A Port Arthur to Corpus Christie export pet coke train has a nice SD70ACU leader as it heads west, with CPKC M275 in the background, clearing just in time.

KCS MKCSZ07 passes the old Imperial Sugar complex in aptly named Sugar Land, TX. I remember the mill being open during my first couple visits to Houston in the early 2000's.

One of the few-remaining grey ghost AC44s leads a southbound manifest down the UP Glidden Sub past the old Imperial Sugar mill southwest of Houston.

A Houston to Laredo/KCSM empty autorack repo catches the last rays of light, passing the old Imperial Sugar Refinery. As you can see, the town has way more character than the country-ish band of ... (more)

6263 heads west passed Sugar Land with a double stack container

At first glance, this may just look like another one of the many rock trains headed to Houston each day to feed the immense demand for concrete. However, a second glance may notice the train is ro... (more)

UP 7617 has just got a green to highball to Rosenberg

A westbound intermodal races through the booming town of Sugar Land on a scorcher of an August afternoon.

Two armor yellow units pulling and two pushing on the back end take this intermodal move west on the Sunset Route past the Imperial Sugar factory.

Two KCS motors in the "Southern Belle" livery bring a lengthy haul of stacks through Sugar Land past the Imperial Sugar plant, running alongside US Route 90A.

Passing the Imperial Sugar complex in the background, Kansas City Southern 4706 heads East toward Victoria with a lenghty manifest train.

UP 7566 and 3 more AC6000CW's are in control of 110 empty aggregate cars westbound to be loaded again with material to support the Houston area's insatiable appetite for concrete.