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4/25/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Christopher Parma
Dates:11/30/2013 - 11/30/2013
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Heading Through the Crossovers
Title:  Heading Through the Crossovers
Description:  A UP manifest bound for South Texas has just left Englewood Yard and is traversing the crossovers at Carr St Jct (CP LF364) before taking the Carr St Connector to UP's West Belt Subdivision for the trip south.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:35:57 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7164(AC44CW)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
New Vaders
Title:  New Vaders
Description:  New Vaders stand at the ready at Tower 26 (CP H232), which is where UP's Terminal Subdivision and West Belt Subdivision cross. The Vaders in the foreground will likely split the single crossover seen behind them from the Tower 26 CP into a separate CP. In the distance, more vaders can be seen, ready to replace aging searchlights.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:35:59 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  68   Comments: 0
Heading Around the Carr St Connector
Title:  Heading Around the Carr St Connector
Description:  UP 7164 leads a southbound manifest headed for South Texas past the signal protecting Main #2 at Lyons (CP H933). The train is on the Carr St Connector at Tower 26, and will be getting on the West Belt at Lyons in a few hundred feet.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:36:08 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7164(AC44CW) UP 4643(SD70M) UP 5057(SD70M)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
Tower 26 and New Signals
Title:  Tower 26 and New Signals
Description:  Looking north up the West Belt, the diamond at Tower 26 (CP H232) can be seen, along with new Vaders for both the West Belt and Terminal Subdivisions that are standing but not yet in use.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:36:12 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track
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Views:  58   Comments: 0
Lights and Gates
Title:  Lights and Gates
Description:  The lights begin to flash and the gates go down along West St where it crosses UP's Terminal Subdivision and the Brooks St Connector. The reason that the gates from both crossings are going down first is to protect traffic from getting stuck on the tracks as there is only about 100 ft between the two crossings.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:38:24 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track,Action
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Views:  44   Comments: 0
Double Reds
Title:  Double Reds
Description:  Double Reds are shown by the searchlight that guards Carr St Jct (CP LF364) on UP's Terminal Subdivision near Tower 26. This signal has, sadly, since been replaced.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:38:28 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  49   Comments: 0
Carr St Jct
Title:  Carr St Jct
Description:  Looking east at Carr St Jct (CP LF364) on UP's Terminal Subdivision, a southbound manifest can be seen leaving the Terminal Sub to head south on the Carr St Connector. The searchlights guarding the CP both show all reds, though they are on their last legs. They have since been replaced by new Vaders.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:38:33 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Approaching the Brooks St Connection
Title:  Approaching the Brooks St Connection
Description:  UP 5873 heads through the switch onto the Brooks St Connection at Tower 26 in Houston with a grain train bound for export at the Port of Houston.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:38:49 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5873(AC44CWCTE) UP 6527(AC44CW) UP 6722(AC44CW)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
Rounding the Curve
Title:  Rounding the Curve
Description:  UP 5873 rounds the curve on the Brooks St Connector at Tower 26 in Houston with a Port of Houston bound grain train.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:38:52 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5873(AC44CWCTE) UP 6527(AC44CW)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
UP 6722 Side Shot
Title:  UP 6722 Side Shot
Description:  UP 6722 heads through the West St grade crossing on a loaded UP grain train bound for export at the Port of Houston.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:41:05 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6722(AC44CW)
Views:  168   Comments: 0
Getting onto the Terminal Sub
Title:  Getting onto the Terminal Sub
Description:  A loaded UP grain train gets onto the UP Terminal Subdivision from the UP West Belt Sub at Carr St Jct (CP LF364) and has an Advance Approach (Flashing Yellow) at the Carr St X-Over (CP LF964) as it heads towards the Port of Houston.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:41:07 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5873(AC44CWCTE) UP 6527(AC44CW) UP 6722(AC44CW)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
Around the Curve
Title:  Around the Curve
Description:  A loaded UP grain train hops onto the UP Terminal Subdivision at Tower 26 in Houston.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:41:08 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5873(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
CNW 478267
Title:  CNW 478267
Description:  CNW 478267 rolls through the West St railroad crossing on the Brooks St Connector at Tower 26 in Houston on its way to the Port of Houston on a loaded grain train.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:41:10 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  68   Comments: 0
Around the Brooks St Connector
Title:  Around the Brooks St Connector
