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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

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.

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

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.

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.

Morgan County, GA. Copyright 2008 D. Nelson

Or, what is written in the bag she is holding in her right hand.

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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We had just started shooting. This was probably the fifth picture of Irene I took. It was promising already, I'd say.

Orienteering is great fun.

An old DSS&A signal control point sits in the tall grass in Sidnaw next to where the DSS&A main line ran. The line west of Sidnaw has since been pulled and turned into a ORV trail, with the east section to Nestoria being car storage for Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad.

I was able to locate her even later.

A447 went to the north end of WOLF to give things "up north" a chance to sort themselves out. Word had that M341 had lots of air problems and a few other gremlins really got Stevens Point snarled up...which then tangled Neenah up.

UP C44-9W #9623 is one of the first trains to traverse IHB Main 1 after last night's snowstorm. Here it is plowing across Lincoln Avenue with the YPRBRC.