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| Title: |
Power at Galveston |
| Description: |
Power lays over at UP's Galveston Yard while a crew, finished with their works, gets into a waiting crew van. |
| Photo Date: |
9/12/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 8:42:07 PM |
| Location: |
Galveston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Yard,Track |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5309(AC45CCTE) UPY 2684(RP20GE) |
| Views: |
131 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
MP 723394 |
| Description: |
A former MoPac hopper, still bearing the Buzz Saw logo, lays over in UP's Galveston Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 8:42:43 PM |
| Location: |
Galveston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard |
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47 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UPY 2684 |
| Description: |
UPY 2684 lays over at UP's Galveston Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 8:44:10 PM |
| Location: |
Galveston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
UPY 2684(RP20GE) |
| Views: |
130 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Strange Bedfellows |
| Description: |
Not quite the combination you'd expect to see, but here a GEVO and a Genset sit nose-to-nose in UP's Galveston Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 8:45:29 PM |
| Location: |
Galveston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
UPY 2684(RP20GE) UP 7941(AC45CCTE) |
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135 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UP 7941 |
| Description: |
UP 7941 awaits its next assignment in UP's Galveston Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 8:45:59 PM |
| Location: |
Galveston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
UP 7941(AC45CCTE) |
| Views: |
110 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
UP 9751 |
| Description: |
UP 9751 awaits its next assignment in the former MKT/MP Galveston Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 8:46:43 PM |
| Location: |
Galveston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9751(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
138 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
UP 9591 |
| Description: |
UP 9591 sits among friends at UP's yard on Galveston Island. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 8:48:11 PM |
| Location: |
Galveston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9591(C44-9W) |
| Views: |
188 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
UPY 2691 |
| Description: |
UPY 2691 sits among other power in UP's Galveston Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 8:48:39 PM |
| Location: |
Galveston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
UPY 2691(RP20GE) |
| Views: |
100 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
UPY 2689 |
| Description: |
UPY 2689 waits for its next assignment in the former MKT/MP yard on Galveston Island. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 8:52:39 PM |
| Location: |
Galveston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
UPY 2689(RP20GE) |
| Views: |
122 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Screaming Eagle |
| Description: |
The MoPac's famous Screaming Eagle logo is still quite visible on the side of this hopper car. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 8:51:35 PM |
| Location: |
Galveston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock |
| Locomotives: |
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40 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
MP 723359 |
| Description: |
A former MoPac hopper, still bearing the Screaming Eagle logo, lays over in UP's Galveston Yard. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 8:54:11 PM |
| Location: |
Galveston, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard |
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56 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
AEGLI at Rosenberg |
| Description: |
UP 5981 brings a train of loaded autos from Mexico through Rosenberg on its way towards East Coast markets. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 8:57:33 PM |
| Location: |
Rosenberg, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5981(AC44CWCTE) |
| Views: |
65 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
C41-8W and a Manifest |
| Description: |
UP 9559, along with a fellow C41-8W, brings an eastbound manifest just under the edge of a cloud in front of me as it heads a Houston-bound manifest. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 8:59:38 PM |
| Location: |
Rosenberg, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 9559(C41-8W) |
| Views: |
183 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
"The First Responders Express" |
| Description: |
RPCX 316, an F7A proudly wearing the Santa Fe's warbonnet paint, brings "The First Responders Express" into Rosenberg. The train was a joint venture between the Galveston Railroad Museum and BNSF, giving free rides to city officials and first responders from the towns the train passed through on its 100 mile excursion. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:01:48 PM |
| Location: |
Rosenberg, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RPCX 316(F7A) |
| Views: |
133 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Backlit Near Wallis |
| Description: |
This may have been shot directly into the sun, but it still shows a warbonnet-painted F7A leading the Galveston Railroad Museum's "First Responders Express" through the big curve west of Wallis, TX. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:03:37 PM |
| Location: |
Wallis, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RPCX 316(F7A) |
| Views: |
92 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Trailing on the Special |
| Description: |
BNSF 8358 trails on the rear of the Galveston Railroad Museum's "First Responders Express" as it rounds a curve near Wallis, TX. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:06:09 PM |
| Location: |
Wallis, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8358(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
80 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Throttling Up |
| Description: |
The "First Responders Express" throttles up after passing a speed restriction (noted by the green sign) just west of Wallis, TX. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:07:40 PM |
| Location: |
Wallis, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8358(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
80 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Passing the South Local |
| Description: |
RPCX 316 leads the Galveston Railroad Museum's "First Responders Express" past BNSF's South Local at Sealy, TX, about 50 miles west of Houston. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:10:45 PM |
| Location: |
Sealy, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RPCX 316(F7A) BNSF 3104(GP50) |
| Views: |
155 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
F7As in Sealy |
| Description: |
The Galveston Railroad Museum's Warbonnet-painted F7A's lead the museum's "First Responders Express" through Sealy, TX. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:12:12 PM |
| Location: |
Sealy, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RPCX 316(F7A) |
| Views: |
133 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Backlit Approaching Bellville |
| Description: |
RPCX 316 leads the Galveston Railroad Museum's "First Responders Express" as it approaches Bellville, TX, the end of its roughly 100 mile run from the museum. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:14:02 PM |
| Location: |
Bellville, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RPCX 316(F7A) |
| Views: |
102 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Past MP 103 |
| Description: |
The Galveston Railroad Museum's "First Responders Express" passes MP 103 of BNSF's Galveston Subdivision as it approaches Bellville, TX. The train started at MP 0, the Santa Fe Depot on Galveston Island. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:15:07 PM |
