Author: Mick Walker
57 Local "De Soto Switcher" picking up 12 loads at%the North end of De Soto, in Eisenhower Yard.
The H57 is just about ready to head south as soon as the ZMQDU gets by them.
The "De Soto Switcheq" blasting out of De Soto with 12 loads on its way back to Bisma
Foreign power leads a Mesquite, TX - Dupo, IL "pig train" up the "Buffalo Trail."
Late morning shot of northbound hotshot UPS "Z-train" enroute to Dupo, IL.
Early afternoon shot of ZMQDU about to cross Michigan Ave. M.P. 6.2 on DeSoto Sub.
RailCruise America dinner train meets the 57 Local at Riverside as crew prepares to switch Dow Chemical.
UP Premium Intermodal Service riding the "High Iron" on the "Buffalo Trail."
Northbound hotshot "Z-train" on a not so hot day passing through the Pevely City Park.
Hot UPS intermodal train cools down at the North end of Wickes while a loaded Hillcrest coal train clears the main ahead.
Empty grain train GSPGRK 10 passes through Cliff Cave Park 10:30 Monday morning.