This grain train has finished one leg of its journey here at Dupo. Its crew has disembarked, and it's ready for the fuel truck.
An empty eastbound autorack, running opposite main, passes the Christmas-decorated Kirkwood Depot. This one took me by surprise, as I rely on the block signal on the other track to warn me of any... (more)
A very tired looking 696 switches some stacks at Dupo.
As it passes through Kirkwood Junction, the DPU on an empty westbound coal train is garnished with snow and ice from the recent storms east of here.
A loaded unit coal train is constructed south of Dupo.
A single SD60 leads a work train of welded rail west through Kirkwood Junction. That the line is in need of work is evidenced by the wavy track in the foreground.
Ex-Conrail leads a southbound manifest around the corner and up the hill into Howell Yard.
Still in Conrail Blue, a tired old workhorse shuffles some cars around the Princeton Terminal. Note the Flexicoil trucks, even on an SD50. Conrail had a real fetish for those.
Special thanks to whoever is putting up the train ID's on my shots.
Westbound empty coal drag through Kirkwood. The illustrious N691LF, who was apparently napping as the head end rolled by, did manage to get a nice shot of the DPU here: http://www.railpictures.ne... (more)
A southbound mixed freight heads out of Dupo with a delightful smattering of power. Included in the lash-up is NS 8406 still in Conrail Blue, and EMD lease unit 6302.
Southbound out of Evansville after a crew change
Second unit is EMD's SD70M-2 demonstrator EMDX 74
A nice unpatched SP DPU on the end of a northbound empty coal drag heading into Dupo Yard.
A westbound empty coal unit train (surprise!) blasts through the rock cut at Barretts and into the bright mid-afternoon sun on a blisteringly hot day.
