A UP SD70M pokes its nose out from the crowded area of the MacArthur Bridge lead, and 6th Street scales area. Train was IMNSE 03.
Train 303 rests for a short time before continuing on to Kansas City.
This BNSF train is apparently waiting for a crew. Check out the second unit, like 3 railroads, the CN noodle, sublettered for GTW, and in KCS paint!
A UP coal drag splits the signals at Kirk Jct. Train was CNATH9 29.
In the late afternoon, a SD40-2, and a pumpkin GP60M lead a southbound manifest towards the signal at MP 12.5, known as "Alpha."
On this chilly December morning, just after the relief crew arrived, this UP manifest, MWNSL 24, waits for the highball to continue on into St. Louis.
Certainly an interesting find, a former UP SW10 rests in the MRS yard. These units have a 645BC (567BC w/ 645 power assemblies), and a radiator section from a scrapped GP9.
This UP empty coal drag, CCSBT 23, puts on a good smoke show while accelerating out of Grand Ave., and who says you cant find trains on Thanksgiving?
A BNSF manifest freight with two SD40-2's for power, is tied down at Kings Highway, while a UP intermodeal rolls past on the higher trackage.
A UP empty coal drag, consisting of brand new aluminum hoppers, screams through the Kirkwood Rd. crossing.
I only had seconds after I pulled up, to set up before this manifest rolled by.
Against the backdrop of a dramatic sunset, MNLAS 28 with NS 8820 waits for a crew. Strangely, even though the units were left on the main, both were offline.
A manifest freight rockets around the curve into Kirkwood, the second unit said "Under Warrenty." Train was AASKSB 29.
Coal meets coal at Kirkwood. Train was CAENA 29.
As the evening lingers on, UP 8239 quietly chants away at the end of CNATH9 14, awaiting the call that will send her, and her train east.
