CPKC Coke Loads at Chaney
With a long trainload of pet coke in tow, CP 8071 smokes it up as it rolls through Chaney Jct in central Houston. The train is using the connection track here, essentially a long crossover between Depot Jct and Chaney Jct allowing trains to move from Main 2 to Main 1.
Petroleum 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 the Motiva oil refinery in Port Arthur to the port of Corpus Christi for export. With a little over 300 miles for a one-way trip, the two trainsets in this service can make a roundtrip in just a matter of days.
C871 14 (Petroleum Coke- Port Arthur to Corpus Christi, TX)
CP DRF-44 / AC4400CWM #8071
KCS SD70ACe #4171
Houston, TX
April 14th, 2025
CPKC Coke Loads at Chaney
With a long trainload of pet coke in tow, CP 8071 smokes it up as it rolls through Chaney Jct in central Houston. The train is using the connection track here, essentially a long crossover between Depot Jct and Chaney Jct allowing trains to move from Main 2 to Main 1.
Petroleum 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 the Motiva oil refinery in Port Arthur to the port of Corpus Christi for export. With a little over 300 miles for a one-way trip, the two trainsets in this service can make a roundtrip in just a matter of days.
C871 14 (Petroleum Coke- Port Arthur to Corpus Christi, TX)
CP DRF-44 / AC4400CWM #8071
KCS SD70ACe #4171
Houston, TX
April 14th, 2025