Houston Belt & Terminal

 

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HB&T #23 at Milby St Shops in Houston - March 1980.

Unfortunately, the Houston Belt & Terminal is history.
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Houston Belt & Terminal SW1500 #51 and SW9 #31 (bicent colors) at South Yd in Houston -- June 1976.

#31 was built in 1951
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A few units at the Houston Belt & Terminal shops in Houston -- July 1977.

ATSF,BN,HB&T,and a couple Rock Island engines on this day.
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Houston Belt & Terminal SW9 #30 pulls a BN heater car out of Houston Union Station. The station building in the background still exists but the track area is now the site of the Astros Minute Maid park.
December 1975
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The sign at the entrance to the Houston Belt & Terminal shops in Houston shows the participating railroads in the operation of the HB&T -- not a one (even the Belt) survives today.

April 1990
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EMD Leasing engines at Houston
This was at the Houston Belt & Terminal shops in Houston

June 1990

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