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| Title: |
UP 6726 |
| Description: |
UP 6726, a former CNW AC4400CW wearing Operation Lifesaver Paint, sits in the siding at Graham about 20 miles southeast of Downtown Houston on UP's Galveston Subdivision. |
| Photo Date: |
3/1/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 12:25:44 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Roster,Track |
| Locomotives: |
UP 6726(AC44CW) |
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219 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Morning Sunset Under the Skyline |
| Description: |
AMTK 44 leads Amtrak Train #2, the eastbound Sunset Limited, under the skyline of Downtown Houston, TX as the train leaves the Bayou City behind under morning light. Although normally Sunset Limited #2 departs Houston around noon, in early 2016 the Sunset Limited ran on an earlier schedule that brought it eastward out of Houston at 7 AM, allowing for this shot here. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 12:39:59 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 44(P42DC) |
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108 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling Under the Rising Sun |
| Description: |
Amtrak's eastbound Sunset Limited swings around the big curve on Main 2 of UP's Houston Subdivision on the east side of Downtown Houston as the morning sun rises overhead. Although normally Sunset Limited #2 departs Houston around noon, in early 2016 the Sunset Limited ran on an earlier schedule that brought it eastward out of Houston at 7 AM, allowing for this shot here. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 12:50:41 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
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82 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sunrise Over Gulf Coast Jct |
| Description: |
A beautiful morning sunrise can be seen over Gulf Coast Jct on the north side of Houston. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 12:57:13 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard,Signal,Track |
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61 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Morning Fog Over Pierce Yard |
| Description: |
Fog rests over Pierce Yard on the north side of Houston as a beautiful sunrise shines through the fog to the east. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 1:00:57 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard,Signal,Track |
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60 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Morning Sunset Limited #2 at Gulf Coast Jct |
| Description: |
Amtrak Train #2, the eastbound Sunset Limited, rolls onto UP's Beaumont Subdivision at Gulf Coast Jct on the north side of Houston as the morning sun shines across the train. Although normally Sunset Limited #2 departs Houston around noon, in early 2016 the Sunset Limited ran on an earlier schedule that brought it eastward out of Houston at 7 AM, allowing for this shot here. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 1:06:12 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 44(P42DC) AMTK 96(P42DC) |
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103 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sunset Towards the Rising Sun |
| Description: |
Amtrak's eastbound Sunset Limited heads towards the rising sun at Gulf Coast Jct on the north side of Houston, TX. Although normally Sunset Limited #2 departs Houston around noon, in early 2016 the Sunset Limited ran on an earlier schedule that brought it eastward out of Houston at 7 AM, allowing for this shot here. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 1:12:23 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 44(P42DC) AMTK 96(P42DC) |
| Views: |
113 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Morning Sunset Limited at Gulf Coast Jct |
| Description: |
Amtrak Sunset Limited #2 heads eastward towards the rising sun at Gulf Coast Jct on the north side of Houston, TX. Although normally Sunset Limited #2 departs Houston around noon, in early 2016 the Sunset Limited ran on an earlier schedule that brought it eastward out of Houston at 7 AM, allowing for this shot here. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 1:15:49 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard,Signal,Passenger,Track,Action |
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77 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DPU at Belt Jct |
| Description: |
BNSF 8354, the DPU on a loaded BNSF rock train, heads eastward in the early morning at Belt Jct on the north side of Houston, TX. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 1:18:51 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8354(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
109 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Shoving Into the Fog at Belt Jct |
| Description: |
BNSF 8354, the DPU on a loaded BNSF rock train, heads eastward through early morning fog at Belt Jct on the north side of Houston, TX. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 1:27:17 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8354(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
117 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Searchlight at LF366 |
| Description: |
The signals at CP LF366, the Main Street Hold Signals, are some of the few remaining searchlights in the Houston area. These date back to the days of the SP. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 1:31:19 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Signal,Track |
| Locomotives: |
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78 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Westbound Searchlight at Niles Jct |
| Description: |
One of the few remaining searchlights in Houston, this particular one is the westbound signal at Niles Jct (CP LF367) on Main 1 of UP's Houston Subdivision on the west side of Houston. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 1:34:24 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Signal,Track |
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85 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Searchlights at Niles Jct |
| Description: |
A full set of searchlights still stand on UP's Houston Subdivision at Niles Jct (CP LF367) on the west side of Houston. |
| Photo Date: |
3/6/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 1:37:05 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Signal,Track |
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77 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Old Searchlight at Sugar Land |
| Description: |
This old SP searchlight signal protected the east switch of Sugar Land Siding on the Sunset Route about 25 miles southwest of Houston for many years until its removal in May 2016. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 2:07:18 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Signal,Track |
