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By:Christopher Parma
Dates:8/1/2016 - 8/31/2016
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UP 4208 Leads the MEWSA 05
Title:  UP 4208 Leads the MEWSA 05
Description:  UP 4208 leads the MEWSA 05 (Manifest- Englewood Yard [Houston, TX] to San Antonio, TX) westward along Main 1 of UP's Glidden Subdivision in Missouri City, TX, which is on the southwest side of Houston.
Photo Date:  8/5/2016  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 9:41:14 AM
Location:  Missouri City, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4208(SD70M)
Views:  118   Comments: 1
Tail End of the MEWSA 05
Title:  Tail End of the MEWSA 05
Description:  CHTT 100671 brings up the rear of the MEWSA 05 as it heads west for San Antonio in Missouri City, TX, which is on the southwest side of Houston.
Photo Date:  8/5/2016  Upload Date: 8/24/2016 9:43:29 AM
Location:  Missouri City, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
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Views:  104   Comments: 0
AMTK 145 Leads Sunset Limited #2
Title:  AMTK 145 Leads Sunset Limited #2
Description:  On a bright and hot summer morning in southeast Texas, AMTK 145 races Sunset Limited #2 eastward on its way to Houston and eventually New Orleans. This edition of Train #2 happened to have four locomotives and a string of executive cars on the rear as former Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman made his "Farewell Tour" of the Amtrak system.
Photo Date:  8/7/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 12:24:00 PM
Location:  Sugar Land, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Passenger,Track,Action
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Views:  111   Comments: 0
"American View" at Sugar Land
Title:  "American View" at Sugar Land
Description:  Amtrak's inspection car "American View" trails on the rear of Sunset Limited #2 as it makes its way towards Houston and on to New Orleans. This car, among other executive cars, was on the rear of the Sunset Limited as former Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman was taking his "Farewell Tour" of the Amtrak system.
Photo Date:  8/7/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 12:30:42 PM
Location:  Sugar Land, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Passenger,Track,Action
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Views:  199   Comments: 0
"American View" at the Houston Amtrak Station
Title:  "American View" at the Houston Amtrak Station
Description:  Amtrak's inspection car "American View" sits on the rear of Sunset Limited #2 as it makes its stop at the Houston Amtrak Station. This car, among other executive cars, was on the rear of the Sunset Limited as former Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman was taking his "Farewell Tour" of the Amtrak system.
Photo Date:  8/7/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 12:32:48 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger
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Views:  218   Comments: 0
Sunset Limited at Belt Jct
Title:  Sunset Limited at Belt Jct
Description:  On hot summer afternoon in Houston, AMTK 145 takes Sunset Limited #2 eastward through Belt Jct (technically South Belt Jct, CP H830) on its way to New Orleans. This edition of Train #2 happened to have four locomotives and a string of executive cars on the rear as former Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman made his "Farewell Tour" of the Amtrak system.
Photo Date:  8/7/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 12:36:13 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Passenger,Track,Action
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Views:  75   Comments: 0
Spotted at Belt Jct
Title:  Spotted at Belt Jct
Description:  We've been spotted by some folks in the rear of Amtrak's "American View" inspection car as Sunset Limited #2 rolls eastward through Belt Jct (technically South Belt Jct, CP H830) on its way to New Orleans. This edition of Train #2 happened to have four locomotives and a string of executive cars on the rear as former Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman made his "Farewell Tour" of the Amtrak system. The gentleman in the yellow was a very friendly member of Amtrak's police force who I had gotten to speak too a little at the Houston Amtrak station about 30 minutes prior.
Photo Date:  8/7/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 12:38:21 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Passenger,Track,Action
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Views:  205   Comments: 0
Soda Ash at Tower 71
Title:  Soda Ash at Tower 71
Description:  On a hot summer afternoon in Houston, UP 8594 takes loaded soda ash train OW1T1 from Solvay, WY through Houston on its way for export at the Port of Galveston, TX.
Photo Date:  8/7/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 12:40:09 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
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Views:  121   Comments: 0
Soda Ash DPUs
Title:  Soda Ash DPUs
Description:  UP 6771 shoves on the rear of loaded soda ash train OW1T1 from Solvay, WY as it heads for export at the Port of Galveston, TX.
Photo Date:  8/7/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 12:46:14 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
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Views:  131   Comments: 0
KCS 4846 at Tower 71
Title:  KCS 4846 at Tower 71
Description:  KCS 4846 takes an eastbound KCS manifest from Mexico through Tower 71 on UP's West Belt Subdivision in Houston.
