St Louis Metro Area

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GWWR 3013 leads a train past WR tower. Date Appox.

Gateway Western 1501 is being fuel on this holiday monday in 1995

ex KCT 72

DGRW 5401 leads a westbound at Kirkwood , Mo in June 1995

SSW 2261 dead in transit on a northbound train . While UP 4308 prepares to depart with a southbound out the Valley Tie Yard

Amtrak Train 303 is preparing for it stop at Kirkwood

CNW 8604 on the point of a loaded coal train.

NPMENS lead by UP 9276 passes by Kirkwood Station.

CB4WL lead by UP 9301.

3 WC SD45 lead 1LBEST over the hill.

UP 2439 leads a eastbound past the depot. date appx.

Two St. Louis Landmarks that are forever gone Gratiot St. Tower and Busch Stadium. The tower was torn down in 1996 and Busch Stadium was torn in 2005.

Frisco 1522 sits at Lindenwood Yard. date app.

BN 1384 now has its signal to proceed on to Fenton.

The BN's Chrysler Turn stops to work the box at the Fairlawn interlocking. This was train was very commonplace in 1995 running each day from Lindenwood Yard to Fenton. The interlocking at which this train stopped was MoPac's Carondelet Branch. By 1995 it was reduced to UP's Kirkwood Industrial Lead. This BN train was an empty autorack move to be loaded at Fenton's Chrysler Assembly Plant, but by 2006 this train is no more. The huge Chrysler plant is switched by the Missouri and Valley Park. The diamond in this picture is now gone. Vehicles that this train carried on its return trip back to Lindenwood are trucked to Centreville, IL and loaded for the UP to handle.

Fittingly the Chrysler turn heads into the sunset. All this just goes show you what is commonplace now may not be 11 years later.

UP 9518 leads westbound at Kirkwood. Date Appox.

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SSW 9641 leads eastbound stack train

MESEZ. Date Appox.

UP 1641 leads the eastbound local during a thunderstorm. date appox

UP 3491 leads a westbound . date appx.

MESEZ

Full light package.

Power sits on the Gateway Western pit at East St. Louis with the arch in the background.

SP 8172 is stopped at MP14 leading an eastbound.

Back on the move , SP 8013 and SP 7512 bring their eastbound over the hill.

After checking his signal, the conductor reboards this eastbound lead by SP 8013

Then new SP 267 leads a westbound empty . date appox.

wb ballast train. date appox

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SP 8524 catch the last rays of sunlight .

UP 3244 leads ASKS past the depot.

UP 9272 leads an westbound loaded coal train.

NS 6578 leads a train past the then closed, and now gone, WR tower.

SP train ASRVM led by 3 CSXT Dash 8's.

UP 3276 leads a westbound with one of the area's children running along side. I wonder what phoamer this child grew up to be?

CHLI passes Mockingbird Lane on its way south on the A&S.

DADUZ at Jerome Ln.

Train 437 yarding at the A&S

SP 7477 leads ASKCM through Kirkwood into the setting sun

LNJ56 swings around a curve with silica dust blowing off the hoppers picked up at US Silica in Pacific, MO.

CBTUN 10 sit in the Valley Tie Yard. The lead 2 uints CR 563 and UP 885 were used as helper units to get the train over Kirkwood Hill and the MacArthur Bridge.

UP 2274 leads eastbound local LNJ 56 at Eureka , Mo