Southern Pacific (SP) SD7 2716 was sporting improvised extended sunshades to protect from the early summer heat in Roseville, CA on Sunday, June 28, 1973. It was doubling over an eastbound train that was led by UP power.
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SP 2716 was an EMD SD7, SP Class ES615-3. Reportedly: it was built as SP 5309, SP Class DF-117, in 1953, construction number 18381, the first of it's class, and was built with 62:15 gearing, steam generators and signal lights at each end. Renumbered to 2716 in the 1965 renumbering, it was renumbered again to 1416 in 1973. SP 1416 was upgraded in 1979 to SP Class ES615R-1 1511. SP 1511 was retired and sold in 1995.

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Ahead of a new school year, Union Pacific has lifted the train traffic curfew at the rail crossing near Milby High School in Houston, where a 15-year-old student died last December while crossing the tracks on his way to school.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/hisd/2025/08/08/528338/union-pacific-resumes-morning-and-afternoon-train-traffic-near-houstons-milby-high-school/

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As the Trump Administration makes federal budget cuts and reportedly considers firing more than 1,000 EPA employees, there are concerns about what that could mean for a contaminated railyard site in Houston.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/02/04/512925/uncertainty-at-epa-causes-concerns-about-cancer-cluster-investigation-in-houston/

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Houston ISD Superintendent Mike announced this evening that he would be working with Mayor John Whitmire and County Judge Lina Hidalgo on how to better ensure safety for students crossing railroad tracks on their way to school.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2024/12/12/508630/houston-isd-to-work-with-mayor-county-judge-on-potential-safer-student-railroad-crossings/

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The parents of a Houston teenager who was struck and killed by a train while walking to school Monday morning have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Union Pacific Railroad and an unnamed train operator.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2024/12/11/508499/parents-of-milby-hs-student-killed-by-train-file-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-union-pacific/

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After a 15-year-old Milby High School student was killed by a train on Monday, Houston Mayor John Whitmire called for the construction of a pedestrian sky bridge near the campus. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2024/12/11/508480/mayor-whitmire-calls-for-pedestrian-sky-bridge-at-milby-high-school-after-student-killed-by-train/

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Houston ISD is offering to help pay for the funeral of the Milby High School student who was fatally struck by a train on their way to school Tuesday. The district is also defending the school's principle who has been criticized by some community members.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2024/12/10/508372/houston-isd-offers-to-help-cover-funeral-cost-for-teen-killed-in-train-collision-defends-school/

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his is the Union Pacific 4014, the most powerful locomotive ever built, it has been restored and maybe coming near you this year. Schedule is posted online.

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✧ Dale Creek Crossing ✧

The Dale Creek Crossing was a 650-foot (200 m) bridge in the southeastern Wyoming Territory, United States, completed in 1868. It was constructed by the Union Pacific Railroad as part of the first transcontinental railroad. With a maximum height of 150 feet (46 m) and with a necessity...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Creek_Crossing