Hurricane Harvey Texas Impacts

[Green Maned Lion]

SAS.

 

[frequentflyer]

SAS.

Amtrak does not follow airport codes? I have seen LAX checked luggage tags on Amtrak for bags going to LA.

 

[Devil's Advocate]

SAS.

Amtrak does not follow airport codes?

San Antonio's Sunset Station (1902) predates San Antonio International Airport (established in 1941 and converted to civilian use in 1951) by several decades, so there was nothing airport related for railroads to "follow" in the conventional sense. If the railroads were going to follow anything it would be stagecoach lines while airports would be following the railroads.

 

[CHamilton]

Here's the official list of station codes used by Amtrak. https://www.amtrak.com/html/stations_A.html

 

[frequentflyer]

Here's the official list of station codes used by Amtrak. https://www.amtrak.com/html/stations_A.html

Thanks.

 

[chakk]

What the Houston flooding is bringing in....

Makes sense. Gators are very comfortable (for possible protection) in waters. So if the waters expand, they can safely expand their territory, meaning more foo-foo dogs to hunt down for din-din.

 

[jis]

SAS.

Amtrak does not follow airport codes? I have seen LAX checked luggage tags on Amtrak for bags going to LA.

But then again, you yourself used the code NOL instead of MSY! Heh heh

 

[fairviewroad]

What the Houston flooding is bringing in....

Makes sense. Gators are very comfortable (for possible protection) in waters. So if the waters expand, they can safely expand their territory, meaning more foo-foo dogs to hunt down for din-din.

The photo appears to be real (i.e. not photoshopped) but it is not from the current storm, according to this organization.

https://www.facebook.com/txgatorsquad/photos/a.500018350125176.1073741829.402279163232429/1283772041749799/?type=3&theater

 

[Metra Electric Rider]

What the Houston flooding is bringing in....

Makes sense. Gators are very comfortable (for possible protection) in waters. So if the waters expand, they can safely expand their territory, meaning more foo-foo dogs to hunt down for din-din.

The photo appears to be real (i.e. not photoshopped) but it is not from the current storm, according to this organization.

https://www.facebook.com/txgatorsquad/photos/a.500018350125176.1073741829.402279163232429/1283772041749799/?type=3&theater

Apparently fire ants are also a bigger threat to escapees wading through the waters - the ants are poisonous and bundle themselves together to travel through water.

As an aside, a friend of mine used to live on a bayou in St. Pete, FL, and had to keep an eye on their dog when they let him out, lest something green, scaly and cold blooded emerged hungry from the water...

 

[Palmetto]

Amtrak is now reporting Sunset will run LAX-SAS and the Eagle will run CHI-FTW with buses to SAS.

Anyone know what's blocking through service? If SAS is OK for operation, north of it shouldn't be worse.

I hear the BNSF RR is jammed up south of Ft. Worth.

 

[Rover]

The speed and time that the water has been traveling in the channels, with the erosion that goes with that, has started to impact infrastructure, such as bridges and pipelines.

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Pentagon says up to 30,000 National Guard troops prepared to assist in response to Harvey

The Guard has alerted thousands of forces across the nation for possible deployment. It has already sent elite special operations para-rescuers from California and New York to aid in the effort, he said.

“We are leaning as far forward as we possibly can to ensure that military assets are postured to support the needs of Texas and potentially Louisiana,” Witham said.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-pentagon-says-up-to-30-000-national-1504032239-htmlstory.html

 

[Rover]

What the Houston flooding is bringing in....

Makes sense. Gators are very comfortable (for possible protection) in waters. So if the waters expand, they can safely expand their territory, meaning more foo-foo dogs to hunt down for din-din.

The photo appears to be real (i.e. not photoshopped) but it is not from the current storm, according to this organization.

https://www.facebook.com/txgatorsquad/photos/a.500018350125176.1073741829.402279163232429/1283772041749799/?type=3&theater

Apparently fire ants are also a bigger threat to escapees wading through the waters - the ants are poisonous and bundle themselves together to travel through water.

