Back in the good old days when I had a photography release and had the run of the HB&T as well as the PTRA. You never knew what you would find at Milby in the morning, as all BN and Santa Fe road... (more)

Back in the good old days when I had a photography release and had the run of the PTRA. Crew was hostling inbound grain train power and cut off this unit, which was the only kodachrome in the con... (more)

This period saw very few pool power on the ex MP, other than the Southern/NS power on the old NHS. So when we see SD45s and SD45-2s, we wonder what happenned in New Orleans that allowed these uni... (more)

I remember being torn between almost liking the new MP yellow scheme and disliking it because it insulted the old UP scheme. I got over it and so did UP.

Eerily reminescent of the late 70s; it was not far from this spot where you couldn't buy a spot to watch the cabhops to and from Hardy Street and see the railroads of the east. SCL U-boats were a... (more)

The U33C fleet was down to just a few, but the Houston to Glidden dog train rated 2 this afternoon. The rear end of the train is just now coming off the freight main at Chaney Jct, and as if to s... (more)

Unusual visitor to these parts.

Quite a few years between the first and second units of this power set about to be serviced at Settegast.

After sitting on the paint shop lead on a cold morning, MP 6030 with a GP18, another SD40 and a B23-7 are throttled up for movement to the servicing tracks.

Built from SP U25B 6754. By the mid 80s it had calmed down, with a dropoff in pool power, but back in the late 70s, here on Opelousas Street near the Hardy Street shops, you could not BUY a parki... (more)

Back in the good 'ole days, when you had free run of the place without a release.

A number of these were assigned to PTRA duties in their last days; 106 and 91 wait on air to take a transfer to Pasadena.

This is what happens when you don't watch the switch indicators. Engineer assumed that the siding switch was properly lined, but not only was it not, it was not lined against him completely, so h... (more)

These were everywhere around Houston during this time, but the 'chromes were the ones I was after. Just settled in to my takeout meal from the Fish King when the clouds broke long enough to get t... (more)

Got some breaks in the storm clouds over at Englewood, so I thought I'd try Settegast and see if I could catch some storm light there. Can't believe I resorted to shooting SD40s, but it's all I h... (more)