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Date: 01/16/26 12:51
Rock Island-HB&T units at Houston
Author: gcm

April 1977
Activity at the HB&T Milby St shops in Houston.
Three Houston Belt & Terminal switchers in different paint on the left (including their bicentennial unit).
The middle one was the oldest paint job.
On the right a few engines were leaving the yard to head down to New South Yard.
 Rock Island U30C 4597 leads with Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9375 behind.
Gary

 


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Date: 01/16/26 13:21
Re: Rock Island-HB&T units at Houston
Author: Milwaukee

That's a lot more variety than you see in today's railroad scene!

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Date: 01/16/26 13:56
Re: Rock Island-HB&T units at Houston
Author: refarkas

Amazing - Interesting and colorful locomotives.
Bob

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Date: 01/16/26 15:00
Re: Rock Island-HB&T units at Houston
Author: wpdude

And a Santa Fe lurker!

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Date: 01/16/26 18:37
Re: Rock Island-HB&T units at Houston
Author: jgilmore

Interesting scene, gloomy-looking day but lots of nice color there...

JG

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Date: 01/17/26 04:40
Re: Rock Island-HB&T units at Houston
Author: march_hare

7 units visible, 7 different paint schemes, all in a pile of mud, a very 1970s kind of day. 

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Date: 01/17/26 08:34
Re: Rock Island-HB&T units at Houston
Author: callen77

Super shot. It is too bad no RI U30Cs survived.

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