Working a small yard under the elevated line near the C&NW station
At the top of the hump pushing cars into the yard with a Rock Island train below on Houston Belt & Terminal trackage.
Old Rivets - the first GG1 built in 1934. The only one that had a riveted body shell - the rest were welded. Today the engine is at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania at Strasburg.
A couple of E-8 await their next assignment (unfortunately not for the Lake Cities) at the EL shops.
At the turntable area. Note the steam era water column to the left of #1300. UP abandoned this shop a number of years ago.
Eastbound Sunset Ltd leaving the station. The E unit - #400 - was de-engined and used as an experimental fuel tender.
#8444 is northbound on ex-Missouri Pacific trackage - headed home to Wyoming after display time at the '84 New Orleans World Fair.
The lost art of grabbing train orders is demonstrated by a Katy crewman on a southbound freight at the MKT station in Temple.
This part of the MKT is abandoned and under concrete as part of the I-10 expansion. Most of the open area is now shopping centers and subdivisions
The northbound Southern Crescent is approaching the first stop at Slidell,La
Northbound on the Ft.Worth & Denver about 30 miles north of Houston
Working a string of cars from the EL yard past the station and AC Tower
The porter on the eastbound Sunset Ltd waits for passengers for the ex-UP sleeper on a cold (at least for Houston) night.
