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I think we will soon . I hope I'm lucky enough to catch UP X4014 in Houston .

The diamond 1 to 4 interlocked segments if doubletracked would have the option of 1 to 4 spurs for interchange or trackage rights. A wye is a 3 way directional known as a triangle used to turn trains or locomotives around in similarity to turntable or to alter a train's route it is composed of 3 turnouts LH/RH/WYE switches . Some quadruple diamonds have single or double crossovers to negotiate routes just before a train or trains approach the diamond or quadruple diamond . It is possible that spurs can be added depending on whichever company or companies is in agreement in allowing interchange activity or trackage rights, as a matter of fact there are two active spurs at this junction and there is a remnant of a third with a fixed penant and is overgrown with shrubs or completely removed altogether or reopened .

I would suggest a terminal station for Hicks Airport Hwy and the Southwest Triangle area and a terminal station for,Nasa/Ellington Field or Hobby Airport as possible southeast/southwest connector corridors that could be elevated and merge onto a downtown central terminal station for all points north to DFW as a suggestion . It's possible .

I remember attending Camp Strake some years ago .

One root factor of the problem is apartment properties nearby . A big percentage of crimes comes from the complexes nearby and spill in nearby subdivisions . I went to Aldine/Stovall in Imperial Valley and know people that stay on FM1960. Streets like Northborough,Kykendhal , Rankin , Ella , Greens Rd . 249& Willowbrook today you have to be carerul . This is why they changed the name from Greenspoint/Gunspoint to Cityview . To give you a more partial understanding , if you have the time or get the chance , go on youtube and look up the National Geographic Channel for Drugs Inc. Season 4 Episode 13 or 14 High in Houston . Because where you're located is a high crime area . This will give you some insight on what is going on near FM 1960 , 290 , and I-45 .

This thought came to me as I was studying the ATSF in North Texas on the net and living by a segment of the BNSF line in Houston. I began to see what benefits it may have as it was once a main for the BN and a second main for the now BNSF. Pierce yard/Junction where BNSF's exBN North Intermodal Hub once stood is many staging tracks east/west . West of Pierce yard toward the BNSF/UP Hardy diamond , it is possible that the line can be doubled west for intermodal traffic once again . Houston is also growing freightwise. It also possible that it may see superliner passenger traffic which would be better than taking a bus to Longview to catch a train going north or northeast . Learning about the Tower55 project in Ft. Worth , it may have an impact on the line . I wouldn't rule it out . The line runs 200 miles north of Houston via Teague/Waxahachie to the immediate south of Dallas splits northwest to Tower55 and Alliance Yard in Ft. Worth . It is a huge portion of trackage what is called the BNSF Gulf Division . I understand how important HSR is . I see this as a idea to increase freight traffic between Houston and DFW which would help with retail, jobs and congestion on the tracks in and out of the city to the northwest.

.Some maps can be updated overtime and sometimes do not show changes . Some streets overtime may have been extended , covered overgrowth of trees and bushes, dumped on with trash piles here and there to the point where they are unrecognizable ,completely abandoned or completely demolished which is a probable reason why they may not show on a map .

8. SH149 A. West Tomball Parkway-To Tomball , MontgomeryB. West Montgomery - To Shepard @ Tidwell 149 was named Tomball Parkway because it merges into what is now West Mount Houston 249 that runs north to Montgomery , Tomball and Conroe it also crosses 249 north to Beltway 8 known as Old Tomball Parkway . 249 was and is now a freeway terminus . It is aptly named West Montgomery because of its history of being the only state highway to reach Montgomery via Tomball and 249. 249 was a later phase 2 extention of149 as a truck and business route from I-45 to Montgomery, Tomball , Conroe , and Waco .

Over here on Antoine near the BNSF crossing there are signs that are still covered saying "NO TRAIN HORN". They would still blow the horn day and night . Your ears are getting accustomed to hearing the horns that it is routine and it doesn't bother your sleep patterns . I'm very much used to it .

