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For UP 4014's "Heartland of America Tour" in 2024, the train's first stop after arriving into Houston was the railroad's Settegast Yard for an employee-only event. Following that event, the train moved to the Amtrak station for public display the following day.

Here, a small army of UP forces greet the Big Boy as it pulls into the Houston Amtrak Station. They'll fuel and prepare 4014 and its consist for its public display. In less than 24 hours, this whole area will be a sea of excited folks hoping to get an up-close view of the world's most powerful steam locomotive:
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PHOHO 05 (Passenger- Houston Settegast Yard to Houston Amtrak Station)
UP 4-8-8-4 #4014

Houston, TX
October 5th, 2024

After a cloudy and muggy morning for the Final Spike Steam Tour on its run south from Shreveport, LA, the sun finally started to come out halfway through the trip down the western edge of Louisiana.

Here, "The Empress" sprints southward in some sunshine as it makes a quick appearance in the small town of Florien. By nightfall, the train will be pulling into Kendleton, TX on the other side of Houston.

B40B (Final Spike Steam Tour; Calgary, AB to Mexico City, CDMX)
CP H1b 4-6-4 #2816
CP SD70ACU #7013
CP FP9A #1401
CP FP9A #4107

Florien, LA
May 25th, 2024

BED-30 Tuesday!

DLW built BED-30 #6513 arrives at Abdulpur Jn with train 784 15h30 Rajshahi to Gobra “Tungipara Express” on 16th March 2026. The train wasn’t booked to call here, thankfully it did to let a Dhaka bound metre gauge express running an hour or so late to run in front.

The searchlight signal is becoming a rarer and rarer commodity thanks to equipment standardization. 2025 brought about the removal of several of the old SP searchlights in the Houston area, including this one at N Main on the Freight Main of UP's Houston Sub.

Here, a few weeks before the signal cutover, the westbound Sunset Limited passes CP LF366, the N Main St hold signal, as it takes a roundabout journey to the Houston Amtrak Station. Normally the train runs straight to the depot on the Passenger Main, but today congestion in the Houston Terminal led to a longer routing.

AMT1 07 (Westbound Sunset Limited)
AMTK P42DC #134
AMTK P42DC #4

Houston, TX
June 7th, 2025

5N11 Berwick-upon-Tweed to Berwick-upon-Tweed. Class 802 operated by TransPennine Express (TPE) is a high-speed bi-mode multiple unit (BMU) branded as the Nova 1. These trains are part of the Hitachi AT300 "A-train" family. Seen here running ECS crossing the Royal Border Bridge on a glorious summers day.

LMS Stanier Class 5 44871 at Ketteringham on 06/09/2024 with 5Z41 04:04 Southall Railway Centre to Norwich Low Level, ECS for the next day's Railway Touring Company 'The Stratford Flyer' to Stratford-upon-Avon (36 late due to signalling issues in the Eccles Road area, with 47848 at the rear).

Bristol meets Leyland in a chance photograph at the side of the main A15 road.

Pride-liveried 755421 at Ketteringham on 21/09/2024 with Greater Anglia service 1K66 10:38 Ely to Norwich Thorpe. This Train started from Ely due to engineering works on the Ely to Peterborough line.

Tinsley-allocated 37357 at Brundall on 18/06/1988 with 1P95 07:22 Newcastle Central to Great Yarmouth service.

31452 at Brundall on 18/06/1988 with 1P50 11:30 London Liverpool Street to Great Yarmouth service.

31452 at Brundall on 18/06/1988 with 1L84 09:08 Leeds to Great Yarmouth service. This loco performed several Yarmouth shuttles on the day.

A pair of Buxton 3-car Class 108 DMU sets (with BX370 leading) at Brundall on 18/06/1988 with 1L86 09:55 Manchester Piccadilly to Great Yarmouth service. this service was for holidaymakers, and I suspect that everybody on board is going to need a holiday after travelling all that way in a first generation DMU!

31460 at Acle on 18/06/1988 with 1P51 13:12 Great Yarmouth to London Liverpool Street service.

86245 'Dudley Castle' passes the long-closed station at Norwich Trowse on 14/06/1988 with 1P67 15:05 service from Norwich to London Liverpool Street.

Tyseley Class 116 DMU set T320 (coupled to a Class 101 3-car set) starts the final leg of its journey at Norwich Thorpe on 21/05/1988 with 1L51 04:54 Birmingham New Street to Great Yarmouth service. 86248 waits in the loco siding for its next turn of duty.

Metropolitan Cammell Class 101 Norwich DMU set NC78 (53201/54062) heads through Whitlingham on 14/05/1988 with the 08:25 Norwich Thorpe to Great Yarmouth service.