Steamy Morning
It's always humid in Houston. But even more so when you get hit by exhaust from the cylinder cocks of a steam engine.
UP 4014 is letting out a fair bit of steam and smoke as it shoves backwards on Main 2/the Passenger Main of UP's Houston Sub just west of Downtown. This move, identical to the one performed by the eastbound Sunset Limited, was necessary to get from the Big Boy's display site at the Amtrak depot to the route the train will take to get to Beaumont.
PHOBT 18 (Passenger- Houston to Beaumont, TX)
UP 4-8-8-4 #4014
UP SD70M #4015
Houston, TX
August 18th, 2021
Steamy Morning
It's always humid in Houston. But even more so when you get hit by exhaust from the cylinder cocks of a steam engine.
UP 4014 is letting out a fair bit of steam and smoke as it shoves backwards on Main 2/the Passenger Main of UP's Houston Sub just west of Downtown. This move, identical to the one performed by the eastbound Sunset Limited, was necessary to get from the Big Boy's display site at the Amtrak depot to the route the train will take to get to Beaumont.
PHOBT 18 (Passenger- Houston to Beaumont, TX)
UP 4-8-8-4 #4014
UP SD70M #4015
Houston, TX
August 18th, 2021