1. I-45 A. North Freeway- To DFW, Witchita Falls , Red River/OK Border B. Gulf Freeway - To Galveston/Gulf of Mexico I-45 is named North Freeway because it runs directly to Witchita Falls and DFW as a northern trade route from the port and the gulf and named Gulf Freeway as a inland shipping trade route to the gulf aswell as a tourist/vacation route to Galveston thus why it is named the Gulf Freeway . 2. I-59/69 A. EasTex Freeway - To Texarkana/East Texas B. Southwest Freeway - To Brownsville,Corpus Christi,Kingsville/Mexico Border I-59/69 was named EasTex Freeway because it runs northeast through the eastern portion of the state to the borders of Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma where Texarkana is located . It is known as a Big Thicket interstate because of the heavy woodlands ,red dirt ,swamp and lake areas along the interstate . It is also named to connect the midwest to texas . It is named Southwest Freeway as a trade route coastal interstate to and fro Mexico Border via Corpus Christi , Brownsville, Kingsville . 3. I-10 A. I-10E- To Vidor/Louisiana Border B. Katy Freeway - To Katy, San Antonio ,Ft. Stockton , El Paso I-10 Known as a major US southern region east/west artery, was named Katy Freeway because of the Missouri KansasTexas Railroad or MKT that ran west of Houston well before I-10 was established .Katy was a station stop along the line this how the city of Katy was named . The same as the cities of Santa Fe,TX and Frisco ,TX. Because the MKT followed I-10 west along the westbound feeder on the northside of the freeway is how the freeway earned its name. I-10 E runs to Vidor a eastern border town on the Texas/Louisiana border . 4. US288 A. Coastal Highway - To Freeport/Surfside, Victoria Was supposed to be a freeway . It is a coastal highway that runs to the fishing , crab and shrimping towns of Freeport and Victoria and follows the coastline from Houston to the south/southwest . 5. US290 A. Presidential Highway - To Austin B. Northwest Freeway 290 was nicknamed recently the Presidential Highway because of George Bush then governor and it runs northwest to Brenham and the capital Austin with a ramp leading to Bryan , Prairie View , Waco , Ft Worth . It is the governor's corridor and college route because of Texas A&M ,Baylor ,UT ,Prairie View. 6. US90A A. Alternate - To Sugarland , Fort Bend , Stafford 7. US249 A. West Mount Houston - To Waco , Bryan , Austin , Prairie View 249 is known as the college route . Like 290 , it runs to Texas A&M , UT , Baylor , Prairie View A&M . This corridor has many college resident communities , towns , and neighborhoods along the route . Ends near Waco to the north/northwest . The reason Houston has directional freeways aptly named is due to trade , imports/exports and history .

290 & Beltway 8 ,90A & West Junction ,I-59/69,Sugarland, I-10/Channelview & Beltway 8 ,I-45 would be ideal locations for a bigger Grocer's Supply warehouse. Grocery retail is rapidly growing as the city expands meaning more jobs . It would create more variety in produce , dry foods , specialty foods and poultry . Being directly on a interstate would be good for local delivery traffic and arrival delivery traffic . Being located near freight rail would be essential due to refrigeration and container traffic importing huge quantities of perisheable items by rail . Rail to dock would be utilized quickly especially if it is being constructed near a SIT or Intermodal Classification yard . Food will spoil or expire if not kept in refrigeration or quickly shipped directly to the store especially poultry and dairy .

The property near Congress Yard would be a idea location but Txdot has a facility there .

I see this would be a idea for the universities .

Only if it is a mandatory requirement from the district and if the schools are within the boundaries of your neighborhood. In some districts , the schools have boundaries or borders that you have to be residing in order for your children to attend those schools , If you chose to change districts , according to some districts ,they may have you pay a district transfer fees because there is a district tax for the schools . It depends on where you relocate . If you're able , ask around who has children attending in that district before making a decision . Another suggestion is the district website for any info on rezoning in that area .

