Pipe Train
With load after load of 36 inch, coated steel pipe, this UP pipe train rolls west past the old Imperial Sugar Mill in Sugar Land, TX, southwest of Houston. At just over a mile in length, and with 9 pipes per car, this train is carrying about 9 miles of pipe for a pipeline project being built west of San Antonio.
The train originated on the Bay Line Railroad (BAYL) at Berg Pipe in Panama City, FL. BAYL handed the train to CSX at Dothan, AL, which in turn gave the train to UP at New Orleans.
The train consists of Trailer Train-family flatcars, primarily PTTX ones. The original PTTX flats were created in the early 90's when Trailer Train converted F89-J intermodal flats to pipe service by adding wooden crossbeams. Later, TTX would order purpose-built cars for PTTX service, like this class-JSH90C flatcar constructed by Freight Car America in 2016.
OBOHD 17 (Loaded Pipe Train- Panama City, FL [CSX/BAYL] to Hondo, TX)
PTTX JSH90C #142560
Sugar Land, TX
July 18th, 2025
Pipe Train
With load after load of 36 inch, coated steel pipe, this UP pipe train rolls west past the old Imperial Sugar Mill in Sugar Land, TX, southwest of Houston. At just over a mile in length, and with 9 pipes per car, this train is carrying about 9 miles of pipe for a pipeline project being built west of San Antonio.
The train originated on the Bay Line Railroad (BAYL) at Berg Pipe in Panama City, FL. BAYL handed the train to CSX at Dothan, AL, which in turn gave the train to UP at New Orleans.
The train consists of Trailer Train-family flatcars, primarily PTTX ones. The original PTTX flats were created in the early 90's when Trailer Train converted F89-J intermodal flats to pipe service by adding wooden crossbeams. Later, TTX would order purpose-built cars for PTTX service, like this class-JSH90C flatcar constructed by Freight Car America in 2016.
OBOHD 17 (Loaded Pipe Train- Panama City, FL [CSX/BAYL] to Hondo, TX)
PTTX JSH90C #142560
Sugar Land, TX
July 18th, 2025