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.

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

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.

An MP15DC number 1363 Awaits its next assignment in Dupo Illinois, and a Nice Summer Morning.

A Rock Island-painted GP30 bound for the Arkansas and Oklahoma trails a pair of UP SD70Ms powering up out of Dupo, IL, fresh off of a crew change.

St. Louis-bound auto train.

A UP coal train awaits a new crew as a bar across the street is looking for judges for an "interesting" tournament the next night at Dupo,IL on 10/9/09.

AEGAS 28 makes its way northward at the first light of day surrounded by the recent snowfall in the Saint Louis area.

Having just left Dupo, the Little Rock Express traverses the beautiful Illinois farmland (and this wonderfully flat, ready for planting field!) on its way to Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Katy Flyer. In this pacing shot from parallel Main Street, UP's MKT heritage unit leads intermodal train KOAMN into the yard at Dupo. Although it looks like a high speed pace, Miss Katy was... (more)

The MKT heritage unit eases intermodal train KOAMN into the yard at Dupo to set out many of its cars and the second SD70M. The Katy looks good under the Mopac cantilever signal.

Railroad Street. Almost every town has one. This unassuming street sign leading to a small gravel road doesn't look like much, and perhaps it isn't much, but it shows off the importance tha... (more)

UP MNLAS 20 comes north this morning past the growing cornfields of Illinois. It is loaded with colorful power, including leader NS 9836, UP 3273, CN 2403, CN 5436, UP 7884, UP 7876, UP 3300, UP 9... (more)

The crew of this yard job has just a short time left to work in the cold this evening, getting finished right at sunset. They are putting the engine away down the old hump track at Dupo Yard.

The cacti may give this a southwestern appeal, but really, it was just another late summer day in St. Louis. I guess someone decided the ROW needed to be decorated with a spread of cactus.