-Motive Division EMD SD50 23020-33030, 53002-53003 23020-33030 Are former Conrail units, 33030 served in CSX.

53002-53003 Are former C&NW

2004 Electro-Motive Division SD70ACE 5308-5309 Former EMD demonstrator units 1205 and 1206.

References

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  1. ^ Model Railroad Craftsman. Carstens Pub. 1978. First used on Texas Utilities Company's 11-mile Monticello line , which is home to a trio of the motors , two more just went into service on the Martin Lake line ...
  2. ^ Extra Twenty-two Hundred South. Dover Printing. 2000. 5510 and 5533 work on the Monticello line , and 5516 and 5521 on the Martin Lake line . -Staff Transglobal Railh ...
  3. ^ Harwell, Jeffrey A. (Feb 2012). "From electric to diesel". Trains Magazine. 72 (2): 50–51. eISSN 0041-0934 – via ProQuest.