As an aside, a friend of mine used to live on a bayou in St. Pete, FL, and had to keep an eye on their dog when they let him out, lest something green, scaly and cold blooded emerged hungry from the water...

Seems they have always theorized that roaches would be the ones to survive a

a nuclear Armageddon, but, I think it's these little bastards that would do it !!!

Fire Ant Flotilla in Houston

 

[Rover]

300+ GATORS COULD ESCAPE

WATER APPROACHES HEIGHT OF GATOR COUNTRY ADVENTURE PARK/SANCTUARY FENCE IN BEAUMONT, TX.

http://wncn.com/2017/08/28/300-gators-could-escape-as-texas-flood-waters-approach-height-of-fences/

“We’re less than a foot a foot from (water) going over the fences,” Gator County Owner Gary Saurage said.

Two of the largest alligators, known as Big Al and Big Tex, were put in trailers to keep them from possibly escaping in the flooding.

 

[Bob Dylan]

I imagine soon, Amtrak will run TE to SAT and continue from there to LAX on the SL schedule. SAT to NOL will be out for a while.

This!

 

[Rover]

I wasn't able to post the FB Video, but please link there to see a Houston resident recording someone in her block playing an inspired version of the Star Spangled Banner on their electric guitar.

https://www.facebook.com/SharyeJane/videos/1333889056734067

https://www.facebook.com/SharyeJane/posts/1333889643400675

 

[CHamilton]

BNSF, UP begin hurricane repairs in Houston area

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/class_is/news/BNSF-UP-begin-hurricane-repairs-in-Houston-area--52594

 

[frequentflyer]

SAS.

Amtrak does not follow airport codes? I have seen LAX checked luggage tags on Amtrak for bags going to LA.

But then again, you yourself used the code NOL instead of MSY! Heh heh

HAHAHA...........True, true.

 

[bmjhagen9426]

Based on the reading of Progressive Raliroading article, looks like the SL between SAS and NOL as well as the TE between FTW and SAS will be out for an extended period, although I suspect that the TE would be out shorter than the SL, considering the differences of damage done between the two.

 

[SarahZ]

I wasn't able to post the FB Video, but please link there to see a Houston resident recording someone in her block playing an inspired version of the Star Spangled Banner on their electric guitar.

https://www.facebook.com/SharyeJane/videos/1333889056734067

https://www.facebook.com/SharyeJane/posts/1333889643400675

It reminds me of this guy, holding the U.S. flag and rocking out to Slayer's "Raining Blood" during Hurricane Matthew. ^_^

https://youtu.be/1ncAUFgTDq8

 

[frequentflyer]

Just saw the SW Chief on the LaPlata Cam http://www.railcams.net/#sthash.VsY5vYfg.dpbs

It had what looks to be 10 extra cars and 4 locomotives, I guess the SL consist.

 

[TinCan782]

Just saw the SW Chief on the LaPlata Cam http://www.railcams.net/#sthash.VsY5vYfg.dpbs

It had what looks to be 10 extra cars and 4 locomotives, I guess the SL consist.

Maybe this?

Sunset Limited Equip. Moving to Albuquerque, NM

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,4368842

 

[Devil's Advocate]

I'm pretty sure the full TE route eventually comes back. Anybody want to make a wager on the SAS-NOL portion of the SL route coming back?

 

[frequentflyer]

What happens to the crews? Do they still get paid? Reassigned?

 

[bmjhagen9426]

What happens to the crews? Do they still get paid? Reassigned?

I'll bet that they are either reassigned or furloughed.

 

[AlamoWye]

It even looks like the SL tracks are right next to the Arkema plant that is just waiting to explode. Not sure how much damage a massive chemical explosion would do to tracks, but little seems to be going right for this area right now.