![]() ![]() Map 11 - Gulf Coast Junction & Pierce Yardīelow from a page/screen capture in 2011, so I do not know how much of this information is still relevant. So far, I have the following detailed areas of Houston: In Smith county, so don't click on Tyler county) is at : Railroad structures in all of Texas (listed by county, ie: The city of Tyler is Websites and other additional information sources of interest for the area: When I last visited Houston inĢ006, the Union Pacific was in the process of replacing most of the old signals.Īt the bottom of the page are other mentioned railfan places NOT in Houston. "old" style signal of choice around here. Maybe a few here and there, that are searchlight signals, which seemed to be the Galveston also has a trolley system, which isĭifferent in the sense that they are diesel powered!Īnd speaking of signals, everything in Houston is color light signals, with The Galveston Museum is also pretty well "signaled", and has a lot They have many on the grounds, and a lot of signal stuff inside. For signal fans, the museum in Rosenberg is a must see, as Rosenberg thought enough of Tower 17 to have it relocated onto the museum Have Galveston and Rosenberg, both of which have great museums. Largest yard is the North Yard, however, the engine maintenance facilitiesĪre in the middle of the yard, and therefore out of reach from our cameras. They use MK-1500's as their power, and have around 23 of them. Operates in and around the port of Houston, the 4th largest port in the U.S. You also have the PTRA, the Port Terminal Railway Association, which Those railroads have now been replaced by BNSF and the UP who provide the ![]() Island, the MKT-Missouri-Kansas Texas, and the Missouri Pacific all coming into town. Mergers, you had the Santa Fe, the Union Pacific, the Southern Pacific, the Rock To include his description of Houston rail lines on my site. There was once an excellent railfan guide for railfanning Houston by Steve See while in Houston, and, because of the great highway system, nothing is too ![]()
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