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Something that was bound to happen in the last few months; BNSF SD70MACs #9651 and #9653 have just finished the climb at Otis Hill with a loaded coal train destined for Michigan. Further back in the woods, the train barely maintained 5 mph as it struggled up Otis!
The close proximity of control points at the Tower 26 interlocking can lead to some up-close and personal views of signal sequences that would normally be miles apart.
Here, an eastbound train has an "Approach Diverging" across the diamonds and then a "Diverging Approach" to cross over from Main 2 to Main 1 at Carr St Jct in the distance. This is on UP's Houston Sub just north of Downtown.
Houston, TX
November 23rd, 2021
The engineer of UP 6815 gives us a nice wave as it passes the south switch of Hampton, just before it crosses the Willamette River and heads into Oakridge, Oregon.
Back when the area was still full of ex-SP searchlights, two sets of back-to-back, double-headed signals stood between Tower 26 and Carr Street Jct here on the Sunset Route (called the Terminal Subdivision at the time). These signals have since been replaced by Vaders, and the red signals in the distance have been removed.
Houston, TX
November 30th, 2013
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UP 2759, a nice clean GEVO, on the point of a long string of empties rolling into the Eugene Yard from Portland.
These searchlights once protected the interlocking at Tower 71 on the West Belt in north Houston. When they were installed this was a crossing of the Houston Belt & Terminal by SP's Rabbit Line, though at this point it was all owned by UP.
Construction in the distance and to the right is foreboding for these old signals; they'd be removed in less than a year.
Houston, TX
November 30th, 2013
CPLs still guard the north siding switch at Ottawa on CSX's Toledo Sub in western Ohio.
Ottawa, OH
January 16th, 2022
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This veteran signal of the B&O still guards traffic leaving the siding at Ottawa on CSX's Toledo Sub. The lower lamp allows the signal to display Medium Clear.
Ottawa, OH
January 16th, 2022
While the majority of a UP manifest decided to follow the locomotives around the connection track from UP's Austin Sub to the Waco Sub, a couple hoppers decided to try something else. The result is a several cars jackknifed just past the picked switch.
Taylor, TX
July 26th, 2015
METX F40PH #121 pushes a double-header from Cali Avenue towards OTC as F40PH #109 approaches with a Milwaukee District set.
The other day (as of 12/11/2017), Metra cut over new signals for A2 interlocking in the dead of night. The end of this signal bridge is here.
Almost to Memphis to swap crews and continue north on the IC main toward Waterloo, IA or points there about. The solo SD70M-2 was a bit of a suprise on a brisk spring morning.
BNSF SD70ACe #9375, a non-ISO ACe, is on the point of a sand train that will take off in front of CP ES44AC #8751 after the Bryn Mawr interlocking is void of UP traffic.
A westbound KCS manifest knocks down the Clear signal at the west end of Dayton on UP's Houston Subdivision.
KCS MSHSZ 15 (Manifest- Shreveport, LA to Sanchez Yard [Nuevo Laredo, TM])
Dayton, TX
May 15th, 2020
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