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By:Roberto Alaniz
Dates:10/1/2016 - 12/31/2016
Album Info:This album contains photos from the fourth quarter of 2016.
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NS 2545
Title:  NS 2545
Description:  Spartan cab equipped NS 2545 idles with a Union Pacific train waiting for permission to enter Englewood Yard. Electro-Motive built this diesel for Norfolk Southern in September 1994 and it appears it hasn't seen the inside of a paint booth since assembly.
Photo Date:  10/2/2016  Upload Date: 10/8/2016 7:37:52 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  NS 2545(SD70)
Views:  403   Comments: 0
UP 8013
Title:  UP 8013
Description:  UP 8013 ES44AC (C45ACCTE) is tied to an intermodal and waits for a crew to board at Settegast Yard. General Electric built this diesel at their Erie, PA plant and delivered it to Union Pacific in July 2012.
Photo Date:  10/2/2016  Upload Date: 10/8/2016 7:58:41 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  UP 8013(AC45CCTE)
Views:  349   Comments: 0
PTRA 9622
Title:  PTRA 9622
Description:  Nearly spotless PTRA 9622 and 9617 roll a short freight past the Port of Houston. These locomotives are two of 24 MP1500Ds built new for the Port of Houston Terminal Railroad Association by Motive Power Industries in 1996. Twenty years after delivery, the MP1500D is no longer built, MPI is now Wabtec, and the Houston railroad scene is down to two major players.
Photo Date:  10/2/2016  Upload Date: 10/14/2016 10:25:18 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  PTRA 9622(MP1500D)
Views:  412   Comments: 1
LDCX 2012
Title:  LDCX 2012
Description:  LDCX 2012 GP9 has the weekend off at the Louis Dreyfus Commodities facility at the Port of Houston. This old timer was delivered to Northern Pacific as NP 254 GP9 in February 1956, to Burlington Northern as BN 1877, to BNSF 1622 in August 1999 and retired in November 2000. When Louis-Dreyfus acquired this diesel it received a chopped short hood, cab air conditioning, and a fresh coat of blue paint, but retained the NP ordered winterization hatch and all weather window.
Photo Date:  10/2/2016  Upload Date: 10/8/2016 9:51:20 PM
Location:  Galena Park, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  LDCX 2012(GP9)
Views:  457   Comments: 2
NS 7527
Title:  NS 7527
Description:  NS 7527 ES44DC and three additional General Electric motors (two Norfolk Southern and one Canadian Pacific) pauses for a crew change at Union Pacific Englewood Yard.
Photo Date:  10/2/2016  Upload Date: 10/9/2016 12:29:32 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7527(ES44DC)
Views:  351   Comments: 1
BNSF 2583
Title:  BNSF 2583
Description:  Recently rebuilt BNSF 2583 GP39-3 and BNSF 2838 GP39-2 wearing a battered coat of H1 lead a transfer towards Tower 87. BNSF 2583 GP39-3 was originally delivered to Santa Fe as ATSF 3524 GP38 in June 1970 and was released as BNSF 2583 GP39-3 on April 20, 2016. BNSF 2838 was delivered to Santa Fe as ATSF 3633 GP39-2 in June 1970 and was repainted as BNSF 2838 on December 4, 1997.
Photo Date:  10/2/2016  Upload Date: 10/7/2016 2:15:27 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 2583(GP39-3) BNSF 2838(GP39-2)
Views:  550   Comments: 3
TIT NO
Title:  TIT NO
Description:  Parked at the Texas International Terminals is an SW1500 and SD40-2 both sporting a RailTex-like red and gray. The numberless SW1500 was delivered to Southern Pacific as SP 2611 SW1500 in December 1971, to UP 1179 on March 25, 1997, to UPY 1179 on August 19, 2003, and retired on November 23, 2010. The faded rear number board on the SD40-2 still displays 6931 which gives away its identity as a former Chicago and North Western diesel with TXXX on the cab, an invalid AAR reporting mark. Note the former Amtrak MHC boxcars parked in the background.
Photo Date:  10/2/2016  Upload Date: 10/8/2016 5:27:33 PM
Location:  Galveston, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  TIT TXXX(SD40-2) TIT NO(SW1500)
Views:  710   Comments: 0
NS 2551
Title:  NS 2551
Description:  NS 2551 SD70 is ready to depart Englewood Yard with an outbound Union Pacific freight. Trailing the lead unit is another Norfolk Southern diesel and two engines from CSX.
Photo Date:  10/2/2016  Upload Date: 10/9/2016 9:45:01 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  NS 2551(SD70)
Views:  267   Comments: 1
UP 4159
Title:  UP 4159
Description:  UP 4159 SD70M freezes for a photo at Englewood Yard, once a>major Southern Pacific facility. Delivered to Union Pacific on December 12, 2000, it is part of the initial order of 285 SD70Ms scheduled for delivery in 2000 and was assembled at SuperSteel Schenectady, Inc., Glenville, NY in November 2000.
