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| Title: |
Slinking Out of Stella |
| Description: |
An empty BNSF oil train slinks out of Stella Siding on UP's Harrisburg Subdivision the the south side of Houston, TX in the early hours of the morning. |
| Photo Date: |
4/3/2015 Upload Date: 5/31/2015 8:15:02 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Signal,Track,Action |
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| Title: |
Early Morning at Pierce Jct |
| Description: |
The signals are all red in the early morning hours at Pierce Jct on UP's Harrisburg Subdivision on the south side of Houston, TX. |
| Photo Date: |
4/3/2015 Upload Date: 5/31/2015 8:11:07 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Night,Signal,Track |
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56 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Stalwart Searchlight |
| Description: |
The former Southern Pacific searchlight at Pierce Jct on the south side of Houston, TX still stands guarding the nearby diamond and the entrance to Stella Siding. |
| Photo Date: |
4/3/2015 Upload Date: 5/31/2015 10:17:23 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Night,Signal,Track |
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104 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Through the Crossing |
| Description: |
UP 5700 leads an empty soda ash train northward across Clear Lake City Blvd on the southeast side of Houston, TX. The 1/2 second exposure gives a fair amount of motion blur to the locomotives as they pass through. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2015 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 7:55:15 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Night,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5700(AC44CWCTE) |
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120 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Motion Blur |
| Description: |
UP 5700 leads an empty soda ash train northward across Clear Lake City Blvd on the southeast side of Houston, TX. The 1/2 second exposure gives a fair amount of motion blur to the locomotives as they pass through. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2015 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 7:59:05 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Night,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5700(AC44CWCTE) |
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163 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Waiting at the Crossing |
| Description: |
An empty soda ash train rolls northward through the crossing at Clear Lake City Blvd on the southeast side of Houston, TX while traffic patiently waits. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2015 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 9:00:44 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Track,Action |
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91 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Germane Genset |
| Description: |
UPY 2691, a rebuilt MoPac B23-7, leads the LHB31 06 along UP's Galveston Subdivision through Webster, TX, which is about halfway between Houston and Galveston. |
| Photo Date: |
4/6/2015 Upload Date: 5/31/2015 10:21:47 PM |
| Location: |
Webster, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Track,Action |
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UPY 2691(RP20GE) |
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235 Comments: 0 |
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| 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) |
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275 Comments: 0 |
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| 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) |
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224 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Excavators on Flats |
| Description: |
A string of Texas-built CAT excavators roll eastward on flatcars in an eastbound KCS manifest in the city of Sugar Land, TX, which is about 25 miles southwest of Houston. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/2015 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 9:18:43 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Track,Action |
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80 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Baretables Through Rosenberg |
| Description: |
BNSF 7244 leads a southbound baretable train through Rosenberg, TX and past the Rosenberg Railroad Museum (Seen ahead of the lead locomotive) as it heads for BNSF's yard in Pearland, TX, which serves BNSF's Houston Intermodal Facility. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/2015 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 9:27:32 PM |
| Location: |
Rosenberg, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 7244(ES44DC) BNSF 7697(ES44DC) |
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220 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
BNSF 9820 West |
| Description: |
BNSF 9820 leads an empty oil train westward on UP's Glidden Subdivision through Sugar Land, TX, which is about 25 miles southwest of Houston. Behind this train is a loaded KCS grain train waiting for a new crew. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/2015 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 9:30:20 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Bridge,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 9820(SD70MAC) BNSF 9575(SD70MAC) |
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135 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 1995 All Stopped |
| Description: |
UP 1995 sits at a stop with the QEWWC 11 (Quality Manifest- Englewood Yard [Houston, TX] to West Colton Yard [Colton, CA]) east of Richmond, TX, about 30 miles southwest of Houston. The train experienced an unintended emergency application, and at this point the crew was trying to figure out what caused the air to dump (It turned out there was an issue with one of the DPU's). |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/2015 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 9:34:45 PM |
| Location: |
Richmond, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Roster,Track,Action |
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UP 1995(SD70ACe) UP 6215(AC44CW) UP 4570(SD70M) |
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136 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Sunset After Dark |
| Description: |
AMTK 157 leads westbound Sunset Limited #1 after dark through Sugar Land, TX, which is about 25 miles southwest of Houston. I used a one second exposure to give the train motion blur as it passed. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/2015 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 10:05:34 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 157(P42DC) AMTK 190(P42DC) |
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126 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Streaking Superliners |
| Description: |
The Superliners making up westbound Sunset Limited #1 fly through Sugar Land, TX, which is about 25 miles southwest of Houston, TX. I used a one second exposure to give motion blur to the train as it passed. |
