Though I don't remember the exact date, I remember the setting well. I was actually catching a zzz or two after coming off of a night of hauling UP and Belt crews all over creation around Houston... (more)

Talk about a grizzled veteran! That there was still a U30C in eagle paint by this time was uncommon in itself. Though it was not the best of light, got with my buds and "convinced" them to stop ... (more)

1 emergency mad dash to Target, purchase two last rolls of Kodachrome 25 in the bin after seeing this come out of the shed - $10.20. 1 flat repair from tire blowout on the way to said Target - $5... (more)

PTRA was a where you went to see wild lashups of power that you would never see on any of the home roads, as they used power from all Houston railroads. It was also home to switcher hand-me-downs... (more)

Milby Street always seemed to be the place where you had the most chance to find a golden egg (after the SP Hardy Street shops). Today's find is an F45 as the east unit and an FP45 as the west u... (more)

On the north end of Settegast yard at Ley Road, Hub and Bub the twins head back north after tying on a cab for the HOKV. We didn't expect anything like these to come to Houston after the merger, ... (more)

Ex Soo 6357, nee MILW 191, starting to get the trademark SP grime.

Manchester was a prime spot to catch grain train power laying over after delivering to the south side Port of Houston elevators. Photography releases could be obtained from the PTRA offices in Un... (more)

ROCK ISLAND Recollections. RI 4584 is less than two months old in this photo at HB&T's Milby St. diesel facility in Houston. RI's 18 U30Cs 4582-4599 were delivered October-December 1... (more)

Tail end just clearing old Baer Jct, passing MofW equipment on main 1 and a switch job servicing the scrap yard, the 3 B36-7s, 1 B30-7 (the "quad 7s") and SD40T-2 are about to squeeeeeell and turn... (more)

Hard to imagine this as a UP unit, it's like the features on this unit just scream for the scarlet and gray to come back....

It was unusual to see these speedsters sitting still anywhere, much less at Milby Street. Paint is yet to begin fading....

Hey guys, help me out; I believe this belongs to FINA on the PTRA in Houston. It was on the old south cab track in transit to ? when I stumbled upon it.

BNSF SWBLW 1460, Santa Fe's one-of-a-kind Baldwin VO-1000 rebuild 'BEEP', was retired after almost forty years of service on the Santa Fe and BNSF and donated to the Western America Railroa... (more)

A quick run to the mechanical foreman who was a friend of mine got these hostlers stopped in their tracks on the north end of the diesel shop; at this time this was the last U-boat in the eagle sc... (more)