After throwing a switch, the conductor will give a signal, and the engineer will reverse this pair of SD40-2's back into the yard. These are the resident hump engines at Gateway. Canon 350D, 75-30... (more)
One of the A&S' several SW1500's, paired with a former SP 1500, goes to work shoving its cut back into the yard after a long poke . Canon 350D, 28-80mm.
One of KCS's GP40-2W's, with their unique lighting arrangement, gets some attention at the former GWWR engine facilities. Canon 350D, 28-80mm.
This brand new ES44AC pounds across the diamonds at Valley Jct. with a bare table train for Dupo's intermodal facility. Canon 350D, 75-300mm.
Strange Bedfellows: A KCS slug set sits MUed to EMLX 8551, one of the Ex. UP SD90MAC-H II's. Interesting to see these two sharing space in the engine facility, much less MUed together. Canon 350D,... (more)
Light power swings off the TRRA's Madison line through Valley to reach the old SP yard. On the bridge, a coal train with two Ex. SP's also waits to enter the SP yard. Canon 350D, 75-300mm.
DPU on a Westbound coal train
Westbound coal train
The TRRA MOW crew gets out of the way as this loaded UP coal drag barges through. Note the A&S transfer ready to go on the bridge. Canon 350D, 28-80mm.
A UP coal drag comes off the MacArthur Bridge and down the approach before entering the Chester Sub. Canon 350D, 75-300mm.
Above Hole In The Wall is the TRRA MacArthur Bridge District-Northeast approach high line across the river from the Arch
Southbound freight heading to the UP chester Sub
At Sunset, a T.R.R.A. track gang works with a small window of time to replace a few ties in the web of rails known as Valley Jct. It hasn't been long and there are already several trains waiting t... (more)
Late in the afternoon, IHOYC comes off the Chester Sub through Valley Jct. and onto track 2 of the Springfield Sub. Canon 350D, 75-300mm.