After doing work at Effingham, IL, the engineer on CSX St. Louis Line local J729 20 has the throttle notched highly with 64 cars bound for Rose Lake Yard in East St. Louis, IL. Guarding the train's journey west of St. Elmo, IL, is a well-weathered tri-light "bowling ball" signal that was installed during the Conrail era. These signals have fallen rapidly over that last few years, and now only 5 locations on the St. Louis Line still can lay claim to these interesting lights. As for J729's consist, a former B&O GP40-2, mated with a road slug, heads up this nifty set of YN3 geeps. A GP38-2 trails in the third position.
