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  1. kenw

    short road trip

    A short 'road trip' (from Cypress, Tx to Katy, about 15 miles...) yesterday to see Miss Katy on display in Katy, Texas for the 4th. The town was named for the railroad and she often comes home to visit. The locals were here to see her, lots of families and kids taking advantage of the photo op...
  2. kenw

    Today's Catch-UP 1982

    My favorite for personal reasons: my grandfather worked for MoPac and predecessor I&GN. Just received an HO model of it as payment for some photos.
  3. kenw

    Last pics of 2014

    BTW the 1st is South of Brenham in Kenney.
  4. kenw

    Last pics of 2014

    Nope not me. The area is pretty popular with railfans.
  5. kenw

    Last pics of 2014

    Bill, these are near Brenham where we have some small rolling hills. It is about 1 hour NW of Houston.
  6. kenw

    Last pics of 2014

    Spent Monday along the BNSF Galveston sub in some familiar spots. Happy New Year to you and yours!
  7. kenw

    Today's lunch shot

    ...from Westfield, Tx (N of Houston) brings us a very long mixed drag with just about everything imagineable heading south to Houston. Also, i noticed a very unusual sounding horn on this one. Anyone know why?
  8. kenw

    Industries along the tracks: Breweries

    Modern breweries are located close to their markets: cities. The cost of transportation of their finished prodct to their customers is a major consideration. A large one in Houston (Anheuser-Busch) is at the intersection of major highways (IH 10 /IH610) and has rail service for incoming raw...
  9. kenw

    What kinds of freight does the Kansas City Southern specialize in carrying?

    KCS has direct lines to Mexico and serves the automobile industry on both sides of the border. Thru Texas, they carry coil steel into Mexico a lot, and loaded autoracks back north. As mentioned, they are strong in the chemical traffic around the Texas/Louisiana coast. I believe what made KCS the...
  10. kenw

    Miss Belle's Grand Entrance

    Spent a few hours at the old haunt in Rosenberg (TX), it is the ONLY thing I miss about my old job! It was an ugly day, heavy overcast, cool north wind and an occasional misty drizzle but the trains did not disappoint. A typical good selection of UP and BNSF (and even a CSX leader) and the last...
  11. kenw

    Oats are too light to be moved by rail and have to be transported how?

    It isn't that they are 'too light', there are many commonities that are lighter and are handled by rail. The issue is likely the 'light' volume (perhaps that was what the story intended to say), according to this report oats and barlet together consititute less than 1% of grain shipments...
  12. kenw

    Where do covered hopper cars filled with grain go to anyway and what happens to them?

    Normally (there are always exceptions) loaded grain trains start at the big elevators where trucks have offloaded from the farms in the area. The elevators take in smaller quantities and hold it until they have enough for a train load. From the elevators, trains will take them to places where it...
  13. kenw

    Doesn't the cetral part of the U.S. receive plant-grown produce from the eastern U.S?

    relatvely speaking the East Coast doesn't grow that much.
  14. kenw

    Why is BNSF not repainting their old diesel locomotives to the new paint scheme?

    The bottom line is that railroads are a business and exist for other reasons than to make railfans happy. We are more emotionally oriented (“it’s what I grew up with”) than practical or what is well designed. If it’s that important, go get hired and work your way up….. ;) Repainting engines...
  15. kenw

    new one!

    welcome aboard, Junaid!
  16. kenw

    New FRA Crossing app for smartphones.

    neat find. let us know what you think.
  17. kenw

    2 (count 'em: 2!) weekend trackside opportunities

    Before I headed out, UP finally cooperated with a late-sun-facing WB.
  18. kenw

    2 (count 'em: 2!) weekend trackside opportunities

    The WB KCS had a sizeable block of these 86' boxcars.
  19. kenw

    2 (count 'em: 2!) weekend trackside opportunities

    KCS was pretty well represented Sunday, this WB rolled thru as the EB CP-led BNSF was still crossing (in the background). By crawling, he could allow BNSF to clear the crossing ahead.... and allow me to get several shots.
  20. kenw

    2 (count 'em: 2!) weekend trackside opportunities

    In a little while, another BNSF comes thru, this time east/southbound. The nice red CP unit on the lead was welcomed variety. Why do afternoon trains always have to be eastbound, forcing me to shoot into the sun?


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