Photo Date:  8/7/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 12:50:56 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
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Views:  134   Comments: 0
Rolling on the "New" West Belt
Title:  Rolling on the "New" West Belt
Description:  An eastbound KCS train rolls through the new interlocking at Tower 71 on the north side of Houston. It was rebuilt in 2013-2014 as part of a triple-tracking project. The old whistle-board for the old Main 1 can be seen to the right, warning for railroad crossings that have since been closed.
Photo Date:  8/7/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 12:57:43 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track
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Views:  45   Comments: 0
Baretables Through Pearland
Title:  Baretables Through Pearland
Description:  Having just left BNSF's Pearland Yard (the location of BNSF's Houston Intermodal Facility), BNSF 4513 takes this train of empty well cars up to track speed as they head to another part of the BNSF system.
Photo Date:  8/7/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 1:04:56 PM
Location:  Pearland, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
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Views:  84   Comments: 0
Former Amtrak Reefer
Title:  Former Amtrak Reefer
Description:  Quite a job change for this former Amtrak reefer. Built to haul high priority goods across the country on Amtrak trains, RWIX 74024 is now among a set of reefers working in a shuttle service hauling potatoes from farms in Colorado to Schoenmann Produce Co, a produce distributor in Houston.
Photo Date:  8/7/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 1:14:26 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  113   Comments: 0
Grade Crossing Activation
Title:  Grade Crossing Activation
Description:  Just after midnight, an approaching empty ethanol train from Texas City, TX activates the Clear Lake City Blvd railroad crossing on the southeast side of Houston.
Photo Date:  8/8/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 1:48:45 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Night,Signal
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Views:  37   Comments: 0
Through the Crossing
Title:  Through the Crossing
Description:  Just after midnight, an empty ethanol train from Texas City, TX passes through the Clear Lake City Blvd railroad crossing on the southeast side of Houston.
Photo Date:  8/8/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 1:53:41 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Night,Signal,Action
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Views:  47   Comments: 0
Empty Grainer at Rosenberg
Title:  Empty Grainer at Rosenberg
Description:  BNSF 7856 leads an empty grain train northward on BNSF's Galveston Subdivision through Rosenberg, TX.
Photo Date:  8/13/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 2:05:12 PM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
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Views:  82   Comments: 1
BNSF 8044 Leads Autoracks
Title:  BNSF 8044 Leads Autoracks
Description:  BNSF 8044 leads a southbound train of autoracks through Rosenberg, TX on BNSF's Galveston Subdivision.
Photo Date:  8/13/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 2:06:50 PM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  84   Comments: 1
Tier 4 and Stacks
Title:  Tier 4 and Stacks
Description:  BNSF 3931 leads a northbound stack train out of the siding at Rosenberg after a meet with a southbound on BNSF's Galveston Subdivision.
Photo Date:  8/13/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 2:09:23 PM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  167   Comments: 1
A MAC in Belle
Title:  A MAC in Belle
Description:  KCS 3920 leads a manifest off its own trackage and onto UP's Glidden Subdivision at Rosenberg as it carries freight for US destinations from Mexico.
Photo Date:  8/13/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 2:18:20 PM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  56   Comments: 1
QEWWC at Rosenberg
Title:  QEWWC at Rosenberg
Description:  UP 6828 leads the daily QEWWC manifest westward through Rosenberg as it makes its way from Houston to West Colton, CA.
Photo Date:  8/13/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 2:19:55 PM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  105   Comments: 1
Shoving on the QEWWC
Title:  Shoving on the QEWWC
Description:  UP 6440 shoves on the rear of the QEWWC as it makes its way westward from Houston to West Colton, CA.
Photo Date:  8/13/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 2:22:07 PM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  126   Comments: 1
KCSM 4675 Through Rosenberg
Title:  KCSM 4675 Through Rosenberg
Description:  KCSM 4675 leads a westbound manifest on UP trackage rights through Rosenberg, TX.
Photo Date:  8/13/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 2:24:17 PM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  101   Comments: 1
Getting Up to Speed
Title:  Getting Up to Speed
Description:  After waiting for a KCS train to clear, UP 8804 and two other motors are working hard to get their loaded rock train rolling again on UP's Glidden Subdivision in Rosenberg, TX.
Photo Date:  8/13/2016  Upload Date: 3/17/2018 2:26:00 PM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
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Views:  98   Comments: 1


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