Photo Date:  10/2/2016  Upload Date: 10/9/2016 11:17:09 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  UP 4159(SD70M)
Views:  247   Comments: 1
AMTK 406
Title:  AMTK 406
Description:  AMTK 406 NPCU (formerly F40PHR) waits to be picked up by the Sunset Limited at the Houston Amtrak depot. Delivered to Amtrak in January 1988, this diesel was converted to a Non-Powered Control Unit (NPCU) and tours the nation as part of the 40th Anniversary Exhibit Train in Phase 3 paint.
Photo Date:  10/2/2016  Upload Date: 10/8/2016 5:49:17 PM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 406(NPCU)
Views:  305   Comments: 0
UP 4783
Title:  UP 4783
Description:  UP 4783 and UP 3980 tow a short freight made up of covered hoppers and tank cars to Houston from Pasadena. UP 4783 was built new for Union Pacific in April 2002 while UP 3980 was delivered to Southern Pacific as SP 9806 in June 1994 and entered the UP roster on October 8, 2004.
Photo Date:  10/2/2016  Upload Date: 10/13/2016 12:32:28 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4783(SD70M) UP 3980(SD70M)
Views:  382   Comments: 2
UP 2639
Title:  UP 2639
Description:  UP 2639 ET44AC (C45AH) waits to depart Englewood Yard with an outbound freight. General Electric built this diesel at their Fort Worth plant in December 2015 and it now carries a light coat of dirt after ten months of service.
Photo Date:  10/2/2016  Upload Date: 10/13/2016 12:04:56 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  UP 2639(ET44AH)
Views:  423   Comments: 0
QTTX 130500
Title:  QTTX 130500
Description:  QTTX 130500 rolls past CZ Yard in an eastbound (compass south) Union Pacific freight loaded with what looks like a really large diesel engine but in actuality is a steam generator.
Photo Date:  10/9/2016  Upload Date: 10/11/2016 10:33:53 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  426   Comments: 1
UP 4570
Title:  UP 4570
Description:  UP 4570 SD70M leads two additional EMDs and GEs on an eastbound (compass south) mixed freight Trailing behind UP 4570 is UP 4483 SD70M, patched UP 6359 AC44CW, NS 8853 C40-9, and UP 1738 SD40N.
Photo Date:  10/9/2016  Upload Date: 10/11/2016 9:45:26 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4570(SD70M)
Views:  257   Comments: 2
NS 8853
Title:  NS 8853
Description:  NS 8853 C40-9 rolls through South Dallas in a Union Pacific freight sporting two borrowed doors below the walkway in two different shades of Armor Yellow.
Photo Date:  10/9/2016  Upload Date: 10/11/2016 9:57:39 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8853(C40-9)
Views:  263   Comments: 1
NS 2541
Title:  NS 2541
Description:  A recently repainted NS 2541 SD70 sits with empty autoracks at Union Pacific Browder Yard. Once ready, a crew will haul these cars to the General Motors plant in Arlington, about 15 miles west.
Photo Date:  10/9/2016  Upload Date: 10/13/2016 12:03:40 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  NS 2541(SD70)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
DGNO 3418
Title:  DGNO 3418
Description:  DGNO 3418 and 3417, both sporting flared radiators but mechanically SD40M-2s, emerge from the Dallas Convention Center with a train bound for Cadiz Yard.
Photo Date:  10/16/2016  Upload Date: 10/18/2016 10:32:04 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  DGNO 3418(SD40M-2) DGNO 3417(SD40M-2)
Views:  413   Comments: 2
RBOX 39297
Title:  RBOX 39297
Description:  I'm not a fan of graffiti but I must admit I liked this car when I first laid eyes on it. RBOX 39297 rolls through Pleasant Grove in an eastbound Union Pacific freight with a grinning Homer from Home Depot.
Photo Date:  10/16/2016  Upload Date: 10/18/2016 10:32:48 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  RollingStock,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  354   Comments: 1
UP 2665
Title:  UP 2665
Description:  UP 2665 ET44AC (C45AH) charges through Pleasant Grove with a California-bound intermndal train. This locomotive was built by General Electric at their Fort Worth plant and delivered in December 2015.
Photo Date:  10/16/2016  Upload Date: 10/19/2016 2:04:18 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 2665(ET44AH)
Views:  439   Comments: 1
UP 621
Title:  UP 621
Description:  UP 621 GP38N poses for a photo near the Union Pacific Mesquite Intermodal Ramp. Delivered to Missouri Pacific as MP 2121 GP38-2 in January 1975, to UP 2121 on October 2, 1987, to UP 621 on August 10, 2001. In June 2016 it was upgraded to a GP38N and given a fresh coat of paint but retains its old number.
