I was set up to shoot this lumbering westbound manifest when a fast stacker approached eastbound on the near track. Point the camera in a likely direction and hope for the best...

Union Pacific Intermodal Train ZSEMN Rockets down the Chester Sub Just south of Columbia IL

After Making a Set Out in Dupo and getting a Recrew, ZSEMN Rockets South Down the Chester Sub as the Snow Continues to Melt in the Sun.

Stopping in the siding at Dresden is UP Train ZSEMN 31. It will be here a while, as another flood detour coal load ahead of it has pulled a drawbar and is setting out a car with the help of the J... (more)

The UP River Sub. is out because, well, the Missouri River that the line is named after is out of its banks. So when flooding happens, the UP Sedalia Sub. is again a bi-directional railroad. Fir... (more)

A single engine brings a short string of intermodals into the west end of Union Pacific's Marion Yard.

UP 7623 leads an eastbound intermodal through Kansas City's West Bottoms as it moves toward St. Louis and eventually Marion, AR.

The Woes of the Sedalia Sub. With the Missouri River flooding and covering parts of Union Pacific's River Sub, the railroad has moved eastbound traffic to the primarily-westbound Sedalia Su... (more)

The Western Pacific heritage unit leads a Marion, AR, bound intermodal train through another town called Marion, though this one is in Missouri. In just a few minutes, the WP would pull up to the ... (more)

Heritage Glint. In the last few moments of sunlight, intermodal train ZSEMN 07 enters the western edge of the St. Louis suburbs with the WP heritage unit in the lead.

A GEVO out of the most recent order leads UP Train ZSEMN 22 through ASB Jct. on Main Track 3 of the KC Metro Sub.

UP 4962 is ready to rock n roll on a Southbound freight

Southbound Intermodal