| Photo Date: |
4/11/2015 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 10:08:09 PM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Track,Action |
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98 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Night at the Station |
| Description: |
AMTK 145 shoves the AAPRCO Special back into the Houston Amtrak Station as it prepares for its trip to San Antonio the next day as the "Texas Special". |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/2015 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 10:14:15 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Transit,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 145(P42DC) |
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94 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Sitting at the Station |
| Description: |
AMTK 145 sits with the 2015 AAPRCO Special at Houston's Amtrak Station. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/2015 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 10:37:50 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Night,Station,Passenger,Track |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 145(P42DC) AMTK 817(P40DC) |
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| Title: |
Downtown Backdrop |
| Description: |
AMTK 145 sits at the Houston Amtrak Station, with Downtown Houston looming in the background. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/2015 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 10:42:38 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Night,Station,Passenger |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 145(P42DC) |
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94 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Power on the Platform |
| Description: |
AMTK 817 and AMTK 145, the power for the 2015 AAPRCO Special, sit at Houston's Amtrak Station. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/2015 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 10:47:54 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger,Track |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 817(P40DC) AMTK 145(P42DC) |
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142 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Looking Down the Platform |
| Description: |
The cars making up the 2015 AAPRCO Special sit at the platform of Houston's Amtrak Station. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/2015 Upload Date: 5/31/2015 12:33:31 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger,Track |
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109 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MKT Herald on the AAPRCO Special |
| Description: |
The drumhead on the Warren R. Henry is decorated for the 2015 AAPRCO Special, christened "The Texas Special". The next day the train will be headed over the former MKT to get to San Antonio for the 2015 AAPRCO Convention. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/2015 Upload Date: 5/31/2015 12:56:12 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Passenger |
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131 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Texas Special |
| Description: |
Sitting at Houston's Amtrak Station, the Warren R. Henry brings up the rear of the 2015 AAPRCO Special, christened "The Texas Special". The next day the train will be headed over the former MKT to get to San Antonio for the 2015 AAPRCO Convention. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/2015 Upload Date: 5/31/2015 12:58:55 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger,Track |
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117 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Blurring Past the Station |
| Description: |
UP 3897 leads the MEWSA 20 (Manifest- Englewood Yard [Houston, TX] to San Antonio, TX) past the Houston Amtrak Station as it heads westward towards San Antonio. I used a 1/4 second exposure to give the train some motion blur as it rolled by. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/2015 Upload Date: 5/31/2015 1:09:03 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Station,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 3897(SD70M) |
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152 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Freight & Passengers |
| Description: |
Union Pacific's MEWSA 20 (Manifest- Englewood Yard [Houston, TX] to San Antonio, TX) rolls past the Houston Amtrak Station, where the 2015 AAPRCO Special sits with the Warren R. Henry on the rear. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/2015 Upload Date: 5/31/2015 10:26:24 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger,Track,Action |
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143 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Rolling Past the Depot |
| Description: |
AMTK 145 patiently sits with the 2015 AAPRCO Special at the Houston, TX Amtrak Station while a Union Pacific freight rolls past. |
| Photo Date: |
4/20/2015 Upload Date: 5/31/2015 10:28:55 PM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 145(P42DC) |
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122 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AMTK 145 at Sugar Land |
| Description: |
AMTK 145 leads eastbound Sunset Limited #2 through Sugar Land, TX, which is about 25 miles southwest of Houston. The train has 3 locomotives on this trip, because, in addition to the train's normal 6 cars, it also has a baggage car and 8 private cars on the rear, being taken east from San Antonio after the 2015 AAPRCO Convention. |
| Photo Date: |
4/24/2015 Upload Date: 5/31/2015 7:58:17 AM |
| Location: |
Sugar Land, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 145(P42DC) AMTK 181(P42DC) AMTK 60(P42DC) |
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152 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Heading Away from Downtown |
| Description: |
AMTK 201 leads eastbound Sunset Limited #2 away from Houston, TX as it heads towards New Orleans. In the background (Ahead of the train), Downtown Houston can be seen, from where the train left about 20 minutes earlier. |
| Photo Date: |
4/26/2015 Upload Date: 5/31/2015 8:00:50 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 201(P42DC) AMTK 131(P42DC) |
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114 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Approach Diverging for Amtrak |
| Description: |
AMTK 201 leads eastbound Sunset Limited #2 northwards on UP's West Belt Subdivision as it approaches Freight Jct on the north side of Houston. The train has an "Approach Diverging" indication, which means that the train will be diverging at the next signal. In this case, the train will be diverging at Belt Jct, and the Diverging Approach can be seen in the distance. |
| Photo Date: |
4/26/2015 Upload Date: 5/31/2015 8:05:13 AM |
| Location: |
Houston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Signal,Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 201(P42DC) AMTK 131(P42DC) |
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117 Comments: 0 |
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