A Colorful String of Respondek locomotives Sit in Granite City. Some of the New Locomotives Respondek Recently Purchased are in this String, One of Which being an Ex Milwaukee Road "Bandit" GP40.

A DPU of a Coal train Heads East as a Westbound Manifest throttles up after a stopping to do a roll by of the coal train.

After Making a set out and pick up in Palestine Yard NS 2634 Begins to head North Leading its manifest towards Longview Texas.

A UP Switch Job working around Dupo Shoves back to the Intermodal Ramp while a pair of CSX Engines await their next assignment.

A CSX EMD Built SD70MAC and a CSX GE Built C40-8W Sit in Dupo Yard awaiting their next assignment.

UP 6512 shoves an Empty Coal Train into Dupo, after a crew change this train will head west back to the Coal Fields in Wyoming.

UP 2053 Through Pacific working the rock plant in Pacific.

A Pair of CSX Locomotive await their Next assignment sitting in the yard at Dupo Illinois.

A Oil Train Bound for the Gulf of Mexico passes through Columbia Illinois on the UP Chester Sub.

A Busy Time at Union Station In Kansas City. A DPU of a Eastbound Coal train has just come from under the freight house bridge as a westbound BNSF Intermodal comes into the picture.

I wanted to get the UP 6900 (DDA40X on left of photo), the UP 4023 (4-8-8-4 Big Boy Steam Locomotive), the American Flag and UP flag on the flag pole in the middle and the Union Pacific Logo in th... (more)

On A Beautiful Day in late July A Long Intermodal Train Passes a Stopped Coal Train Waiting for a Signal at Hershey.

After Running Uphill through Knee High Weeds, Grass, and Sunflowers, I Get this shot of a Westbound Coal Train Entering The "S" Curve Along the UP Triple Track, Nicknamed "Buttermilk Curve".

UP 5085 Leads a Westbound Freight on the Geneva Sub through Rochelle Illinois, as a few Train watchers get their photos and videos of the trains passing.

Southbound Z Train from Yard Center IL to Houston TX heads south on the Chester Sub, Here it is seen passing under the signals in by the Dupo Yard.