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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:  359   Comments: 0
Fakebonnet Under the Sky
Title:  Fakebonnet Under the Sky
Description:  BNSF 751, a 'fakebonnet' Dash 9, shoves on the rear of an empty grain train as it heads north near Sealy, TX, which is about 50 miles west of Houston.
Photo Date:  6/13/2015  Upload Date: 6/25/2015 1:37:09 AM
Location:  Sealy, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 751(C44-9W)
Views:  211   Comments: 0
BNSF 757 West
Title:  BNSF 757 West
Description:  A westbound BNSF manifest on trackage rights over the UP is heading west at Sugar Land, TX, just west of Houston. The Wayside Horns at the right are part of Sugar Land's Quiet Zone.
Photo Date:  12/27/2011  Upload Date: 5/30/2012 12:11:58 AM
Location:  Sugar Land, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 757(C44-9W) BNSF 987(C44-9W)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
Empty Grainer at Sealy
Title:  Empty Grainer at Sealy
Description:  BNSF 4362 leads an empty grain train northward on BNSF's Galveston Subdivision south of Sealy, TX, which is about 50 miles west of Houston.
Photo Date:  6/13/2015  Upload Date: 6/25/2015 1:34:26 AM
Location:  Sealy, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4362(C44-9W) BNSF 4688(C44-9W) BNSF 4120(C44-9W) BNSF 5143(C44-9W)
Views:  277   Comments: 0
DPUs Near Giddings
Title:  DPUs Near Giddings
Description:  BNSF 6653 & 4323 shove on the rear of a loaded BNSF grain train as it runs under blue skies south of Giddings, TX on UP's Giddings Subdivision. The train is headed for Eagle Pass, TX, where the train will cross the border into Mexico.
Photo Date:  6/13/2015  Upload Date: 6/25/2015 1:41:53 AM
Location:  Giddings, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6653(ES44C4) BNSF 4323(C44-9W)
Views:  334   Comments: 1
Meet at Rosenberg
Title:  Meet at Rosenberg
Description:  BNSF 4421 rolls through the siding at Rosenberg after meeting a coal train, whose DPU's are holding the main in the distance.
Photo Date:  8/1/2015  Upload Date: 3/20/2018 7:37:12 AM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4421(C44-9W)
Views:  134   Comments: 1
Kicking Up Dust
Title:  Kicking Up Dust
Description:  BNSF 4421 kicks up some dust as it accelerates out of the siding at Rosenberg.
Photo Date:  8/1/2015  Upload Date: 3/20/2018 7:38:20 AM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4421(C44-9W)
Views:  118   Comments: 1
BNSF 4507 South
Title:  BNSF 4507 South
Description:  BNSF 4507 leads a manifest southward on BNSF's Mykawa Subdivision on the south side of Houston, TX.
Photo Date:  2/20/2016  Upload Date: 5/27/2016 2:30:26 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4507(C44-9W)
Views:  157   Comments: 1
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
Locomotives:  BNSF 4513(C44-9W)
Views:  158   Comments: 0
KCS 4831 East at Sugar Land
Title:  KCS 4831 East at Sugar Land
Description:  KCS 4831 leads an eastbound manifest through Sugar Land, TX, which is about 25 miles southwest of Houston. The track on the right, which a KCS grain train with KCS 4110 on the rear is sitting in, is Sugar Land Siding. However, UP is working on double-tracking the Glidden Subdivision through here, which is why new intermediate signals are standing by.
Photo Date:  4/11/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 9:10:10 PM
Location:  Sugar Land, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4831(ES44AC) KCS 4154(SD70ACe) BNSF 4542(C44-9W) KCS 4110(SD70ACe)
Views:  507   Comments: 0
Around the Curve
Title:  Around the Curve
Description:  KCS 4831 leads an eastbound manifest around a curve in Sugar Land, TX on UP's Glidden Subdivision.
Photo Date:  4/11/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 9:13:19 PM
Location:  Sugar Land, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4831(ES44AC) KCS 4154(SD70ACe) BNSF 4542(C44-9W)
Views:  409   Comments: 0
Grain Loads Under Blue Skies
Title:  Grain Loads Under Blue Skies
Description:  BNSF 4621 leads a loaded BNSF grain train under beautiful skies south of Giddings, TX on UP's Giddings Subdivision. The train is headed for Eagle Pass, TX, where the train will head across the border into Mexico.
