Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) 3035 - EMD SD40-2

UP 3035 heads east in the afternoon

UP 3035 heads east in the afternoon

Stopped for a crew change was UP Train MPRPB 12 with an ex-CNW SD40-2 leading which had 4 crew members on board, including a fireman and an MOP.

Dont let the modern gates and welded rail fool you; here, a Union Pacific rail train is pulling up the former CNW SI Line across IL Route 143 in Edwardsville, IL, then known as the "UP Madison Sub." Just a few years earlier, the line was busier than ever, hosting UP re-routes following the meltdown of the UP/SP merger. Shortly after Halloween in 1998, the line finally fell silent after abandonment was pushed back several times due to detour traffic. Rail was removed from Madison, IL, to DeCamp, IL, and from Nilwood, IL, to Barr, IL. The line remains active from Barr to Nelson.

UP Westbound Freight Train rumbles through Rochelle, Illinois

fourth unit on a COFC

4 unit consist heading up a load of COFC

UP 3051, UP 3035, & UP 2962 with the MCHPB

MCHPB

A freshly repainted ex CNW unit leads a wb stack train across the BN River Sub after waiting for a nb BN train to cross.

Three SD40-2s head into the curve at Logan

UP 3035

A westbound UP train passes under the signal bridge

Just missed this coal drag coming over the old CGW Robert St. bridge... WAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

An ex CNW SD40-2 leads the 4 light engines to South St.Paul.

UP detour continues to Clinton after dropping 3 ICE locos at Savanna Yard.

Westbound UP detour on ICE.

Westbound UP detour on ICE.

Westbound UP detour on ICE. ICE locos to be dropped at Savanna.