Photo Date:  10/29/2016  Upload Date: 10/30/2016 4:18:25 PM
Location:  Mesquite, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  UP 621(GP38-2)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
CSX 606
Title:  CSX 606
Description:  CSXT 606 AC60CW and UP 7097 AC44CW emerge from the Buckner Blvd overpass with an eastbound Union Pacific train.
Photo Date:  10/29/2016  Upload Date: 11/1/2016 2:00:48 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 606(AC60CW) UP 7097(AC44CW)
Views:  254   Comments: 2
CSX 606
Title:  CSX 606
Description:  CSXT 606 AC60CW leads an eastbound Union Pacific freight through Pleasant Grove. Delivered to CSX in October 1998 with a 6,000 horsepower power plant but de-rated to 4,600HP due to fuel consumption. Note the dual exhaust stacks.
Photo Date:  10/29/2016  Upload Date: 11/1/2016 11:49:10 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  CSX 606(AC60CW)
Views:  447   Comments: 2
UP 6644
Title:  UP 6644
Description:  Freshly painted UP 6644 AC44CW waits for work crews to return and continue laying ballast on freshly installed trackage.
Photo Date:  10/29/2016  Upload Date: 11/1/2016 2:30:50 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  UP 6644(AC44CW)
Views:  455   Comments: 2
DGNO 146
Title:  DGNO 146
Description:  Twin Gensets, DGNO 146 and 145 RP20BDs, soak up the midday sun at Mockingbird Yard. Besides working for Dallas, Garland, and Northeastern, both were remanufactured from Railpower kits at Juniata using the frames of GP40s delivered to Baltimore and Ohio. DGNO 146 was delivered as B&O 3722 GP40 in March 1969 and DGNO 145 was delivered as B&O 3714 GP40 in February 1969.
Photo Date:  10/29/2016  Upload Date: 11/2/2016 12:25:38 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  DGNO 146(RP20BD) DGNO 145(RP20BD)
Views:  360   Comments: 1
BNSF 8015
Title:  BNSF 8015
Description:  A pair of dirty BNSF General Electric diesels, BNSF 8015 ES44C4 and BNSF 4410 C44-9W, cruise past Mockingbird Yard with a westbound freight.
Photo Date:  10/29/2016  Upload Date: 11/2/2016 12:49:01 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8015(ES44C4) BNSF 4410(C44-9W)
Views:  210   Comments: 3
BNSF 8015
Title:  BNSF 8015
Description:  A dirty BNSF 8015 ES44C4 heads into the setting sun with a westbound train. General Electric built this diesel at Erie and delivered it to BNSF in January 2014.
Photo Date:  10/29/2016  Upload Date: 11/2/2016 12:59:32 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8015(ES44C4)
Views:  280   Comments: 1
UP 1120
Title:  UP 1120
Description:  UP 1120 GP60 rolls past CPT 215 Reunion on a light engine run to Miller Yard. The missing rear panel at the top shows Scarlet Red paint applied by EMD for Southern Pacific.
Photo Date:  10/29/2016  Upload Date: 10/31/2016 12:00:22 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1120(GP60)
Views:  440   Comments: 0
UP 682
Title:  UP 682
Description:  A nearly spotless UP 682 GP38-2 glides through CPT 215 Reunion headed for nearby Miller Yard. UP 682 GP38-2 was originally delivered to Missouri Pacific as MP 2182 in January 1980, becoming UP 2182 on July 21, 1986, then renumbered UP 682 on September 20, 2001.
Photo Date:  10/29/2016  Upload Date: 10/31/2016 9:41:23 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 682(GP38-2)
Views:  311   Comments: 1
UP 682
Title:  UP 682
Description:  A pair of Geeps running light from Browder to Miller Yard roll light through CPT 215 Reunion. UP 682 GP38-2 was originally delivered to Missouri Pacific as MP 2182 in January 1980, UP 1120 GP60 was originally delivered to Southern Pacific as SP 9608 in February 1988.
Photo Date:  10/29/2016  Upload Date: 10/31/2016 10:55:50 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 682(GP38-2) UP 1120(GP60)
Views:  581   Comments: 2
UP 7721
Title:  UP 7721
Description:  UP 7721 ES44AC (C45ACCTE), UP 4302 SD70M, and NS 8413 C40-8W drag a freight through South Dallas under an overcast sky. The UP diesels on this train were both delivered new but NS 8413 was purchased by Conrail as CR 6220 in August 1993 and repainted in 2008. Note "Camera" written on the door of UP 7721.
