UP 1943 slips back toward Houston after waiting near Navasota Texas for the Bush Funeral Train to pass. The locomotives were waiting as a ready back up in case either of the 2 passenger specials f... (more)

The SP between Houston and Hempstead was a haven for catching lower quad semaphores in Texas; the large majority of the block signals between Cypress and Hempstead hung on 'till the end. On our w... (more)

Northbound on the SP Houston-Dallas line about 40 miles nw of Houston.