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Title: Queen Theater
Type: Film, Monochrome, 4x5
Date: 2017
Description: Photo shows Bryan’s Queen Theater at dusk.
Subject: Theater, Night
Coverage: Texas - Brazos County - Bryan/College Station
Relation: Central Texas Region
Not long after departing central Texas's Brazos Yard, UP 4014 is making all of 45 mph as it flies southward, without a diesel helper, towards its next stop of Houston.
PBZHO 04 (Passenger- Brazos Yard to Houston, TX)
UP 4-8-8-4 #4014
Smetana, TX
October 4th, 2024
After shoving out the north end of Brazos Yard at Tatsie, UP 4014 highballs southward for Houston at Mumford in central Texas. The passenger special raced and passed a freight train on the parallel tracks, seen in the distance.
The Big Boy is on UP's Navasota Sub, which runs parallel to UP's Giddings Sub for about 5 miles from Tatsie to Mumford. This arrangement goes back to when these were owned by the separate railroads, the MP and the SP. It should be noted that the MP & SP historically crossed at Tatsie, but post UP-SP merger that diamond was replaced with a crossover and the subdivisions now officially cross at Mumford.
Also of note, the Hearne to Houston leg was one of the few parts of the "Heartland of America Tour" where UP 4014 ran without a diesel helper. The crew took UP 4015 off the train before departing Brazos Yard, leading to a historic experience with the steam engine doing all the work.
PBZHO 04 (Passenger- Brazos Yard to Houston, TX)
UP 4-8-8-4 #4014
Mumford, TX
October 4th, 2024
After rounding the big curve off the MP alignment in the middle of town, UP 4014 passes large groups of bystanders as it rolls southward on Main 1 of UP's Navasota Sub in Bryan, TX. The train is now on the former SP, with Main 2 taking the former MP down to College Station.
PBZHO 04 (Passenger- Brazos Yard to Houston, TX)
UP 4-8-8-4 #4014
Bryan, TX
October 4th, 2024
After picking up a new crew at the Watt crossover, this export ethanol train slow-rolls through Mumford siding in central Texas. The Big Boy just flew past on the parallel Navasota Sub (the ethanol train is on the Giddings Sub), and the unit train will soon get the signals to follow UP 4014 down the Navasota Sub towards Houston.
UEC7TG (Unit Ethanol- Columbus, NE to Galveston, TX)
UP C45ACCTE #7715
UP C44AC #6237
UP C45AH #8243
UP C44ACCTE #5607
Mumford, TX
October 4th, 2024
UP 4014 is making good time through central Texas as it gallops out of a cluster of trees near Millican on UP's Navasota Subdivision.
PBZHO 04 (Passenger- Brazos Yard to Houston, TX)
UP 4-8-8-4 #4014
Millican, TX
October 4th, 2024
If you follow my photostream and comments, you will know that Spring has already splashed over the Brazos Valley of Texas. Even the Mesquite and Retama trees are leafing out and they always are about 2 to 3 weeks later than all the other plants to flower.
Spring also brings violent weather in the Southern Plains of the United States. Like the ice extent in the Arctic which is at its maximum right now, the Tropopause which is the boundary between the Troposphere and the Stratosphere is at its highest now. This means that thunderstorms can soar to amazing heights. It is common for storms to build up to 50,000 feet (15,240 meters) and higher during early spring.
These extremely tall thunderstorms can produce drenching rains, continuous lightning, hail, violent downbursts, and if the conditions are just right, tornadoes.
We had our first taste of springtime violent weather over the past two days. A slow moving low pressure area in the upper atmosphere meandered over the area and spawned wave after wave of thunderstorms as high velocity streaks rotated around the southern edge of the upper level low. Each velocity streak added lift to the atmosphere that initiated another round of thunderstorms. The result was that we received 5.18 inches of rain (13.16 cm) in 48 hours.
This is the runoff cascading over the falls near my house. Three inches of rain had just dumped on our area. The flow would have been much more during the night after two more inches had fallen.
Unfortunately, the water is carrying more sediment than is normal (the brownish tinge in the water) due to the new construction that is popping up in the watershed. This will decrease in the future when the construction is finished and the landscaping has had a chance to become established.
This is an intermediate sized flood; still not as much as we saw during Hurricane Harvey last summer.
This area depends on these spring rains to keep the soil moisture high going into the summer. The Post Oaks which are the climax forest here, pump huge amounts of water out of the soil during the summer as they cope with the fierce heat stress. These spring rains will allow them to survive through the high stress times especially if we get some summer monsoon rains.
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Title: Johnson Grass
Type: Film, Monochrome, 4x5
Date: 2017
Description: Photo shows grass growing in a field at dusk.
Subject: Agriculture
Coverage: Texas - Brazos County - Allenfarm
Relation: Central Texas Region
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Title: Railroad Trestle
Type: Film, Monochrome, 4x5
Date: 2017
Description: Photo shows a railroad trestle surrounded by lush vegetation.
Subject: Rail
Coverage: Texas - Grimes County - Navasota
Relation: Central Texas Region
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Title: Blues Country
Type: Film, Monochrome, 4x5
Date: 2017
Description: Photo shows a sign advertising advertising a musical event.
Subject: Music, Night
Coverage: Texas - Grimes County - Navasota
Relation: Central Texas Region
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Title: Wheel
Type: Film, Monochrome, 4x5
Date: 2017
Description: Photo shows a ring pressed into asphalt.
Subject: Road
Coverage: Texas - Grimes County - Navasota
Relation: Central Texas Region
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Title: Navasota River
Type: Film, Monochrome, 4x5
Date: 2017
Description: Photo shows a bend in the Navasota River, with water flowing over rocks, near the Highway 6 bridge.
Subject: Water
Coverage: Texas - Grimes County - Navasota
Relation: Central Texas Region
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Title: Railroad Street
Type: Film, Monochrome, 4x5
Date: 2017
Description: Photo shows a street sign for Railroad Street.
Subject: Road, Town, Rail
Coverage: Texas - Grimes County - Navasota
Relation: Central Texas Region
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Title: City Hall
Type: Film, Monochrome, 8x10
Date: 2017
Description: Photo shows Navasota’s latest city hall building and clock tower.
Subject: Town, Building
Coverage: Texas - Grimes County - Navasota
Relation: Central Texas Region
The historic McMichael-Wilson Home of Bryan is under extensive renovations. It's a really fine example of Victorian Architecture, with its witch's hat roofs, tower, and veranda.
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Title: Railroad Crossing
Type: Film, Monochrome, 4x5
Date: 2017
Description: Photo shows a freight train, led by two diesel locomotives, crossing Washington Avenue in downtown Navasota, near the P.A. Smith Hotel.
Subject: Rail
Coverage: Texas - Grimes County - Navasota
Relation: Central Texas Region
Founders of Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church plaque in Bryan, Texas. Listed:
B. Adoue
J. W. Beard
Frank Clarke
Amos Dubose
J. C. Dubose
M. T. Glynn
Emmett Mix
James Lobit
P. O. Yates
George Johnston
George L. Griscom
George W. May
George D. Haswell
J.M. Rainwater
Thomas B. Wright
George T. Haswell
Joseph S. Young