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53 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Back Lit at Sugar Land |
| Description: |
The late evening sun shines its last light on the back of the old SP searchlight at Sugar Land, TX, 25 miles southwest of Houston. The signal was removed in May 2016. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 2:14:59 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Signal,Track |
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54 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Clear Signal at Sugar Land |
| Description: |
The eastbound signal on the main at Sugar Land on UP's Glidden Subdivision shows clear for an approaching Z train. The signal was not long for the world however, and was removed not long after in May 2016. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 2:25:08 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Signal,Track |
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83 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
All Green in the Head |
| Description: |
The head of this former SP searchlight signal shows a green "Clear" signal for an eastbound train in Sugar Land, TX, about 25 miles southwest of Houston. The signal was taken out of service in May 2016. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 2:34:55 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Signal |
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| Views: |
56 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Twilight for a Searchlight |
| Description: |
Twilight falls both literally and figuratively on this old SP searchlight signal in Sugar Land, TX, about 25 miles southwest of Houston. The signal was counting down its days at this point, and it finally succumbed to a double-tracking project in May 2016. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/6/2016 2:37:50 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Signal,Track |
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59 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Evening Z Train by Imperial Sugar |
| Description: |
The eastbound ZLAJX 13 (Z Train- Los Angeles, CA to Jacksonville, FL [CSXT Interchange]) races past the historical Imperial Sugar char house in Sugar Land, TX, about 25 miles southwest of Houston. From Houston, the train will actually shoot northward to be interchanged with CSX at Memphis rather than its normal interchange point at New Orleans due to UP's bridge at the Sabine River (TX-LA border) being underwater due to massive flooding. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 12:51:01 AM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Track,Action |
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57 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Overnighting at the Station |
| Description: |
Amtrak's Sunset Limited overnights at the Houston Amtrak Station due to some unusual circumstances in mid-March 2016. Due to heavy rains and flooding, Union Pacific's bridge over the Sabine River on the Texas-Louisiana border was closed for a week. The bridge was shut down early on the morning of March 15th as Amtrak #2, the eastbound Sunset Limited, was traveling between San Antonio and Houston. Amtrak decided to terminate Train #2 at Houston and turn the consist there (This picture was taken that night). The following day, passengers were bussed to Houston and the consist left westward from Houston as Train #1 on the evening of the 16th. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 1:08:11 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger,Track |
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90 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Overnighting at the Station |
| Description: |
Amtrak's Sunset Limited overnights at the Houston Amtrak Station due to some unusual circumstances in mid-March 2016. Due to heavy rains and flooding, Union Pacific's bridge over the Sabine River on the Texas-Louisiana border was closed for a week. The bridge was shut down early on the morning of March 15th as Amtrak #2, the eastbound Sunset Limited, was traveling between San Antonio and Houston. Amtrak decided to terminate Train #2 at Houston and turn the consist there (This picture was taken that night). The following day, passengers were bussed to Houston and the consist left westward from Houston as Train #1 on the evening of the 16th. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 1:32:25 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Signal,Passenger,Track |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 130(P42DC) AMTK 148(P42DC) |
| Views: |
112 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Under the Lights |
| Description: |
Amtrak's Sunset Limited sits under the lights at the Houston Amtrak Station due to some unusual circumstances in mid-March 2016. Due to heavy rains and flooding, Union Pacific's bridge over the Sabine River on the Texas-Louisiana border was closed for a week. The bridge was shut down early on the morning of March 15th as Amtrak #2, the eastbound Sunset Limited, was traveling between San Antonio and Houston. Amtrak decided to terminate Train #2 at Houston and turn the consist there (This picture was taken that night). The following day, passengers were bussed to Houston and the consist left westward from Houston as Train #1 on the evening of the 16th. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 1:38:04 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Track |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 130(P42DC) |
| Views: |
80 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Power for the Sunset Limited |
| Description: |
The power for Amtrak's Sunset Limited sits back-to-back at the Houston Amtrak Station. Due to flooding and line closures further east the eastbound train (#2) was terminated at Houston and turned to become Train #1 for the next day. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 1:48:39 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Track |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 130(P42DC) AMTK 148(P42DC) |
| Views: |
83 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Action at the Station |
| Description: |
AMTK 130 sits with an overnighting Sunset Limited at Houston's Amtrak Station as a westbound manifest approaches on Main 2 of UP's Houston Subdivision. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 1:55:47 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 130(P42DC) |
| Views: |
96 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Passing at the Station |
| Description: |
A westbound UP manifest, led by UP 7183, heads westward on Main 2 of UP's Houston Subdivision past the Houston Amtrak Station while AMTK 130 holds an overnighting Sunset Limited in the House Track. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 2:09:57 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7183(AC44CW) AMTK 130(P42DC) |