Photo Date:  6/13/2015  Upload Date: 6/25/2015 1:40:23 AM
Location:  Giddings, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4621(C44-9W) BNSF 4985(C44-9W)
Views:  205   Comments: 1
Sitting by the Port
Title:  Sitting by the Port
Description:  BNSF 4821 sits in the yard'near the Port of Galveston on a warm summer night.
Photo Date:  7/14/2013  Upload Date: 8/11/2013 1:20:25 AM
Location:  Galveston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  BNSF 4821(C44-9W)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
BNSF 4985 South
Title:  BNSF 4985 South
Description:  BNSF 4985 leads a southbound manifest on BNSF's Galveston Subdivision through Rosenberg, TX, which is about 35 miles southwest of Houston.
Photo Date:  2/20/2016  Upload Date: 5/27/2016 2:12:47 AM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 4985(C44-9W)
Views:  192   Comments: 1
Tied Down at Missouri City
Title:  Tied Down at Missouri City
Description:  BNSF 5023 sits tied down on Main 1 of UP's Glidden Subdivision in Missouri City, TX, which is on the southwest side of Houston. This train is an empty ethanol train from the Port of Houston, and will head north for another load once a fresh crew arrives.
Photo Date:  3/18/2014  Upload Date: 5/14/2014 11:37:16 PM
Location:  Missouri City, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5023(C44-9W)
Views:  306   Comments: 1
BNSF 8109 at Interstate Jct
Title:  BNSF 8109 at Interstate Jct
Description:  BNSF 8109 leads a train carrying wind turbine parts at Interstate Jct on UP's East Belt Subdivision.
Photo Date:  8/17/2017  Upload Date: 3/12/2018 9:56:14 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8109(ES44C4) BNSF 5067(C44-9W)
Views:  375   Comments: 1
Solo Unit on Stacks
Title:  Solo Unit on Stacks
Description:  BNSF 5225 leads a Houston bound intermodal through Rosenberg, TX on BNSF's Galveston Subdivision.
Photo Date:  8/1/2015  Upload Date: 3/20/2018 7:24:44 AM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5225(C44-9W)
Views:  141   Comments: 1
NS 9563 North at Tower 26
Title:  NS 9563 North at Tower 26
Description:  NS 9563 leads a northbound manifest on Main 1 of UP's West Belt Subdivision at Tower 26 just north of Downtown Houston.
Photo Date:  6/2/2017  Upload Date: 8/3/2017 1:59:38 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9563(C44-9W)
Views:  305   Comments: 1
W Settegast Jct and The Dead Line
Title:  W Settegast Jct and The Dead Line
Description:  Beyond the signals at West Settegast Jct sits the south end of the Dead Line at UP's Settegast Yard.
Photo Date:  7/21/2013  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 11:03:10 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 9241(C40-8) UPY 1297(MP15DC) UP 9607(C44-9W)
Views:  546   Comments: 0
GE Trio
Title:  GE Trio
Description:  A trio of GE's, UP 9749, UP 9646, & UP 9400, sit with an eastbound loaded rock train on Main 1 of UP's Glidden Subdivision on the southwest side of Houston, TX.
Photo Date:  3/17/2014  Upload Date: 5/17/2014 7:52:24 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9749(C44-9W) UP 9646(C44-9W) UP 9400(C40-8W)
Views:  824   Comments: 1
Light Power West
Title:  Light Power West
Description:  UP 9648 trails on a westbound power move heading through Rosenberg, TX on UP's Glidden Subdivision.
Photo Date:  8/1/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2015 10:19:30 PM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9648(C44-9W)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
UP 9654 South out of Settegast
Title:  UP 9654 South out of Settegast
Description:  UP 9654 leads a southbound yard transfer out of UP's Settegast Yard onto the Houston East Belt Subdivision at S. Settegast Jct (CP EB044), with the signals at Interstate Jct (CP EB045) showing red over red.
Photo Date:  1/21/2013  Upload Date: 7/7/2013 9:59:08 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Yard,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9654(C44-9W)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
UP 9654 South and an Advance Approach
Title:  UP 9654 South and an Advance Approach
Description:  UP 9654 leads a southbound yard transfer out of UP's Settegast Yard onto the Houston East Belt Subdivision Main #2, while an Advance Approach beckons a northbound train on East Belt Main #1 at Interstate Jct.