| Location: |
Bellville, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8358(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
73 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Swapping Ends |
| Description: |
After the Galveston Railroad Museum's "First Responders Express" arrived at Bellville, the Amtrak crew operating the train heads for the other end of the train to head back to Galveston. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:16:21 PM |
| Location: |
Bellville, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Track |
| Locomotives: |
RPCX 316(F7A) |
| Views: |
96 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
High Sun at Bellville |
| Description: |
The whole consist of the Galveston Railroad Museum's "First Responders Express" sits under the midday sun while preparing for its return trip to the museum. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:18:14 PM |
| Location: |
Bellville, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Track |
| Locomotives: |
RPCX 316(F7A) |
| Views: |
103 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Checking Out the Cab |
| Description: |
The Amtrak engineer operating the Galveston Railroad Museum's "First Responders Express" (who normally works the Sunset Limited) checks out the cab of RPCX 315. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:19:48 PM |
| Location: |
Bellville, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
RPCX 315(F7A) |
| Views: |
134 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
GEVO Leads the Special |
| Description: |
BNSF 8358 leads the Galveston Railroad Museum's "First Responders Express" southward on its return towards the museum. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:21:43 PM |
| Location: |
Sealy, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8358(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
70 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The South Local Returns North |
| Description: |
After waiting for the Galveston Railroad Museum's special to pass, a GP50 and GP39-2 combo lead BNSF's South Local northward on its return to BNSF's yard in Somerville, TX. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:23:53 PM |
| Location: |
Sealy, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 3104(GP50) |
| Views: |
158 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The Special Back in Rosenberg |
| Description: |
After a quick stop at the Rosenberg Railroad Museum, BNSF 8358 leads the Galveston Railroad Museum's "First Responders Express" southward on its return towards Galveston Island. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:25:08 PM |
| Location: |
Rosenberg, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 8358(ES44C4) |
| Views: |
79 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Warbonnets Under Bright Sun |
| Description: |
RPCX 316 brings up the rear of the Galveston Railroad Museum's "First Responders Express" as the train returns to Galveston Island after having run north. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:27:53 PM |
| Location: |
Rosenberg, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Track |
| Locomotives: |
RPCX 316(F7A) |
| Views: |
100 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Warbonnets & Searchlights |
| Description: |
RPCX 316 passes through the former Santa Fe searchlights at the south end of the siding at Rosenberg. Sadly, these signals have since been replaced. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:28:20 PM |
| Location: |
Rosenberg, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Signal,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
RPCX 316(F7A) |
| Views: |
90 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Model Warbonnets |
| Description: |
Not long after a real set of warbonnets rolled past, a set of G-Scale warbonnets roll past a model of Rosenberg's Tower 17 at the Rosenberg Railroad Museum. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:29:28 PM |
| Location: |
Rosenberg, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
39 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Seen From the Tower |
| Description: |
A pair of UP locomotives lead a westbound manifest, as seen from the restored Tower 17 at the Rosenberg Railroad Museum. The tower was decommissioned and moved to the museum in 2004. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:31:42 PM |
| Location: |
Rosenberg, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 5923(AC44CWCTE) UP 5106(SD70M) |
| Views: |
46 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
A Coal Train Past the Tower |
| Description: |
BNSF 5846 leads a loaded coal train through Rosenberg, TX, as seen from the restored Tower 17 at the Rosenberg Railroad Museum. The tower was decommissioned and moved to the museum in 2004. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:32:55 PM |
| Location: |
Rosenberg, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 5846(ES44AC) |
| Views: |
52 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
The Interlocking Machine |
| Description: |
A look at the interlocking machine and inside of the restored Tower 17 in Rosenberg, TX. The tower was decommissioned and moved to the Rosenberg Railroad Museum in 2004, where it was later restored. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:34:27 PM |
| Location: |
Rosenberg, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
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| Views: |
37 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
DPUs Across the Brazos River |
| Description: |
An SD70M and an ES44AC serve as DPU's on UP's QEWWC as it rolls across the Brazos River and into Richmond, TX. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:36:29 PM |
| Location: |
Richmond, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4377(SD70M) |
| Views: |
70 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Sunset at Harlem |
| Description: |
A beautiful sunset falls over the Sunset Route and Harlem Siding near Richmond, TX. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:38:34 PM |
| Location: |
Richmond, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Track |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
23 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
The Sunset Limited After Dark |
| Description: |
Just after dark, Amtrak's westbound Sunset Limited flies by Harlem Siding near Richmond, TX, making all of the 79 mph track speed here. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:40:09 PM |
| Location: |
Richmond, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
AMTK 14(P42DC) |
| Views: |
61 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Blurring Speed |
| Description: |
The Sunset Limited is experiencing a good bit of motion blur here as it races past me at 79 mph just east of Richmond, TX. |
| Photo Date: |
9/19/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:48:34 PM |
| Location: |
Richmond, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Passenger,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
35 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Baretables Through Hearne |
| Description: |
UP 4096 leads a southbound baretable move past Austin Jct as it comes into the central Texas town of Hearne. |
| Photo Date: |
9/25/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:51:38 PM |
| Location: |
Hearne, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
UP 4096(SD70M) |
| Views: |
61 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Hearne Depot |
| Description: |
Although it has been moved about 50 yards from its original location, the Hearne, TX depot has been nicely restored. The "15" indicates that the depot housed the interlocking controls for Tower 15, which guarded the MP and SP diamond here for many years. |
| Photo Date: |
9/25/2015 Upload Date: 3/19/2018 9:56:45 PM |
| Location: |
Hearne, TX |
| Author: |
Christopher Parma |
| Categories: |
Station,Track |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
48 Comments: 0 |
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