This shows just how hectic Valley Jct. can be, 1 southbound, 1 northbound, and 2 on the bridge, ready to go. Train was COVAT 19.
A pair of A&S switchers pull around the yard lead and prepare to shove this cut over the hump.
A UP manifest coming off the MacArthur bridge crosses over the T.R.R.A. Train was QNPAS 19.
The Kirkwood Depot is all "spiffed up" for Christmas time, as a UP manifest freight, with 5 locos, crawls up the hill.
A CEFX SD40 rebuild leads a set of light locomotives pulling out of the yard to reverse to their waiting train, then they will head south. Train was 2ZSEME 11.
A couple of T.R.R.A. SW1200's, another SW1200, a UP SW10, and a CNW F7(B) rest in the MRS yard. The number of older T.R.R.A. switchers at the MRS yard leads me to believe that the T.R.R.A. might b... (more)
MRS #255 and a T.R.R.A. SW1200 sit outside the engine house late this afternoon.
This Cargill switcher idles at the grain facility on the Mississippi's East side. 1 or 2 of the cylinders in the back 6 cylinders appear to be "running dirty" with a high fuel to air ratio.
In the fading light, CN and NS units pass under the southbound control signal, heading north. Train was ASHASX 13.
A UP stack train heads west through Maplewood, one of the workers on the line was getting really pissed off, the dispatcher wasn't answering him! It took him 17 mins and 9 trys to get a reply! Tra... (more)
Locomotives 102 and 103 are decorated for the Christmas season with icicle lights on the stainless steel grill.
A somewhat abbreviated UP stack train comes past the Dupo yard tower, and prepares to reverse into the yard. Train was KOAMN 07.
Amtrak 303, running a couple minutes behind, rounds the curve at a brisk pace and heads for Kirkwood.
A CSX rock/ballast train, behind a SD45-2 and a C40-8W, prepares to cross the swing bridge (built in 1904) that carry the tracks across the St. Joseph Harbor.
The Verde Canyon's two former Alaska RR FP7(A)'s hug the walls of the spectacular Verde Canyon, that was a trip I'll never forget.
