Another Day, Another QEWWC
If there’s a Union Pacific symbol that’s appeared here more than any other, it would be the QEWWC. It’s a daily Houston to West Colton manifest that gets out of Englewood in the early afternoon. It’s the one manifest that always has DPU power on it.
This past November 5th found me squeezing in a few minutes of railfanning while trying to take care of some chores in Houston. The detector at MP 15.6 (Glidden sub)announced a westbound. I set up for a shot at MP 21, near the Stafford / Sugar Land border.
The City of Stafford demanded (and helped fund) the berm and green belt to shield the UP track.
Union Pacific's QEWWC of Nov. 5, 2010 passes MP 21 on UP's Glidden sub.
The going away view as the QEWWC approaches the Dulles Ave. grade crossing
DPU power on UP's QEWWC train of Nov. 5, 2010 passing MP 21 on UP's Glidden sub.
Once the QEWWC got by me, we proceeded into Houston where we encountered a BNSF stack train at T&NO junction.
As the train passed by me, I was able to get this view of the train as it began to cross the Glidden sub mainline at T&NO junction.
As the light was fading fast, I didn’t try to follow this train for any addition photos.
Southwest Rails 