Photo Date:  1/21/2013  Upload Date: 7/7/2013 9:59:11 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9654(C44-9W)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
Meet on the East Belt 1
Title:  Meet on the East Belt 1
Description:  UP 4138 North meets UP 9654 South at Interstate Jct (CP EB045) on the Houston East Belt Subdivision in Houston, TX. UP 4138 is on Main 1, and UP 9654 is on Main 2.
Photo Date:  1/21/2013  Upload Date: 7/7/2013 9:59:16 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4138(SD70M) UP 9654(C44-9W)
Views:  471   Comments: 0
Into the Shadows
Title:  Into the Shadows
Description:  UP 9654 heads into the shadows under the Wayside Rd overpass in Houston, TX, on UP's East Belt Subdivision as it meets an empty welded rail train.
Photo Date:  1/21/2013  Upload Date: 7/7/2013 9:59:20 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 9654(C44-9W)
Views:  310   Comments: 0
Under the Bridge
Title:  Under the Bridge
Description:  UP 9654 heads south under the Wayside Rd overpass and past the signal governing East Belt Movement across the diamond at Tower 87. A northbound welded rail train is passing on Main 1 behind UP 9654.
Photo Date:  1/21/2013  Upload Date: 7/7/2013 9:59:21 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9654(C44-9W)
Views:  333   Comments: 0
Towards the Setting Sun
Title:  Towards the Setting Sun
Description:  NS 911 races the setting sun as it takes a UP manifest towards Houston at the end of a long summer day.
Photo Date:  8/10/2017  Upload Date: 3/12/2018 9:41:08 PM
Location:  China, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 911(SD60E) NS 9666(C44-9W)
Views:  449   Comments: 0
Behind the Ballast
Title:  Behind the Ballast
Description:  Visible behind piles of fresh ballast, UP 9671 leads the westbound MEWEG 15 (Manifest- Englewood Yard [Houston, TX] to Eagle Pass, TX) through Stafford, TX, which is on the southwest side of Houston. The ballast and track on the right are part of UP's construction of a second main along the Glidden Subdivision through Stafford and Sugar Land.
Photo Date:  8/15/2015  Upload Date: 9/4/2015 2:37:34 PM
Location:  Stafford, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9671(C44-9W)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
MEWEG 15 Through Stafford
Title:  MEWEG 15 Through Stafford
Description:  UP 9671 leads the westbound MEWEG 15 (Manifest- Englewood Yard [Houston, TX] to Eagle Pass, TX) on UP's Glidden Subdivision through Stafford, TX, which is on the southwest side of Houston. The ballast and track on the right are part of UP's construction of a second main along the Glidden Subdivision through Stafford and Sugar Land.
Photo Date:  8/15/2015  Upload Date: 9/4/2015 2:40:57 PM
Location:  Stafford, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9671(C44-9W)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
High Green
Title:  High Green
Description:  UP 9671 leads the westbound MEWEG 15 (Manifest- Englewood Yard [Houston, TX] to Eagle Pass, TX) past a high green intermediate signal on UP's Glidden Subdivision through Stafford, TX, which is on the southwest side of Houston.
Photo Date:  8/15/2015  Upload Date: 9/4/2015 2:45:26 PM
Location:  Stafford, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9671(C44-9W) CSX 47(AC44CW)
Views:  298   Comments: 0
Through the Heart of Richmond
Title:  Through the Heart of Richmond
Description:  UP 9671 leads the westbound MEWEG 15 (Manifest- Englewood Yard [Houston, TX] to Eagle Pass, TX) on UP's Glidden Subdivision through the heart of Richmond, TX, which is about 30 miles southwest of Houston.
Photo Date:  8/15/2015  Upload Date: 9/4/2015 2:54:33 PM
Location:  Richmond, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9671(C44-9W)
Views:  276   Comments: 1
Patched SP on a Rock Train
Title:  Patched SP on a Rock Train
Description:  UP 6218, a patched SP AC4400CW, leads a loaded rock train eastward on Main 2 of UP's Glidden Subdivision on the southwest side of Houston, TX.
