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| Title: |
High Green at Night |
| Description: |
The westbound signal at the east switch of Sugar Land Siding, about 25 miles southwest of Houston, displays a high green for Amtrak's fast approaching Sunset Limited. However, the signal was not long for this world as it would succumb to double-tracking efforts less than a month later. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2016 Upload Date: 6/10/2016 11:13:19 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Night,Signal,Track |
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86 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Dropped to Red |
| Description: |
Amtrak's westbound Sunset Limited drops the old SP searchlight in Sugar Land, TX to red as the train races westward. The signal would be removed in less than a month due to UP adding a second main track through the area. |
| Photo Date: |
5/2/2016 Upload Date: 3/17/2018 3:15:36 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Night,Signal,Passenger |
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30 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Loaded Grainer Through Sugar Land |
| Description: |
KCS 4033 leads a loaded grain train westward through Sugar Land, TX past the old Imperial Sugar char house. |
| Photo Date: |
5/13/2016 Upload Date: 3/17/2018 3:17:58 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4033(SD70ACe) |
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36 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
KCS 4033 at Imperial Sugar |
| Description: |
KCS 4033 leads a loaded grain train westward through Sugar Land, TX past the city's namesake sugar mill (that is no longer in operation). |
| Photo Date: |
5/13/2016 Upload Date: 3/17/2018 3:19:59 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
KCS 4033(SD70ACe) |
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37 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Stacks Through Sugar Land |
| Description: |
UP 8096 leans into the big curve at Sugar Land with a Long Beach bound stack train. |
| Photo Date: |
5/19/2016 Upload Date: 3/17/2018 6:51:53 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8096(AC45CCTE) |
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54 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Stacks Through Stafford |
| Description: |
UP 7892 leads a long string of domestic stacks around the big curve through Stafford, TX on the Sunset Route. |
| Photo Date: |
5/19/2016 Upload Date: 3/17/2018 6:58:03 PM |
| Location: |
Stafford, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7892(AC45CCTE) |
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41 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
UPRR Main Trk 1 |
| Description: |
As an intermodal rolls past on Main 2, the rail closest to the photographer at this crossing is clearly marked for Main 1 of UP's Glidden Subdivision (which would go into service within a week of this photo). |
| Photo Date: |
5/19/2016 Upload Date: 3/17/2018 7:01:58 PM |
| Location: |
Stafford, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track |
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23 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rocks Under High Sun |
| Description: |
Under the bright afternoon sun, UP 5746 leads the loaded train RBXGO (Rock- Brauntex [New Braunfels, TX] to Genoa, TX) across UP's Harrisburg Subdivision. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2016 Upload Date: 3/17/2018 7:03:54 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5746(AC44CWCTE) |
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36 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
RBXGO at T&NO Jct |
| Description: |
Under the bright afternoon sun, UP 5746 leads the loaded train RBXGO (Rock- Brauntex [New Braunfels, TX] to Genoa, TX) through T&NO Jct on the south side of Houston. |
| Photo Date: |
5/20/2016 Upload Date: 3/17/2018 7:06:27 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5746(AC44CWCTE) |
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148 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rolling Through a Signal Suspension |
| Description: |
If you look closely at this picture, something may seem a little off. And that's because the crossing signals are dark, despite there being a train in the crossing! As part of UP's activation of the new Main 1 along 10 miles of the Glidden Subdivision, a signal suspension was put into place. This affected block signals and crossing gates. As a result, flagmen were posted at every crossing in Sugar Land to protect cars from the passage of trains. |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/2016 Upload Date: 3/17/2018 7:11:37 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8754(SD70ACe) |
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84 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Big Wave |
| Description: |
The engineer of UP 8754 East gives me a big wave as the train heads for Houston with its load of rocks. |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/2016 Upload Date: 3/17/2018 7:13:29 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 8754(SD70ACe) |
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136 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Rocks at Imperial Sugar |
| Description: |
The tail end of loaded rock train rolls eastward past the former Imperial Sugar Mill in Sugar Land, TX. |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/2016 Upload Date: 3/17/2018 7:14:49 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Track |
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33 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Searchlight's Last Day |
| Description: |
As UP crews work to tie-in the new Main 1 of UP's Glidden Subdivision to the former Sugar Land siding, the signals protecting the siding are being removed. This is likely the last picture taken of this old SP searchlight; its eastbound counterparts had already been removed by the time this photo was taken. |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/2016 Upload Date: 3/17/2018 7:19:31 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Signal,Track |
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24 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AEGLI at Sugar Land |
| Description: |
UP 5128 leads an eastbound train of autos and auto parts bound for eastern markets through Sugar Land, TX on the Sunset Route. |
| Photo Date: |
5/23/2016 Upload Date: 3/17/2018 7:26:10 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5128(SD70M) |
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38 Comments: 1 |
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