K-Line
Author: Mark Herren
shots from BN/BNSF's "K-Line" along the Mississippi River in MO & IA
Photo Gallery
a BN Alco and a couple of high hood GP20s lead a manifest downriver...
this and another MoPac unit head north on the BN with an empty Cajun Electric coal train
northbound empties with a MP/UP/MP combo head out of the siding...
2nd loco on a southbound freight...
GP38/SD9/GP20 combo power a train down the "K-Line" to St. Louis....
a trio of BN power leads 63 cars north
the Cosgrove Turn has some unique power
SD40-2/U30CB/U30C combo lead CEPX loads south to St. Louis
coal loads come through Elsberry...note the old ABS signal..CTC has not come here in 1987
southbound (RR West) hotshot heads towards StLouis...(note: no bloody nose yet!)
note the angled support brackets on the bridge...soon, a doublestack will have its top ripped off by them and 90 degree brackets will replace them...
this is a "Expediter" train from Memphis to Northtown (MN) that operated over the "K-Line" for years in the 80s and early 90s...
northbound (RR East) manifest heads up the "K-Line"...
classic power on the Burlington Northern...
3 units, including a U30C, lead a coal load south along the Mississippi
an EMD/CP combo lead a manifest upriver...probably #441
a St.Louis bound manifest heads down the 'K-Line'....
one of ten locos on a power move from W Quincy to Lindenwood
light movement including a W&S F45, GATX & EMD leasing, and a couple of switchers head towards StLouis
after going into emergency, the crew learns that a broken hose is the culprit
3 BN motors pull UCEX loads to UE's Rush Island plant
a SD60 & SD60MAC team up to haul a coal train downriver
empty UCEX hoppers cruise upriver
I'll always refer to these as 'Oakway' units....
a rail train leaves the siding...
ooops...for some reason I have entered the wrong info on this pic...it is now corrected
south (west)bound manifest runs by us in the hole at Dundee
a rail rolled over (after a rail crew had been through!!) causing this derailment
beans are ready!!
this is the only photo I have of my Pop at the throttle of a locomotive
couple of C30-7s head toward St.Louis with another load of coal
just south of the west switch, the reamins of a derailment are left
1522 awaits a southbound while holding the main
southbound manifest with a ATSF SD40-2 and a LMX unit
this train has just entered TWC territory as it heads upriver..
always be Oakway to me, not EMDX!!! UCEX loads head south through town....
Begin/End CTC here at 'East Elsberry'...note the C30-7 trailing!
east(north)bound coal empties
a pair of Macs on the K-Line
parting shot after a cabride...
railroad 'east'...geographically north
just south of town on Old Hwy 79
just north of Louisiana, the road along the tracks is under water
unique power combo leads a manifest up the K-Line
coal empties pass through the siding around a train sitting on the main
dont know hkw many UD70Macs make it to freight service...
still showing the "C&S" on the long hood...
a pair of Macs lead a loaded UCEX coal train through Riverfront Park
SB manifest...probably PASMEM from looking at the string of reefers...