Blue Skies at the Port
Under a big, blue Texas sky, a yard job for the Port Terminal Railroad Authority passes Booth Yard near the western reaches of the Port of Houston. In just another two miles the train will reach its destination of North Yard.
PTRA 9614 was built for the Pennsylvania Railroad as GP7 PRR 8503 in August 1952. It was renumbered to PRR 5883, then later to PC 5853 and CR 5853. Eventually, Conrail traded the locomotive into EMD and it would later be sold to Morrison-Knudsen for rebuild, emerging as PTRA 9614 in September 1996.
PTRA Job #235
PTRA MK1500D #9614
PTRA MK1500D #9615
Houston, TX
April 20th, 2021
Blue Skies at the Port
Under a big, blue Texas sky, a yard job for the Port Terminal Railroad Authority passes Booth Yard near the western reaches of the Port of Houston. In just another two miles the train will reach its destination of North Yard.
PTRA 9614 was built for the Pennsylvania Railroad as GP7 PRR 8503 in August 1952. It was renumbered to PRR 5883, then later to PC 5853 and CR 5853. Eventually, Conrail traded the locomotive into EMD and it would later be sold to Morrison-Knudsen for rebuild, emerging as PTRA 9614 in September 1996.
PTRA Job #235
PTRA MK1500D #9614
PTRA MK1500D #9615
Houston, TX
April 20th, 2021