Brown Eyed Susans were out in force for CPKC M28010 passing with former SD9043MAC #9115 leading. I'm glad CP re-built these orphan EMD's, providing much needed variety to their ubiquitous GE's.

CPKC C87100212 heads from Port Arthur to Corpus Christie with 98 loads of export petroleum coke. This run is much better than the prior shuttle within Port Arthur.

Recently converted from standard 50' to highcap 60's, Mexican Cerveza is riding shotgun on the MSALI.

PTRA Job 141 doubles it's 127 car train out of North Yard, pulling all the way to Buffalo Bayou with one of their Centennial painted units in the lead.

With a freshly re-painted SD70M leading an AC4400CW past a searchlight signal, the skyline is perhaps the only giveaway that this is 2024 instead of 25 years earlier.

CPKC train G37400109 passes the old signals at Chaney Jct. I'm told the replacements were just cut-in a year later in the summer of 2025.

A long hood forward SD40 crosses Brays Bayou on it's way to work customers along the Strang Sub.

Searchlights & SD70Ms, almost a scene out of 2004.

Houston is significantly more fluid than I've seen in the past 30 years and one reason is utilizing more of the legacy trackage. Case in point, BNSF H TEAPTX1 10 takes a left off the West Belt to... (more)

Even with this loaded Galveston bound ethanol running down the GH&H at 10mph, it still made me nervous and he was in no hurry to clear the gauge.

With ZPBHO 10 putting it's train away at Settegast intermodal, BNSF grain shuttle G DNEPTN9 06 is just passing through on it's way down the East Belt to PTRA North Yard.

Texas Chief ready to depart

BNSF grainer G DNEPTN9 06 is one of the few trains that doesn't take a right turn and heads straight across scenic West Belt Jct., bound for PTRA North Yard.

Now that PTRA is painting their GP38s in multiple interesting schemes, it makes it easier to be happy capturing the 'GATX Leaser' era.

Train time at Tower 87. On the left, MLIHO 05 waits to take a right turn into Settegast Yard, while in the center MLIEW 04 has tied down waiting for space in Englewood. Meanwhile, on the right a... (more)