Photo Date:  11/5/2016  Upload Date: 11/6/2016 1:28:43 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7721(AC45CCTE) UP 4321(SD70M) NS 8413(C40-8W)
Views:  195   Comments: 1
UP 7437
Title:  UP 7437
Description:  UP 7437 ES44AC (C45ACCTE), CSXT 8770 SD60M, and UP 4041 SD70M lean into a curve with a westbound Union Pacific autorack train.
Photo Date:  11/6/2016  Upload Date: 11/8/2016 12:22:04 AM
Location:  Arlington, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7437(AC45CCTE) CSX 8770(SD60M) UP 4041(SD70M)
Views:  249   Comments: 1
BNSF 8122
Title:  BNSF 8122
Description:  After idling in a heavy rainstorm, BNSF 8122 ES44C4 and BNSF 4355 C44-9W begin moving towards Tower 55 with a northbound train. As soon as the engineer notched up the throttle, a cloud of steam rose from the trailing unit radiators.
Photo Date:  11/6/2016  Upload Date: 11/11/2016 12:24:35 AM
Location:  Fort Worth, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8122(ES44C4) BNSF 4355(C44-9W)
Views:  245   Comments: 1
CN 8935
Title:  CN 8935
Description:  CN 8935 SD70M-2 waits for the signal to start pushing a northbound BNSF unit oil train.
Photo Date:  11/6/2016  Upload Date: 11/9/2016 11:58:36 PM
Location:  Saginaw, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track
Locomotives:  CN 8935(SD70M-2)
Views:  219   Comments: 2
UP 7968
Title:  UP 7968
Description:  At dusk, UP 7968 ES44AC (C45ACCTE) approaches Fort Worth leading a unit aggregate train. Since delivery in September 2012 this diesel now wears a heavy layer of dirt and a crude hand-painted number board.
Photo Date:  11/6/2016  Upload Date: 11/9/2016 11:44:01 PM
Location:  Saginaw, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7968(AC45CCTE)
Views:  241   Comments: 1
BNSF 8598
Title:  BNSF 8598
Description:  BNSF 8598 and 9305, both SD70ACes, emerge from the Dallas Convention Center with a loaded Texas Utilities coal train.
Photo Date:  11/12/2016  Upload Date: 11/14/2016 9:20:03 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8598(SD70ACe) BNSF 9305(SD70ACe)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
BNSF 8598
Title:  BNSF 8598
Description:  BNSF 8598 SD70ACe rolls past CPT 215 with a loaded Texas Utilities coal train. Electro Motive built this locomotive in July 2014 and delivered it to BNSF on August 10, 2014.
Photo Date:  11/12/2016  Upload Date: 11/16/2016 10:54:01 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 8598(SD70ACe)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
UP 6371
Title:  UP 6371
Description:  UP 6371 and 6466, both AC44CWs, climb a hill with a westbound loaded sand train. UP 6371 was delivered to Southern Pacific as SP 325 in July 1995, becoming UP 6371 on July 18, 2003. UP 6466 was delivered new to Union Pacific on July 8, 2000.
Photo Date:  11/25/2016  Upload Date: 11/25/2016 11:45:36 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6371(AC44CW) UP 6466(AC44CW)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
KCS 1
Title:  KCS 1
Description:  KCS 1, 3, and 2 FP9A-F9B-FP9A hustle the 2016 Holiday Express towards a 4PM display in Downtown Wylie. All three locomotives were built by GMD for Canadian National before donning KCS Southern Belle dress.
Photo Date:  11/25/2016  Upload Date: 11/25/2016 10:08:34 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 3(F9B) KCS 2(FP9A)
Views:  356   Comments: 2
KCS 2822
Title:  KCS 2822
Description:  A pair of KCS GP40-3s roll light headed for home at the newly built Wylie Intermodal Ramp. KCS 2822 GP40-3 was originally built for Western Pacific as WP 3514 GP40 in April 1967, becoming UP 663 on April 18, 1984, KCS 2810 was built as WP 3506 GP40 in May 1966, becoming UP 655 on December 23, 1985. Both were retired on April 5, 1993, upon lease expiration and rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen for Kansas City Southern. WP 3514/UP 663 emerged from the M-K Boise shop as KCS 4777 GP40-2 on January 13, 1994, and was later renumbered KCS 2822 after Dash 3 upgrades. WP 3506/UP 655 emerged from the M-K Boise as KCS 4769 GP40-2 on December 10, 1993, and was later renumbered 2810 after Dash 3 upgrades.
Photo Date:  11/25/2016  Upload Date: 11/26/2016 5:19:00 AM
Location:  Wylie, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Roster,Track,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 2822(GP40-3) KCS 2810(GP22ECO)
Views:  456   Comments: 0


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