ZLBHO Down Winter Street
Starting summer 2024, UP brought back expedited intermodal service connecting California to Houston. The ZLBHO runs from UP's ITCF ramp in Long Beach to UP's Settegast ramp in Houston, carrying a mix of domestic & international boxes.
Here, UP 6662 and its Z Train are just a few miles from Settegast Yard as it splits Winter St in two just west of Downtown Houston. This pseudo-street running is a neat quirk where the two mains of UP's Houston Sub split into their historical alignments past Downtown Houston. This won't last forever though; UP is working with TxDOT and the city of Houston to remove this track and consolidate it with the Passenger Main a few blocks to the south.
ZLBHO (Z Train- Long Beach, CA to Houston, TX)
UP C44ACM #6662
UP C44ACM #6462
(Mid-Train DPU) UP SD70ACe #8592
Houston, TX
October 14th, 2024
ZLBHO Down Winter Street
Starting summer 2024, UP brought back expedited intermodal service connecting California to Houston. The ZLBHO runs from UP's ITCF ramp in Long Beach to UP's Settegast ramp in Houston, carrying a mix of domestic & international boxes.
Here, UP 6662 and its Z Train are just a few miles from Settegast Yard as it splits Winter St in two just west of Downtown Houston. This pseudo-street running is a neat quirk where the two mains of UP's Houston Sub split into their historical alignments past Downtown Houston. This won't last forever though; UP is working with TxDOT and the city of Houston to remove this track and consolidate it with the Passenger Main a few blocks to the south.
ZLBHO (Z Train- Long Beach, CA to Houston, TX)
UP C44ACM #6662
UP C44ACM #6462
(Mid-Train DPU) UP SD70ACe #8592
Houston, TX
October 14th, 2024