Description:  A loaded UP grain train heads around the Brooks St Connector at Tower 26.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:41:11 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  65   Comments: 0
Heading East
Title:  Heading East
Description:  An eastbound grain train headed for the Port of Houston heads east on UP's Terminal Subdivision in Houston towards the Port.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:41:12 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  50   Comments: 0
NAIX 100061
Title:  NAIX 100061
Description:  NAIX 100061, a former KYLE hopper, heads around the Brooks St Connection at Tower 26 on a UP grain train headed for the Port of Houston.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:41:13 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  53   Comments: 0
CMO 13662
Title:  CMO 13662
Description:  CMO 13662 heads through the curve on the Brooks St Connector on a loaded UP grain train headed for the Port of Houston.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:41:15 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
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Views:  65   Comments: 0
Downtown and Signals
Title:  Downtown and Signals
Description:  This view looks west towards Downtown Houston and Tower 26 from Carr St Jct. The new Vaders standing on the other side of the diamond would soon (Along with some others) replace the aging searchlights at Tower 26.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:43:19 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  68   Comments: 0
Back to Back Searchlights
Title:  Back to Back Searchlights
Description:  The old SP searchlights protecting the Carr St X-Overs and Tower 26 stand guard on borrowed time. They would be gone within the next few months.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:43:22 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  66   Comments: 0
Searchlights at the Carr St X-Overs
Title:  Searchlights at the Carr St X-Overs
Description:  The SP searchlights guarding the Carr St X-Overs continue to do the job they were built to do even as they stand on borrowed time. Within a few months they would be gone.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:43:23 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal
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Views:  73   Comments: 0
"Approach"
Title:  "Approach"
Description:  This SP searchlight at the Carr St X-Overs beckons on oncoming train by displaying an "Approach" during its last few months of operation.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:43:24 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  58   Comments: 0
A Multitude of Signals
Title:  A Multitude of Signals
Description:  Looking east down Terminal Sub Main #1, a multitude of signals can be seen guarding Maury St, Tower 26, Carr St Jct, and the Carr St X-Over (CP's LF365, H232, LF364, & LF964, respectively). The signals are currently lined up for the eastbound AEYLI to head east across the diamond.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:43:24 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  55   Comments: 0
Underneath the Viaduct
Title:  Underneath the Viaduct
Description:  NS 9965 leads the eastbound AEYLI (Autos- East Yard [San Antonio, TX] to Livonia, LA) under the Elysian St Viaduct just north of Downtown Houston.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:43:32 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9965(C40-9W) NS 8995(C40-9W)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
Through the Crossing
Title:  Through the Crossing
Description:  NS 9965 leads the eastbound AEYLI through the Maury St railroad crossing in Houston, TX on UP's Terminal Subdivision.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:43:35 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9965(C40-9W)
Views:  78   Comments: 0
Through the Crossing 2
Title:  Through the Crossing 2
Description:  NS 8995 trails as the AEYLI heads eastward through Houston, TX on the UP Terminal Subdivision.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:43:37 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8995(C40-9W)
Views:  65   Comments: 0
The New & The Old
Title:  The New & The Old
Description:  Old Searchlights and New Vaders stand guarding Tower 26 (CP H232) on UP's Terminal Subdivision Main #2 while the eastbound AEYLI rolls eastward on Main #1.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:43:40 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  56   Comments: 0
Past the Old Searchlight
Title:  Past the Old Searchlight
Description:  A brand new UP 'Auto-Flex' Autorack rolls through Houston, TX on the AEYLI. The Auto-Flex Autoracks are autoracks designed by UP that can shift between bi-level and tri-level compartments inside of the car, allowing for more flexibility.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 1:43:55 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  58   Comments: 0
Looking East from Tower 26
Title:  Looking East from Tower 26
Description:  Looking east from Tower 26, the AEYLI rolls eastward on Main 1 of UP's Terminal Subdivision (now the Houston Subdivision).
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:40:32 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Looking West from Tower 26
Title:  Looking West from Tower 26
Description:  Looking west from Tower 26, the AEYLI rolls eastward on Main 1 of UP's Terminal Subdivision (now the Houston Subdivision). The new signals would soon replace the veteran searchlights at the interlocking, including the one in the distance.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:40:34 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  62   Comments: 0
Eastbound Past Tower 26
Title:  Eastbound Past Tower 26
Description:  Looking east from Tower 26, the AEYLI rolls eastward on Main 1 of UP's Terminal Subdivision (now the Houston Subdivision).
