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3/12/2025
 
 
 
 
 
By:Abel Garcia
Dates:10/14/2020 - 10/14/2020
Album Info:Abandonment is an unfortunate part of railroading but an interesting one at that. Heres a collection along with annotations on their location.
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Old abandoned tracks
Title:  Old abandoned tracks
Description:  they used to run trains in this little town? It seems its street running track. Now only a few hundred feet away is an active lnne!
Photo Date:  1/13/2013  Upload Date: 3/5/2013 11:50:16 AM
Location:  Baytown, TX
Author:  Abel Garcia
Categories:  Track
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Abandoned UP tracks in Baytown,TX
Title:  Abandoned UP tracks in Baytown,TX
Description:  Not very old as they left some modern crossing signals with E-bells on the line. It was abandoned for some odd reason.
Photo Date:  1/13/2013  Upload Date: 3/5/2013 11:47:29 AM
Location:  Baytown, TX
Author:  Abel Garcia
Categories:  Track
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Looking south along the former SP ROW.
Title:  Looking south along the former SP ROW.
Description:  Southbound on Texas 146 with the line now removed. The freeway expansion will now cover the railroad ROW. The line had previously been abandoned for decades with classic SP style 8" crossing lights into the early 2000s.
Photo Date:  10/18/2020  Upload Date: 1/5/2021 1:11:35 AM
Location:  Seabrook, TX
Author:  Abel Garcia
Categories:  Track
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End of the line for UPs Seabrook industrial line.
Title:  End of the line for UPs Seabrook industrial line.
Description:  Taken at the Red Bluff rd crossing in Seabrook, Texas.
Photo Date:  10/18/2020  Upload Date: 1/5/2021 1:04:45 AM
Location:  Seabrook, TX
Author:  Abel Garcia
Categories:  Track
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Tower 13 is no more!
Title:  Tower 13 is no more!
Description:  A sad sight to see. With the all new track work done at UPs Eureka yard, the original yard lead is now gone. I guess Tower 13 no longer exists technically. Truly the end of an era.
Photo Date:  2/19/2021  Upload Date: 2/21/2021 1:48:15 AM
Location:  Houston, TX
Author:  Abel Garcia
Categories:  Yard,Track
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