The Baytown Hauler begins its pull across the the Terminal Sub diamond and under the Englewood Yard hump, where a hump set waits. The SD60M on the left is coming from the former Missouri Pacific S... (more)

The daily Beaumont to Englewood manifest waits on the the Terminal Sub for the Baytown Hauler (out of frame to the left) at the busy diamond with the Houston East Belt Sub, one of Houston's more a... (more)

What you see: a once proud model on the SP, now reduced to just a few units running by this time; 2 units backing on to their train at Wallisville Rd. What you DON'T see: the hostler on the groun... (more)

During the time when even the Katy was leasing everything in sight, came along this 'demonstrator' to show off MK's relatively new entrance into 6 axle rebuilds. This was former SP 8402. This wa... (more)

The Wallisville Road side of Englewood was a safe haven of sorts for the SP fan in Houston, as it afforded public access to all outbound and switching operations: as long as you timed the poles an... (more)

As stated many times, PTRA was the one to chase in the Houston area if one wanted to see "fantasy" lashups. Going over the ship channel on the 69th street bridge was always a thrill because you c... (more)

It never ceases to amaze me that we took all those BORING MP blues for granted! I remember well the disgust that I felt when I would go through the diesel shop and yard and not catch any UP pool p... (more)

A Genset leads a transfer train from UP to BNSF.

Only a few months old, it is already showing the beginnings of the classic SP grime.

Though I don't remember the exact date, I remember the setting well. I was actually catching a zzz or two after coming off of a night of hauling UP and Belt crews all over creation around Houston... (more)

Talk about a grizzled veteran! That there was still a U30C in eagle paint by this time was uncommon in itself. Though it was not the best of light, got with my buds and "convinced" them to stop ... (more)

1 emergency mad dash to Target, purchase two last rolls of Kodachrome 25 in the bin after seeing this come out of the shed - $10.20. 1 flat repair from tire blowout on the way to said Target - $5... (more)

PTRA was a where you went to see wild lashups of power that you would never see on any of the home roads, as they used power from all Houston railroads. It was also home to switcher hand-me-downs... (more)

Milby Street always seemed to be the place where you had the most chance to find a golden egg (after the SP Hardy Street shops). Today's find is an F45 as the east unit and an FP45 as the west u... (more)

On the north end of Settegast yard at Ley Road, Hub and Bub the twins head back north after tying on a cab for the HOKV. We didn't expect anything like these to come to Houston after the merger, ... (more)