Severe Storms and 5" rain could not keep Challenger from Conroe

Engineer talks with rain soaked crowd as UP 3985 makes 1st stop on way back home from Houston trip.

Rare indeed. Only about 18 Cotton Belt GP40-2s left.

Loaded rock train headed for Tamina Tx.

UP manifest with mixture of power includes patched DRGW, FURX & CEFX

BNSF trackage rights train North past CPH 195 Downtown Conroe, Tx

Old Santa Fe warrior brought out of surge fleet for rock train duty

Rare unpatched Southern Pacific with new CEFX GP 20D. On Conroe UP local

My home crossing with main line steam!! Awesome!! Big crowd from our development!!

Rare on Class 1 railroad today. Train from Houston to St Louis. 40 MPH speed restriction because of car on rear!!!!

Conroe local with GE B-23-7 #103 2nd waiting to go South to Lloyd yard

New UP Flared Flag unit leads Northbound manifest thru Conroe, Tx

Awesome 47 cars on Conroe local accumulated over New Years Holiday!!

Conroe UP local Westbound

Conroe local takes the siding. Neat old GP 38-2 former Missouri Pacific 2143