Another view of a grizzled veteran decrepit despite many facelifts. Originally ATSF, ex Eastern Idaho and who knows what else this unit was later stenciled JLCX and left the area.

A grizzled veteran decrepit despite many facelifts. Originally ATSF, ex Eastern Idaho and who knows what else this unit was later stenciled JLCX and left the area.

Working the big auto terminal is a real boomer. originally Gulf Oil, then Clark Refining, then Chevron and now here. must be fun to run with temps around 115 and no AC.

On the early morning of July 19, 2020, Webb Rail LLC - WEBX's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) and former New York Central Railroad Budd built Pull... (more)

The Texas Southern was a dinner train operation that originated at Sunset Station in San Antonio and would make a round trip to Hondo, approximately 50 miles away on Southern Pacific trackage. La... (more)

The only bridge, the noted river, never a torrent, sort of a ditch here and now a rolling anachronism is making it’s whirring, rattling screaky transit, sun coming in between the spokes, rattling ... (more)

Trundling along amongst the members of the rubber-tired species.

Shoving a boxcar toward the brewery. It must have contained packaging as Pearl was pretty much a regional brand. Nevertheless few would admit to touching the stuff.

Shoving a boxcar toward the brewery. Train is moving away from the photographer.

An SP local with unrebuilt units is working the interchange. The diminutive TXTC unit could only push 2-3 cars up the tracks to SP which necessitated several runs daily, on no particular schedule.

Yet another short string of cars at the SP interchange on a hot south Texas day.

With three cars in tow, about its limit, #1 is approaching notoriously abrupt Sherman St. crossing, know for catching eighteen wheelers. It was closed permanently not long afterwards.

Here is the Pearl Brewery Texas Transportation Company electric locomotive leaving the SP interchange and crossing Alamo Street as it enters the street trackage on E. Jones Avenue on the way back ... (more)

Here the 73 year old unit is pushing some tanks cars into the brewery. The railroad had about another years to go. The Brewery was bought by Pabst and closed. Sad to lose the railroad, Pearl be... (more)

My MP pal, who undertook to offer a welcome to a young Air Force guy by showing me around the oddball (on MP) GE behind him. In the few weeks I was there I got a couple of cab rides around the te... (more)