As Fall gets into swing, a southbound freight passes BB Road in better light, and an area now void of corn. What came out of this field never had the chance to encroach upon the view of the tracks... (more)

To see an ex-Burlington Northern SD40-2 on any UP train is good, but to see an ex-BN SD40-2 trailing the Mopac heritage unit is even better! This fabulous blue and green combo has been together fo... (more)

UP 4911 Starts to build speed after stopping at ICG For two Southbounds and a Northbound to run around it. Sneeking up behind AARAS-03 is UP Train CTSWE-31 which will head into the yard at Dupo IL... (more)

BNSF 4959 Leads BNSF Train HDYTGAL north on the Union Pacific Chester Sub. This is a BNSF Trackage Rights Train where it will get on the BNSF in Saint Louis and Head up to its finial destination o... (more)

UP 8458 Is the DPU On Union Pacific Train KOAMN-03 As the Train Speeds South to its finial destination of Marion AR.

UP 7193 is working hard as the DPU of UP Train CWEAF-18 as the train has just finished crossing over BB Road in Columbia IL.

MPRPB 14 heads south along the Chester Sub, in the beginning couple miles of this crew's trip. The corn here is starting to grow tall, but this year may not obscure the tracks with the lack of rai... (more)

Having just departed Dupo, ZSEMN prepares to notch up as it passes BB Road just before sunset.

Not everywhere along the Chester Sub is flat, and this little hill over a drainage canal is acute enough to hide southbound trains a mile north. You can see that by the disappearing coal hoppers.

Just after a frosty sunrise, MASNL 17 heads south and passes by a crewless CJOWT9 16.

KMNOA 11 played engine shuttle this particular day. It is about to arrive in Dupo, IL where it will set out eight of these engines.

A northbound merchandise train pulls to a stop at DD Road, towing along a quintet of locomotives bound for Metro East Industries

UP 844 and the Mopac heritage unit lead the Little Rock Express Tour through Columbia, IL. The train is only a mile out of Dupo Yard but it is already rolling at a good clip, and we would not catc... (more)

3985 heads south on the Chester Subdivision near Columbia, IL. If you look close, you will see the Saint Louis skyline in the distance on the right side of the horizon.

Union Pacific 3985 is just south of Dupo as it rolls through the rural farmland.