Photo ID: 109504 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kendleton Kendleton, TX 135 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CSX, CPKC Of all the Class 1 railroads, CSX is probably the (US-based) Class 1 I've taken the fewest shots of. While no eastern railroad is particularly common in Colorado, CSX seems to be exceptionally rare in the Centennial State. Here, a CSX AC4400CW is second on a southbound CPKC intermodal train in Kendleton, TX. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109503 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kendleton Kendleton, TX 126 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC While I was on a business trip in Texas, I had roughly two days to do some photography. I was hoping to get plenty of KCS Belle shots as that scheme will be fading in coming years with the creation of CPKC. One thing I was not expecting was to find a CP/CSX duo leading a train through south Texas! I was not complaining, however, as the red and blue contrast was a nice variation from the yellow and orange I'm used to seeing in Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109502 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kendleton Kendleton, TX 129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC A northbound train switches on a yard lead at Kendleton Yard as a southbound intermodal train rolls down the main. The southbound will stop at the south end of the yard and tie down on the main, waiting for a fresh crew to take the train south. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109501 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Kendleton Kendleton, TX 123 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC A northbound mixed intermodal/auto rack train is switching some cars at the intermodal facility and yard in Kendleton, TX. After the switching is complete, the train will tie down and wait for a recrew to continue the journey north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109500 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Beasley Beasley, TX 135 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC In the small town of Beasley, TX, a CP ES44AC and a CSX AC4400CW (officially designated as a CM44AC) create an interesting contrast on the headend of a southbound intermodal train. The train consists mainly of orange Schneider containers. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109499 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed McHattie Rosenberg, TX 138 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC A northbound unit tank train is tied down in the siding at McHattie, just a few hundred yards from the interlocking at Rosenberg where CPKC joins with UP's Glidden Subdivision. This siding is actually owned by Union Pacific, with CPKC ownership starting at the south end of the siding. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109498 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado River Bridge Wharton, TX 170 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC A relatively new ET44AC and an ES44AC, both sporting the KCS Retro-Belle scheme, cross over the Texas version of the Colorado River on the southern edge of the town of Wharton, TX. This train will be taking the siding at Wharton to tie down and wait for a new crew to continue the journey north of Houston. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109497 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado River Bridge Wharton, TX 135 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC A northbound manifest rounds the bend underneath US-59 and approaches a bridge over the (Texas) Colorado River that was built in 1905. For those that are wondering, this is a drone shot. No walking on railroad property occurred. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109495 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed El Campo El Campo, TX 146 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC You do not see a very many palm trees in the Houston, TX area. However, there are some here and there. One such example is this lone (and relatively short) palm tree located just northeast of US-59 overpass at El Campo, TX, 65-70 miles southwest of Houston. A pair of KCS GEs leads a half-intermodal, half-manifest train through the scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109494 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed El Campo El Campo, TX 130 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC A northbound mixed intermodal/manifest starts to pick up some speed after slowing through the town of El Campo, TX. The train is passing underneath US-59, which has signs along the route indicating it is the "future alignment for I-69". KCS 5007 is one of 25 ET44ACs on the roster, and probably the last units ever delivered in the KCS "Retro Belle" paint scheme. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109493 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Colorado River Bridge Wharton, TX 166 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC A pair of CP units leads a unit tank train across the Texas version of the Colorado River. This is not the same Colorado River that the former Rio Grande runs alongside of through Colorado and Utah. This river runs its entire 862 miles within the state of Texas. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109492 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed El Campo El Campo, TX 132 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC With the annual harvest largely completed at this point in September, a north unit tank train passes by fields of dirt with just some leftover stalks sticking up from the ground. Since the official approval of CPKC, it has not taken much time for KCS and CP units to become "mixed" across the former two systems. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109491 Date Shot Photo By Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed El Campo El Campo, TX 141 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC A few minutes before 8am find a northbound CPKC unit tank train passing through the small Texas town of El Campo. A pair of CP GEs leads the train north. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109490 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Brazos River Bridge Richmond, TX 129 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) Union Pacific A UP C44AC-CTE and a pair of NS "catfish" lead a manifest (in elephant-style) across the Brazos River in Richmond, TX. We are about 25 miles west of downtown Houston on UP's Glidden Subdivision. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109488 Date Shot Photo By Friday, September 22, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed North of Kendleton Fort Bend County, TX 125 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Rosenberg (KCS) CPKC A few miles north of Kendleton finds a northbound mixed intermodal/auto rack train on the move with a fresh crew. As part of this trip, I was really hoping to get shots of KCS Belle's on as many trains as possible. So it was quite ironic how many trains I caught with solid CP power! Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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