NS 115 holding the main for the westbound NS 375
Challenger 3985 picking up road speed after passing through Dupo....making tracks for Houston out of St Louis after a 5-day layover for repairs.
Challenger 3985 just after crossing the MS river...making tracks for Houston out of St Louis after a 5-day layover for repairs.
Challenger 3985 makes tracks out of St Louis after a 5-day layover for repairs.
Needing a wash job, UP8141 and the UP C44AC 6191 (former SP 143) are DPUs on a westbound coal drag through Belleville.
Eastbound 111 rounds the curve at MP 16 in Belleville.
With 2 hi-nose EMD SD40-2s in charge, eastbound NS 115 rounds the curve at Belleville today.
E/B NS 111 tops the grade in Belleville this chilly Saturday afternoon.
W/B 224 rolling through the IL coutryside...this was a monster 13K foot train...it wouldn't fit any NS sidings!
E/B 69G is the 4th of 5 trains for the mega-meet at New Baden this AM.
283 holds the main with 375 and 168 patiently waiting in the hole... 375 spent 2.5 hours on the meet!
A typically 'puny' 1200 ft long NS 283 arrives New Baden...1st E/B arrival of a 5-train meet early this AM (E/B 283/69G/223 meet W/B 375/168)
Eastbound NS 115 passes the west switch and station sign in Belleville.
Eastbound NS 223 sports a former Conrail re-paint on the point this morning.