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123 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Heading West at Night |
| Description: |
UP 7183 leads a westbound UP manifest on Main 2 of UP's Houston Subdivision at Depot Jct on the west side of Downtown Houston, TX. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 2:15:35 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7183(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
87 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling Past the Sunset Limiited |
| Description: |
A UP manifest heads westward on Main 2 of UP's Houston Subdivision past the Houston Amtrak Station while AMTK 130 holds an overnighting Sunset Limited in the House Track. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 2:31:33 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 130(P42DC) |
| Views: |
79 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling Past the Sunset Limited (2) |
| Description: |
A UP manifest heads westward on Main 2 of UP's Houston Subdivision past the Houston Amtrak Station while AMTK 130 holds an overnighting Sunset Limited in the House Track. |
| Photo Date: |
3/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 2:34:00 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 130(P42DC) |
| Views: |
80 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The General |
| Description: |
Western & Atlantic Railway #3, the General, the locomotive involved in the famous 1862 "Great Locomotive Chase", sits on display at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, GA, where the Great Locomotive Chase began. |
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3/18/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 12:24:36 PM |
| Location: |
Kennesaw, GA |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
WARR 3(4-4-0) |
| Views: |
148 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The General's Cab |
| Description: |
This is the cab of the General, the locomotive involved in the famous 1862 "Great Locomotive Chase",as it sits on display at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, GA. |
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3/18/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 12:43:41 PM |
| Location: |
Kennesaw, GA |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
InCab |
| Locomotives: |
WARR 3(4-4-0) |
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70 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
NS 6125 |
| Description: |
NS 6125 sits in the small yard in Tuscaloosa, AL. |
| Photo Date: |
3/18/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 12:52:47 PM |
| Location: |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard,Track |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6125(SD40-2) |
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179 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Tuscaloosa Depot |
| Description: |
This is the old Southern Railway depot as Tuscaloosa, AL. One half of the building houses NS offices while the other half serves as the Amtrak Station. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 12:50:06 PM |
| Location: |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
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63 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Crescent Heads North |
| Description: |
AMTK 174 leads Amtrak Train #20, the northbound Crescent, through Tuscaloosa, AL on NS's AGS South. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 12:55:53 PM |
| Location: |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 174(P42DC) AMTK 166(P42DC) |
| Views: |
102 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The Tail End |
| Description: |
The tail end of Amtrak's northbound Crescent flies by on the east side of Tuscaloosa, AL. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 1:03:42 PM |
| Location: |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
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80 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waves From the Cab |
| Description: |
Big waves from the cab greet me as Amtrak's northbound Crescent rolls past on the east side of Tuscaloosa, AL. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 12:58:13 PM |
| Location: |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 174(P42DC) |
| Views: |
89 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The Crescent Flies By |
| Description: |
The dining car in Amtrak's northbound Crescent flies by as the train rolls through Tuscaloosa, AL. |
| Photo Date: |
3/19/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 1:00:59 PM |
| Location: |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
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163 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling Past Imperial Sugar |
| Description: |
UP 6696 leads an eastbound manifest by the old char house and silos of the Imperial Sugar refinery in Sugar Land, TX, about 25 miles southwest of Houston. |
| Photo Date: |
4/15/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 11:47:18 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8726(SD70ACe) UP 4573(SD70M) UP 6696(AC44CW) |
| Views: |
128 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rounding the Curve |
| Description: |
AMTK 193 flies by with the eastbound Sunset Limited as it rounds a small bend on UP's Glidden Subdivision in Ramsey, TX, about 75 miles west of Houston. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 11:52:56 PM |
| Location: |
Ramsey, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 193(P42DC) |
| Views: |
73 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Heading Off Towards Houston |
| Description: |
The eastbound Sunset Limited flies by around the bend in Ramsey, TX as the train makes its way towards its next station stop of Houston, about 75 miles away. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/2016 Upload Date: 6/7/2016 11:55:22 PM |
| Location: |
Ramsey, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
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67 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Cutting Through the Trees |
| Description: |
AMTK 193 cuts through the trees in Ramsey, TX with the eastbound Sunset Limited as it makes its way towards Houston, about 75 miles away. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/2016 Upload Date: 6/8/2016 2:13:16 AM |
| Location: |
Ramsey, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 193(P42DC) |
| Views: |
64 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Flying By |
| Description: |
Amtrak's eastbound Sunset Limited flies by at over 70 mph on UP's Glidden Subdivision near Ramsey, TX, about 75 miles west of Houston. |
| Photo Date: |
4/17/2016 Upload Date: 6/8/2016 2:17:27 AM |
| Location: |
Ramsey, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 193(P42DC) AMTK 3(P42DC) |
| Views: |
129 Comments: 0 |
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