Consisting almost completely of FPAX tanks & plastic pellet hoppers, the Formosa Fapper crosses from #2 to #1 at Runnels, around MOW working just behind us.

Returning from the Port of Houston to Falls City, NE; X PTNFCN9 10 starts back up to change crews at South Yard.

Houston-Spring LHN40 is about to take the wye onto the West Belt, while a BNSF grainer G ENILDH9 07, running as UP GRNGPJ 09, diverges off the West Belt to the Houston Sub on it's way to PTRA Nort... (more)

An extra San Antonio Kirby Yard to Livonia freight comes around the Maury St Connection onto #1 of the West Belt at Tower 71.

Loaded KCS rail train WSHLR11 bound for Laredo gives a friendly wave to train MSZJA11, running on UP as MSZJAJ 11, which has just dogged in the siding.

KCS MSHSZ11 curves from the Cuero onto the Angleton Sub on it's zig-zag route between Shreveport & Sanchez.

A Houston to Laredo/KCSM empty autorack repo catches the last rays of light, passing the old Imperial Sugar Refinery. As you can see, the town has way more character than the country-ish band of ... (more)

The Sunset Limited has completed it's station stop and passes some Southern Pacific searchlights that have survived into full PTC implementation.

Shuttling cars from Eureka Yard to Eagle Lake, TX; this former SSW unit is still living it's best life hauling freight on the Sunset Route.

KCS QKOTUL13 is hauling 75 tank cars of gasoline from Korf, TX to Toluca, EM; rolling through Houston on UP's Houston Sub. We were in search of searchlights this day and managed to lens 3 differe... (more)

Searchlights in the heart of PTC... UP's Houston Sub, formerly the Terminal Sub, still has a grove of searchlights a few miles west of Englewood Yard.

I may wander the rivers And many a shore, But down by the Brazos I'll wander no more

Returning home after interchanging with the Sabine River & Northern RR.

Running on KCS trackage rights, UP crude oil train OCSVP 29 has 100 loads of 'Berta crude en route from Superior, WI/CN to Guffey, TX. KCS train MSHSZ01 is tied down in the siding waiting on a fr... (more)

Running over a short section of KCS track as symbols AMTK0102 & MSANO01, Amtrak's Sunset Limited #1 crosses the Neches River and meets a UP San Antonio to New Orleans freight.