Palm trees & the Port. Port Job 173 has just been relieved and fresh crew of Port 282 drags the train into North Yard. I've always thought it a touch of class that the PTRA paints their whistles... (more)

Port Job 182 takes the West Main past Crossover No. 1 on it's way from North Yard to American Yard with 50 cars of general freight.

Port 135 puts his train away in Pasadena Yard, in what for me is an archetypal scene of of Houston... PTRA in front of the Petrobras refinery.

Combining all three paint schemes, PTRA's heritage painted locomotive leads Port 264 dragging 87 tank cars from Pasadena Yard to North Yard.

With the official flower of Houston sprouting in the foreground, the Port 264 Job banks into a curve on the UP Strang Sub, with the PTRA Heritage Unit leading the way. The unit has the current re... (more)

Job Port 182 has just finished working American Yard, allowing the sun to swing around for westbounds. Now with 61 cars on the drawbar, Port 182 is continuing it's run from Greensport Yard to Nor... (more)

As far as trains are concerned, it don't get more New Orleans than a Riverfront Streetcar and the Public Belt.

The North Yard Car Shop leaves no doubt as to the owner, while the Port 181 job works the south end of the yard.

You don't see much of the Port Terminal Railroad Association, but it is a interesting railroad and despite the rumors, very friendly. Here we see the Port 150 running over the UP Strang Sub to PT... (more)

Port 151 is running East on the West Main with the Houston skyline above the train.

Train Port 141 heads north on UP's Strang Subdivision, crossing Bray's Bayou on it's was to PTRA North Yard.

Iowa Northern has had alot of bugs to work out on these MK Cats. Finally someone came in and did a rebuild on the computers on these units so they would work better with the EMD power that IANR ha... (more)

Amtrak tested this Motive Power Industries locomotive and I believe the outcome was the MPI GP15D that Amtrak ordered. Photo taken on RR property with permission.

Cat powered Iowa Northern engine coupled to a similarly painted Erie Lackawanna Diner.

Iowa Northern's Garner Job heads north at sunset towards Forest City. This is IANR new line they bought from the Union Pacific who wanted to abandoned the line. This is the 1st train since spring ... (more)