Floor It!
After waiting for a local to clear the main ahead, the engineer on Amtrak train #2 has the throttle wide open to get back up to track speed at the east switch of Sugar Land siding southwest of Houston. In less than a year this wouldn't be a delay as the new main on the right would be fully in service.
While normally the eastbound Sunset makes its way through Sugar Land by 10 in the morning, today's trip has it more than 7 hours late due to a 4 hour delayed departure while holding for a tardy Coast Starlight in Los Angeles, plus the added delays from UP after having missed its slot across the Sunset Route.
If you look real close, you'll notice an FRA track inspection car between the locomotives and the baggage car.
AMT2 02 (EB Sunset Limited)
AMTK P42DC #10
AMTK P42DC #154
Sugar Land, TX
August 4th, 2015
Floor It!
After waiting for a local to clear the main ahead, the engineer on Amtrak train #2 has the throttle wide open to get back up to track speed at the east switch of Sugar Land siding southwest of Houston. In less than a year this wouldn't be a delay as the new main on the right would be fully in service.
While normally the eastbound Sunset makes its way through Sugar Land by 10 in the morning, today's trip has it more than 7 hours late due to a 4 hour delayed departure while holding for a tardy Coast Starlight in Los Angeles, plus the added delays from UP after having missed its slot across the Sunset Route.
If you look real close, you'll notice an FRA track inspection car between the locomotives and the baggage car.
AMT2 02 (EB Sunset Limited)
AMTK P42DC #10
AMTK P42DC #154
Sugar Land, TX
August 4th, 2015