The train you see in the video is a prototype diesel electric that was built for UP when they were experimenting with electric turbines . This was when steam was retired and diesels were taking place . It was at the time when the interstate act was passed and trucking became competition as well as autos . This would begin the decline in rail passenger service. The railroads had to compete for passenger revenue so they update their equipment . UP did experiments with turbine electrics for some period of time left and later returned to the program until it retired its turbines. Some of the UP turbine equipment is used in their excursion program with X3985, X844 , and X4014 in the future .

If you go to downtown to Texas Ave ., the street lamps are lamps you would see at a rail station . The reason of those lamps are on that particular avenue because there is a legend behind it . The street is a state marker from it being apart of the T&P . If you go east behind the George R. Brown Convention Center under I-59/69 Elevated to the eastern portion of Texas Ave., you will see that the ave ends at Dowling St. near BBVA Stadium to the north and begins the T&P railtrail eastward towards Congress Yard then southward to Braeswood Bayou . At the eastern portion of the railtrail is a old US&S signal at one time was once lit on the "All Clear " aspect that guarded a turnout to HB&T tracks to South Yard and the row was doubletracked because there was a remnant segment of track that remained intact and assembled and a long abandoned part of roadbed where a second main had been . behind the furniture warehouse one of the mains curves to the northwest to where Ballpark Lofts sits . Another major landmark that sits near the still active portion east of Congress Yard is the Maxwell House Factory Tower which is now another food company then you have the UP Signalhouse and the HB&T Enginehouse nearby . Cullen , Milby , and Howard streets run in that area . Metro Rt. 40 Pecore/Telephone&Howard or Metro Rt. 50 Harrisburg/Navigation are the major routes for that area . Lightrail will be running along Congress Yard but will stop in front of BBVA Stadium to the north before going to downtown to the west or leaving downtown eastward . The T&P once connect union station (HB&T) what is now Minute Maid Park to the north . T&P Eastern Portion The eastern portion was a jointline entering New Orleans under the CNO&TP(Cincinnatti, New Orleans/Texas Pacific). Norfolk wanted a line to reach the midwest to Cincinnatti, Ohio then to New Orleans to the south . New Orleans was a gateway to the gulf as well as Florida because it sat on the banks of the Mississippi River to the west and Lake Ponchatrain to the north . It was home to a major rail line and soon to be a branch to others . This rail line from Norfolk was under the name of the Norfolk & Western (N&W) because of its connection to the midwest and the other was under the name of the Southern Railroad Co.(Southern)because it was homebased in the south and its connection to all points north and east of the Mississippi River. Later the two companies would be parents along with other companies to form Norfolk Southern (NS) in 1982 . T&P was founded by Jay Gould as a southern corridor to the gulf and Texas via New Orleans from the north and east of the Mississippi . Cincinnatti & New Orleans Railroad would connect toT&P tracks east of New Orleans forming the CNO&TP. T&P Western Portion The T&P expanded west of the Mississippi River to Texas and to Red River country to the northwest . So it built many lines westward primarily to Shreveport and Marshall . Shreveport would be a gateway to Texas as well as Marshall . Shreveport would connect to DFW nearly 200 miles to the west . With it situated on the Red River and a border city being 60 miles southeast of Texarkana , Oklahoma , and Arkansas , it would be a major T&P diamond . There is a abandoned administration/station building still standing in Downtown Shreveport northeast from the Greyhound Bus Station . In Dallas , Dallas Union Station now serves Dart/Amtrak/TRE Routes and Ft. Worth, the famous Tower55 still stands but is slated to be removed due to the TIGERII Tower55 Project .The new Ft.Worth Intermodal Center now serves TRE . The old Santa Fe Station serves the Texas Eagle . Mopac took over the Shreveport/DFW Lines to Houston , San Antonio ,Waco , Marshall , and Austin until the UP merger .