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:40:38 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  55   Comments: 0
MP 706810
Title:  MP 706810
Description:  A rusty old Missouri Pacific hopper, still with a visible Screaming Eagle logo, heads eastward on the AEYLI in Houston, TX, where this car likely might have run around back in its heyday.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:40:40 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  48   Comments: 0
UP 211156
Title:  UP 211156
Description:  A fairly new and still shiny UP coil car rolls through Houston, TX on the AEYLI.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:40:42 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  53   Comments: 0
Heading South Across the Diamond
Title:  Heading South Across the Diamond
Description:  BNSF 675 leads a BNSF Yard Transfer bound for the Port of Houston across the diamond at Tower 26 (CP H232) just northeast of Downtown Houston. The Vaders sitting near the diamond were to replace the aging searchlights at the diamond, which they eventually did in January 2014.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:40:52 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 675(C44-9W)
Views:  148   Comments: 0
LPG
Title:  LPG
Description:  A tank car full of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, better known as LPG or Propane, rolls southward through Houston, TX. This car was built February 2013, but already shows wear and tear on its sides.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:40:57 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  53   Comments: 0
UTLX 910722
Title:  UTLX 910722
Description:  The reporting marks for UTLX 910722, a tank car built in May 1993 designed for carrying LPG.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:40:59 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  50   Comments: 0
GATX 62054
Title:  GATX 62054
Description:  The reporting marks on GATX 62054, a tank car built in December 1995 for carrying LPG.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:43:05 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  57   Comments: 0
Approach at Lyons
Title:  Approach at Lyons
Description:  The signal protecting the interlocking at Lyons on UP's West Belt Sub displays an Approach for an oncoming train.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:43:13 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  52   Comments: 0
Blue Power
Title:  Blue Power
Description:  CSXT 5317 leads the southbound MPBBL (Manifest- Pine Bluff, AR to Bloomington, TX) through the under-construction Tower 71 on the Main 2 shoo-fly on the UP West Belt Subdivision on the north side of Houston, TX.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:43:17 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5317(ES40DC) CSX 3096(ES44AC-H)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
Blue on the Side
Title:  Blue on the Side
Description:  CSXT 5317 heads southward across Lee St on the MPBBL in Houston, TX.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:43:22 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5317(ES40DC)
Views:  49   Comments: 0
Blue on the Side 2
Title:  Blue on the Side 2
Description:  CSXT 3096 heads southward across Lee St on the MPBBL in Houston, TX.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:43:24 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 3096(ES44AC-H)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
A Little Jog
Title:  A Little Jog
Description:  During the rebuilding on the interlocking at Tower 71 in 2013-2014, a southbound manifest takes a jog from the old Main 2 over to some of the new track to the right (on what would become Main 1).
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:43:31 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  40   Comments: 0
All Dark at Thomas Gully
Title:  All Dark at Thomas Gully
Description:  Although a train is approaching in the distance, for now the signals remain dark at Thomas Gully at the south end of BNSF's New South Yard in Houston.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:45:36 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  47   Comments: 0
Clear to Head South
Title:  Clear to Head South
Description:  Looking south across T&NO Jct on the south side of Houston, a "Clear" signal beckons a manifest to head south out of Houston.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:45:40 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  40   Comments: 0
Across the Diamond at T&NO Jct
Title:  Across the Diamond at T&NO Jct
Description:  CSXT 5317 leads the MPBBL (Manifest- Pine Bluff, AR to Bloomington, TX) across the diamond at T&NO Jct (CP SA005) on the south side of Houston as the train enters BNSF trackage on its way to South Texas.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:45:43 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 5317(ES44DC) CSX 3096(ES44AC-H)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
All Reds
Title:  All Reds
Description:  The signals at T&NO Jct and Thomas Gully show red as a southbound manifest passes through.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:45:50 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives: 
Views:  38   Comments: 0
Flying Through the Crossing
Title:  Flying Through the Crossing
Description:  UP 7414 leads the QEWWC 30 (Quality Manifest- Englewood Yard [Houston, TX] to West Colton Yard [Colton, CA]) as it flies through Rosenberg, TX on its way west to California.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:45:54 PM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7414(AC45CCTE) UP 7682(AC45CCTE)
Views:  183   Comments: 0
Racing Away
Title:  Racing Away
Description:  The DPU's on the westbound QEWWC 30 (Quality Manifest- Englewood Yard [Houston, TX] to West Colton Yard [Colton, CA]) race westward through Rosenberg, TX.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:46:44 PM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8359(SD70ACe) UP 7108(AC44CW)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
Waiting in the Yard
Title:  Waiting in the Yard
Description:  KCS 3951 holds a southbound KCS manifest in the yard at Kendleton, TX, which is about 40 miles southwest of Houston.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:46:49 PM
Location:  Kendleton, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 3951(SD70MAC) KCS 3910(SD70MAC)
Views:  308   Comments: 0
Grain Hoppers at Night
Title:  Grain Hoppers at Night
Description:  Grain Hoppers from an empty KCS grain train roll through a railroad crossing in Kendleton, TX, about 40 miles southwest of Houston. The train is returning empty from Mexico and is heading back to the Midwest for another load of grain.
Photo Date:  11/30/2013  Upload Date: 12/14/2013 4:46:51 PM
Location:  Kendleton, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  65   Comments: 0


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