Coke Empties at a Snowy Chaney Jct
With the ground still coated white following the previous day's 4-inch snowstorm, KCS 4830 rolls eastward though central Houston at Chaney Jct.
On the drawbar is a long string of empties returning to the Motiva refinery in Port Arthur for another load of petroleum coke. Pet coke is a byproduct of oil refining (essentially a solid carbon rock with some nasty stuff in it), often sold overseas to be burned for power production. In early 2024, CPKC started running these shuttle trains from Port Arthur to the port of Corpus Christi for export. Additionally, a joint CPKC-BNSF train runs between Port Arthur and the Port of Houston.
C870 23 (Petroleum Coke Empties- Corpus Christi to Port Arthur, TX)
KCS ES44AC #4830
CP DRF-44 / AC4400CWM #8139
BNSF SD70ACe #9276
Houston, TX
January 22nd, 2025
Coke Empties at a Snowy Chaney Jct
With the ground still coated white following the previous day's 4-inch snowstorm, KCS 4830 rolls eastward though central Houston at Chaney Jct.
On the drawbar is a long string of empties returning to the Motiva refinery in Port Arthur for another load of petroleum coke. Pet coke is a byproduct of oil refining (essentially a solid carbon rock with some nasty stuff in it), often sold overseas to be burned for power production. In early 2024, CPKC started running these shuttle trains from Port Arthur to the port of Corpus Christi for export. Additionally, a joint CPKC-BNSF train runs between Port Arthur and the Port of Houston.
C870 23 (Petroleum Coke Empties- Corpus Christi to Port Arthur, TX)
KCS ES44AC #4830
CP DRF-44 / AC4400CWM #8139
BNSF SD70ACe #9276
Houston, TX
January 22nd, 2025