This city has a good housing market because we're building aparments ,townhomes , condominiums , lofts , penthouses , etc. around this city but we have to bring up our commerce and business by finding ways to increase our market for commerce and business and making sure they stay here . This would be good time for more superscrapers especially for Houston . I would love to see another superscraper in this city along with the Williams Tower. I would like to see a city observation and restaurant tower here in downtown like Dallas and San Antonio . For example , Houston Iostar or Iosphere , Houston Metrosphere or Metrostar , Torch of the Gulfwaters , SolarSphere or Solarstar ,Petrostar or Petrosphere , etc. would be examples of good names for this tower . It would have a visitor's giftshop . Most cities would have a observation/restaurant tower in their skylines that not only attracts visitors and business class people but developers also . Normally, the first structure that people look for in a city sometimes is a superstructure that is towering that they can see miles around like the Williams Tower .

Cloud , I understand this is HIGH SPEED RAIL . What I was saying was a given scenario that it is possible that they could place stops which would be lkely in high end areas for something of that type of travel or decide to express from city to city where an airport or a new class terminal would be likely to accomodate that type of travel if they decide to . It is great possibility .

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What I learned about Amtrak is that it will not traverse lines that are single tracked mainline corridors . It will only traverse corridors that are double or multi-tracked . This is also partly the reason it may bypass some townships that sit near or on single tracked corridors to avoid being late due to freight manifest (Priority Hot) being given the right of way because both traffic have to share that one line or MOW crews working on the line . This is why multi-tracking is important . Waco and College station would benefit from HSR because of Bryan's UP(SP) connection to Houston and DFW . Waco's UP(MP) Amtrak Texas Eagle) connection between DFW and Austin /San Antonio via McGregor to the west . Second , they both sit near a freeway .Waco sits on major interstate I-35 . Third , Texas A&M/Prairie View A&M and Baylor is creating commerce for Bryan and Waco. They would make good HSR stops . Houston to DFW , I live on the very line that used to host a Zephyr service at one time . It is a state marker FWDC/CRIP ( Ft Worth & Denver City /Chicago Rock Island & Pacific(The Rock(BN) it was once apart of the Cotton Belt (SP) later Burlington Route/I&GN(BN) ,etc . A little history about the line . Today , It is the BNSF Gulf Division from Tower55 in Ft. Worth to Brisbane/Bayport Division (Hobby Airport) here in the city . The line is current single tracked that begins from Hardy Tollroad to the west then northwest to Ft.Worth. A good possible corridor for the Houston/DFW HSR would be from the following stops in succession Hobby , Bush , Deerbrook , Woodlands ,College Station/PrairieView, Baylor , Dallas Love Field/TRE East/West connection to Ft. Worth Intermodal Center or Dallas Union Station .An option TRE would probably establish a intermodal center at Love Field or in Grand Prairie or East Ft Worth. I believe in some areas this line would be elevated .

The Semi's on their way to Reliant Park for the 2014 Houston Grand Prix .

Yes , that is possible Lloyd would be a good candidate being a direct connection to Davis and Settegast . Davis would make a good northern auto ramp because of the autorack traffic along the Hardy corridor which takes some of the strain off of the port as far as distribution of vehicles.Settegast is directly connected to the Turnin Basin to the south via Englewood doubletracked . Yep , the airport would probably block expansion because of the runway. It's just a given scenario . As the city is growing with the near completion of Grand Parkway and a huge influx of people moving here yearly,you probably would expect a huge increase in business and retail which would mean a demand in distribution. This would help the city and create jobs. This would help prevent congestion of lines in and out of the city.

Houston has more than plenty of park space . On the north , there is just about one big or small park per neighborhood . I would say add bigger swimming pools up to 3ft. and 5ft. deep . Recently , on tv someone came up with the idea of benches that could be chargers to any portable WIFI devices in downtown areas and city parks . A suggestion I have for Memorial Park and Buffalo Bayou is cut and remove the heavy brush and keep the trees but put industrial fencing along Buffalo Bayou and other parts of the bayou . El Franco Lee and Bear Creek could use a huge swimming pool and theatre facilities like Miller Outdoor.

That is a fast timelapse but it is good .