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Ca. 8 km sydvest for Hearne ligger Valley Junction. Valley Junction er skæringen mellem to tidligere Missouri Pacific strækninge, nemlig den føromtalte strækning fra Austin og så denne fra Fort Worth til Houston. Se dette kort over Valley Junction. Egentlig er denne strækning mest til nordgående trafik (trafikken modsat strækningen i Hearne på forrige billede), men her er et tog som kom fra Hearne og er drejet mod Houston. Sporskifterne på forbindelsessporet er håndbetjente, og betjenes af en mand der kører ud i bil fra Hearne. Men i dag drillede låsen, så de ikke kunne åbne sporskiftet...

About 5 miles southwest of Hearne is Valley Junction. Valley Jct is the crossing between two former MoPac lines. One is the aforementioned line from Austin and east, the other is from Ft Worth to Houston. See this map over Valley Junction. This line is mostly northbound traffic between Houston and Ft Worth, but this train came from Hearne and took the turn towards Houston. The switches in the connecting track are manual and are operated by a UP employee from Hearne when required. But today the lock jams and they can't open the switch...