Passing building that pre-date the United States, including the St. Louis Cathedral, the New Orleans Public Belt is another, ableit newer, institution.
NS train 345-18 tied down on the Back Belt this morning. UP crew YAV07 19 has re-crewed and is dragging the train of Alexandria & Livonia blocked freight through the a flood gate in the 17th Stre... (more)
Burlington Northern Heritage DPU on an empty Scherer coal train passes the PRR, setting off a block of intermodal at Whitaker Yard. The bridge is over Sweetwater Creek, which gives it's name to A... (more)
Displaying a chronological history of CN paint, a trio of -8 GE's are in charge of 95 loaded ethanol & 2 spacers.
A faded but functional Yellow Nose II painted leader holds Q211 back as it drops down the grade from Kennesaw Mountain, seen behind the locomotives.
The Standard Railroad of the World, painted on what could be called the standard locomotive of the early 2000's.
UP may, for all intents and purposes, own Houston... but there are a lot of trackage rights. Case in point is BNSF grainer X PTNFCN9 10 heading south on the West Belt, passing KCS IMYDA09 running... (more)
PTRA Job 281 takes 90 loads of diesel & gasoline to North Yard for interchange to KCS. It'll become train QHOQR10, bound for Queretaro, QT. Mexico getting rid of the Pemex monopoly has opened up... (more)
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)
Small pockets of ex-Southern Pacific searchlight signals exist throughout the city. With almost every signal in the state of Georgia replaced, it's refreshing to see something other than a hooded... (more)
The daily Englewood to Pasadena freight crosses Bray's Bayou on a beautiful fall day.
BNSF H TEAPTX1 09 has made it through the CF that is Houston and has just a few more miles on the UP Strang Sub to reach PTRA Pasadena Yard.
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.
A couple of old heads holding a 1st shift weekday local use their belt packs to both enjoy the nice morning Gulf breeze on the return from Basin Yard to Glass Yard.
At least I got one good photo on my birthday.
