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Union Pacific's Pratt and Tucumcari Subdivisions cut across the extreme northwestern corner of the Panhandle between the Texas-Oklahoma and Texas-New Mexico state lines. The line crosses the BNSF Boise City Subdivision at Stratford, and crosses the BNSF Dalhart Subdivision in Dalhart. Trains swap crews at Dalhart, and many trains pick up and set out cars at the Dalhart yard. Traffic consists of coal, grain, manifest freight, and intermodal traffic. US Hwy 54 parallels the line for the entire stretch across the Panhandle, which includes the second-longest stretch of tangent (straight) track in the United States, from Dalhart to Guymon, OK (72 miles).

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	UP eastbound I-EPIM-17 rolls across the UP Pratt Subdivision west of Stratford, Texas on January 18, 2001.
	A westbound UP grain train traverses UP's Pratt Subdivision west of Conlen, Texas (east of Dalhart) on January 18, 2001.
	A westbound UP grain train runs along the UP Pratt Subdivision, parallel to US Highway 54 west of Stratford, Texas on January 18, 2001.
	A westbound UP grain train runs parallel to US Highway 54 on the UP Pratt Subdivision east of Conlen, Texas on January 18, 2001.

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