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By:Christopher Parma
Dates:4/1/2015 - 4/30/2015
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Slinking Out of Stella
Title:  Slinking Out of Stella
Description:  An empty BNSF oil train slinks out of Stella Siding on UP's Harrisburg Subdivision the the south side of Houston, TX in the early hours of the morning.
Photo Date:  4/3/2015  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 8:15:02 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Signal,Track,Action
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Views:  53   Comments: 0
Early Morning at Pierce Jct
Title:  Early Morning at Pierce Jct
Description:  The signals are all red in the early morning hours at Pierce Jct on UP's Harrisburg Subdivision on the south side of Houston, TX.
Photo Date:  4/3/2015  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 8:11:07 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Night,Signal,Track
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Views:  58   Comments: 0
Stalwart Searchlight
Title:  Stalwart Searchlight
Description:  The former Southern Pacific searchlight at Pierce Jct on the south side of Houston, TX still stands guarding the nearby diamond and the entrance to Stella Siding.
Photo Date:  4/3/2015  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 10:17:23 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Night,Signal,Track
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Views:  106   Comments: 0
Through the Crossing
Title:  Through the Crossing
Description:  UP 5700 leads an empty soda ash train northward across Clear Lake City Blvd on the southeast side of Houston, TX. The 1/2 second exposure gives a fair amount of motion blur to the locomotives as they pass through.
Photo Date:  4/6/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 7:55:15 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Night,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5700(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
Motion Blur
Title:  Motion Blur
Description:  UP 5700 leads an empty soda ash train northward across Clear Lake City Blvd on the southeast side of Houston, TX. The 1/2 second exposure gives a fair amount of motion blur to the locomotives as they pass through.
Photo Date:  4/6/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 7:59:05 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Night,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5700(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  173   Comments: 0
Waiting at the Crossing
Title:  Waiting at the Crossing
Description:  An empty soda ash train rolls northward through the crossing at Clear Lake City Blvd on the southeast side of Houston, TX while traffic patiently waits.
Photo Date:  4/6/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 9:00:44 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  91   Comments: 0
Germane Genset
Title:  Germane Genset
Description:  UPY 2691, a rebuilt MoPac B23-7, leads the LHB31 06 along UP's Galveston Subdivision through Webster, TX, which is about halfway between Houston and Galveston.
Photo Date:  4/6/2015  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 10:21:47 PM
Location:  Webster, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UPY 2691(RP20GE)
Views:  239   Comments: 0
KCS 4831 East at Sugar Land
Title:  KCS 4831 East at Sugar Land
Description:  KCS 4831 leads an eastbound manifest through Sugar Land, TX, which is about 25 miles southwest of Houston. The track on the right, which a KCS grain train with KCS 4110 on the rear is sitting in, is Sugar Land Siding. However, UP is working on double-tracking the Glidden Subdivision through here, which is why new intermediate signals are standing by.
Photo Date:  4/11/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 9:10:10 PM
Location:  Sugar Land, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4831(ES44AC) KCS 4154(SD70ACe) BNSF 4542(C44-9W) KCS 4110(SD70ACe)
Views:  291   Comments: 0
Around the Curve
Title:  Around the Curve
Description:  KCS 4831 leads an eastbound manifest around a curve in Sugar Land, TX on UP's Glidden Subdivision.
Photo Date:  4/11/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 9:13:19 PM
Location:  Sugar Land, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4831(ES44AC) KCS 4154(SD70ACe) BNSF 4542(C44-9W)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
Excavators on Flats
Title:  Excavators on Flats
Description:  A string of Texas-built CAT excavators roll eastward on flatcars in an eastbound KCS manifest in the city of Sugar Land, TX, which is about 25 miles southwest of Houston.
Photo Date:  4/11/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 9:18:43 PM
Location:  Sugar Land, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
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Views:  82   Comments: 0
Baretables Through Rosenberg
Title:  Baretables Through Rosenberg
Description:  BNSF 7244 leads a southbound baretable train through Rosenberg, TX and past the Rosenberg Railroad Museum (Seen ahead of the lead locomotive) as it heads for BNSF's yard in Pearland, TX, which serves BNSF's Houston Intermodal Facility.
Photo Date:  4/11/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 9:27:32 PM
Location:  Rosenberg, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7244(ES44DC) BNSF 7697(ES44DC)
Views:  234   Comments: 0
BNSF 9820 West
Title:  BNSF 9820 West
Description:  BNSF 9820 leads an empty oil train westward on UP's Glidden Subdivision through Sugar Land, TX, which is about 25 miles southwest of Houston. Behind this train is a loaded KCS grain train waiting for a new crew.
Photo Date:  4/11/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 9:30:20 PM
Location:  Sugar Land, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Bridge,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9820(SD70MAC) BNSF 9575(SD70MAC)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
UP 1995 All Stopped
Title:  UP 1995 All Stopped
Description:  UP 1995 sits at a stop with the QEWWC 11 (Quality Manifest- Englewood Yard [Houston, TX] to West Colton Yard [Colton, CA]) east of Richmond, TX, about 30 miles southwest of Houston. The train experienced an unintended emergency application, and at this point the crew was trying to figure out what caused the air to dump (It turned out there was an issue with one of the DPU's).
Photo Date:  4/11/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 9:34:45 PM
Location:  Richmond, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1995(SD70ACe) UP 6215(AC44CW) UP 4570(SD70M)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
The Sunset After Dark
Title:  The Sunset After Dark
Description:  AMTK 157 leads westbound Sunset Limited #1 after dark through Sugar Land, TX, which is about 25 miles southwest of Houston. I used a one second exposure to give the train motion blur as it passed.