Photo Date:  6/13/2015  Upload Date: 6/25/2015 1:23:16 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6218(AC44CW) UP 9713(C44-9W) UP 5422(AC45CCTE) UP 6239(AC44CW)
Views:  748   Comments: 0
Approaching from Behind
Title:  Approaching from Behind
Description:  While a UP loaded rock train sits on Main 1, the eastbound KCS Rosenberg Local approaches on Main 2 of UP's Glidden Subdivision on the southwest side of Houston.
Photo Date:  3/17/2014  Upload Date: 5/17/2014 7:55:10 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9749(C44-9W)
Views:  328   Comments: 1
Head to Head
Title:  Head to Head
Description:  The KCS L-RNRN "Rosenberg Local" rolls eastward on Main 2 of UP's Glidden Subdivision on the southwest side of Houston, TX, passing a stopped UP rock train on Main 1. The KCS Rosenberg Local runs from KCS's Yard at Kendleton, TX (About 35 miles southwest of Houston) to the PTRA's (Port Terminal Railroad Association) North Yard along the Port of Houston. The Local swaps cars there, and then returns to Kendleton.
Photo Date:  3/17/2014  Upload Date: 5/17/2014 8:05:51 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9749(C44-9W) KCS 2916(GP40-2LW) KCS 2950(GP40-3)
Views:  658   Comments: 1
Locomotives a Plenty
Title:  Locomotives a Plenty
Description:  A line of Dash 8's sit in storage at UP's Settegast Yard in Houston. The switcher and Dash 9 to the left were in service at the time this photo was taken.
Photo Date:  7/21/2013  Upload Date: 9/12/2013 11:03:15 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  UP 9763(C44-9W) UP 1817(B40-8) UP 1816(B40-8) UPY 1431(MP15AC) UP 9166(C40-8) UP 1872(B40-8) UP 1881(B40-8) UP 9310(C40-8)
Views:  833   Comments: 0
UP (ex-CNW) 9771 at Strang Yard, La Porte, TX
Title:  UP (ex-CNW) 9771 at Strang Yard, La Porte, TX
Description:  UP 9771 (ex-CNW 8667) is sitting in one of the Fueling Tracks at Strang Yard, La Porte, TX (East End of Houston Ship Channel).
Photo Date:  11/12/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2012 6:11:03 PM
Location:  La Porte, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  UP 9771(C44-9W) UPY 2309(GG20GE) UPY 2662(RP20GE)
Views:  1487   Comments: 1
Sitting in the Siding
Title:  Sitting in the Siding
Description:  UP 9777 sits with a short ballast train in the siding at Graham about 20 miles southeast of downtown Houston.
Photo Date:  5/15/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 6:13:22 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track
Locomotives:  UP 9777(C44-9W)
Views:  356   Comments: 0
Sitting Still
Title:  Sitting Still
Description:  UP 9777 sits with a short ballast train in the siding at Graham about 20 miles southeast of downtown Houston.
Photo Date:  5/15/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 6:15:10 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Roster,Track
Locomotives:  UP 9777(C44-9W)
Views:  334   Comments: 0
Reflection
Title:  Reflection
Description:  The reflection of UP 9777 and its short ballast train can be seen in a water filled ditch beside the tracks. The water was left over from heavy rains that hit the Houston area prior. However, those rains would soon be dwarfed by the historic rains that hit Texas and Oklahoma only a week later.
Photo Date:  5/15/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 6:21:32 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Track
Locomotives:  UP 9777(C44-9W)
Views:  246   Comments: 0
Sitting at Night
Title:  Sitting at Night
Description:  UP 9777 sits in the siding at Graham about 20 miles southeast of downtown Houston.
Photo Date:  5/18/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 6:24:00 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Night,Track
Locomotives:  UP 9777(C44-9W)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
Lit Up at Night
Title:  Lit Up at Night
Description:  UP 9777 sits with a short ballast train in the siding at Graham about 20 miles southeast of downtown Houston. Lights from parallel TX 3 help shed some light on the side of the locomotive.
Photo Date:  5/18/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 6:26:39 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Roster,Night,Track
Locomotives:  UP 9777(C44-9W)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
Orange & Black
Title:  Orange & Black
Description:  BNSF 6131, along with two NS motors, leads a southbound manifest on BNSF's Galveston Subdivision through Rosenberg, TX, which is about 35 miles southwest of Houston.
Photo Date:  8/1/2015  Upload Date: 8/11/2015 10:21:58 PM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6131(ES44AC) NS 9871(C44-9W)
Views:  393   Comments: 0

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