A neat looking A-B-A set leads 114 cars eastward near Dexter Missouri in 1951. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

An eastbound grain train is passing the former MP station in this great little junction town. My kinda place. The station now houses the local Chamber of Commerce and a museum.

After a crew change, rebuilt GE accelerates north with a bare table train.

Having gotten a new camera body, I was happy to break it in with the UP 4014 Big Boy to see what kind of picture quality I was going to get. I'm very happy with the Canon 5DSR.

After changing pilot crews and posing with employees and family, UP 4014 heads north towards St. Louis.

At 60 MPH, UP Train LSI55 30 bolts past the detector at MP 144.8 on the UP Hoxie Sub. on the way back to Poplar Bluff after meeting the MNLAS 30.

Locomotives: GMTX 2160, HLCX 1046

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About to hit the detector at MP 144.8 on the UP Hoxie Sub. are units from the CN and BC Rail with UP Train MNLAS 30, coming into town for a meet with the LSI55 30 before sneaking up to North Dexte... (more)

With a pair of brand new EMD SD70AH's on the head end, UP Train ZYCLDB 29 has it in notch 8 leaving town. The train being visible in the background is a new vista for here, as both sides of the t... (more)

The light power off UP Train WWVHPT 29 noses up onto the UP Hoxie Sub. Main Track 2 at Dexter Jct. as they run around their train. They pulled up to CP D168 at North Dexter on Chester Sub. Main 1... (more)

After running around their train at North Dexter, UP Train WWVHPT 29 is now headed south on the UP Jonesboro Sub. as seen from the MO Highway 114 Overpass. This is an empty tie train that was bou... (more)

A pair of EMD's bring UP Train MYCPB 29 through Stoddard Street on the UP Jonesoboro Sub. The track in the foreground is the House Track, and the depot used to sit just on this side of the crossi... (more)

One of the few remaining GRS G-Head signals of Missouri Pacific vintage protects UP Train MASNL 19 hammering up the hill at Charleston Jct. in Downtown Dexter.

Not very many G Heads are stil... (more)

A NS GEVO leads UP Train MTTPB 04 south on the UP Chester Sub. Main Track 2 towards MO Jct. as it departs the UP North Dexter Crew Change Point with a fresh crew for the trip to Pine Bluf, AR. On... (more)

The "Trek to Tennessee" Special approaches its final stop for the day in Dexter, MO.

UP #844 Steam Train PDXMN2-20 departs Dexter in a cloud of steam as they start to pull for the run to Marion, AR on it's Trek to Tennessee for the Big River Crossing grand opening in Memphis, TN