Photo Date:  4/11/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 10:05:34 PM
Location:  Sugar Land, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 157(P42DC) AMTK 190(P42DC)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
Streaking Superliners
Title:  Streaking Superliners
Description:  The Superliners making up westbound Sunset Limited #1 fly through Sugar Land, TX, which is about 25 miles southwest of Houston, TX. I used a one second exposure to give motion blur to the train as it passed.
Photo Date:  4/11/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 10:08:09 PM
Location:  Sugar Land, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  99   Comments: 0
Night at the Station
Title:  Night at the Station
Description:  AMTK 145 shoves the AAPRCO Special back into the Houston Amtrak Station as it prepares for its trip to San Antonio the next day as the "Texas Special".
Photo Date:  4/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 10:14:15 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Night,Station,Transit,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 145(P42DC)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
Sitting at the Station
Title:  Sitting at the Station
Description:  AMTK 145 sits with the 2015 AAPRCO Special at Houston's Amtrak Station.
Photo Date:  4/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 10:37:50 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Night,Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:  AMTK 145(P42DC) AMTK 817(P40DC)
Views:  138   Comments: 0
Downtown Backdrop
Title:  Downtown Backdrop
Description:  AMTK 145 sits at the Houston Amtrak Station, with Downtown Houston looming in the background.
Photo Date:  4/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 10:42:38 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  Scenic,Night,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 145(P42DC)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
Power on the Platform
Title:  Power on the Platform
Description:  AMTK 817 and AMTK 145, the power for the 2015 AAPRCO Special, sit at Houston's Amtrak Station.
Photo Date:  4/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/30/2015 10:47:54 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:  AMTK 817(P40DC) AMTK 145(P42DC)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
Looking Down the Platform
Title:  Looking Down the Platform
Description:  The cars making up the 2015 AAPRCO Special sit at the platform of Houston's Amtrak Station.
Photo Date:  4/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 12:33:31 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger,Track
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Views:  111   Comments: 0
MKT Herald on the AAPRCO Special
Title:  MKT Herald on the AAPRCO Special
Description:  The drumhead on the Warren R. Henry is decorated for the 2015 AAPRCO Special, christened "The Texas Special". The next day the train will be headed over the former MKT to get to San Antonio for the 2015 AAPRCO Convention.
Photo Date:  4/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 12:56:12 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  132   Comments: 0
The Texas Special
Title:  The Texas Special
Description:  Sitting at Houston's Amtrak Station, the Warren R. Henry brings up the rear of the 2015 AAPRCO Special, christened "The Texas Special". The next day the train will be headed over the former MKT to get to San Antonio for the 2015 AAPRCO Convention.
Photo Date:  4/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 12:58:55 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger,Track
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Views:  117   Comments: 0
Blurring Past the Station
Title:  Blurring Past the Station
Description:  UP 3897 leads the MEWSA 20 (Manifest- Englewood Yard [Houston, TX] to San Antonio, TX) past the Houston Amtrak Station as it heads westward towards San Antonio. I used a 1/4 second exposure to give the train some motion blur as it rolled by.
Photo Date:  4/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 1:09:03 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Station,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3897(SD70M)
Views:  157   Comments: 0
Freight & Passengers
Title:  Freight & Passengers
Description:  Union Pacific's MEWSA 20 (Manifest- Englewood Yard [Houston, TX] to San Antonio, TX) rolls past the Houston Amtrak Station, where the 2015 AAPRCO Special sits with the Warren R. Henry on the rear.
Photo Date:  4/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 10:26:24 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  145   Comments: 0
Rolling Past the Depot
Title:  Rolling Past the Depot
Description:  AMTK 145 patiently sits with tVe 2015 AAPRCO Special at the Houston, TX Amtrak Station while a Union Pacific freight rolls past.
Photo Date:  4/20/2015  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 10:28:55 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Night,Station,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 145(P42DC)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
AMTK 145 at Sugar Land
Title:  AMTK 145 at Sugar Land
Description:  AMTK 145 leads eastbound Sunset Limited #2 through Sugar Land, TX, which is about 25 miles southwest of Houston. The train has 3 locomotives on this trip, because, in addition to the train's normal 6 cars, it also has a baggage car and 8 private cars on the rear, being taken east from San Antonio after the 2015 AAPRCO Convention.
Photo Date:  4/24/2015  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 7:58:17 AM
Location:  Sugar Land, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 145(P42DC) AMTK 181(P42DC) AMTK 60(P42DC)
Views:  159   Comments: 0
Heading Away from Downtown
Title:  Heading Away from Downtown
Description:  AMTK 201 leads eastbound Sunset Limited #2 away from Houston, TX as it heads towards New Orleans. In the background (Ahead of the train), Downtown Houston can be seen, from where the train left about 20 minutes earlier.
Photo Date:  4/26/2015  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 8:00:50 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 201(P42DC) AMTK 131(P42DC)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
Approach Diverging for Amtrak
Title:  Approach Diverging for Amtrak
Description:  AMTK 201 leads eastbound Sunset Limited #2 northwards on UP's West Belt Subdivision as it approaches Freight Jct on the north side of Houston. The train has an "Approach Diverging" indication, which means that the train will be diverging at the next signal. In this case, the train will be diverging at Belt Jct, and the Diverging Approach can be seen in the distance.
Photo Date:  4/26/2015  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 8:05:13 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Christopher Parma
Categories:  RollingStock,Signal,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 201(P42DC) AMTK 131(P42DC)
Views:  120   Comments: 0


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