Next, one of a series of shots from 2-3-90 in Dupo, IL. UP was still using cabooses on the Labadie coal trains.
After the SP-DRGW merger, it was quite common to see solid sets of DRGW power on SP trackage-rights trains through Kirkwood, as seen here on 4-8-90.
Same spot, 6 months later, a set of 4 UP SD40-2s, 3 of them ex-MP, come to a stop in front of the Kirkwood depot, waiting for a green signal. Remember when solid sets of SD40s were the norm? 10-5-90
Earlier in 1990, I moved to Indianapolis to be the store manager of GTS#2 in Indianapolis Union Station. On a camping trip to southern Indiana in June of 91, I managed to get in a side-trip to Mitchell, IN, where I caught this eastbound on the former B&O, leaving town after making a setout.
Avon, IN was the location of Conrail’s main yard in the Indy area, 15 miles west of downtown Indianapolis. A westbound freight approaches the yard in December 1992, having just passed under the ex-NYC line to Crawfordsville.
Indiana Southern, Indy, IN 7-93. This location was on Indy’s southwest side @ the junction of I-465 and IN-67. The ISOR has just acquired this ex-PRR line from Conrail.
Moved back to STL in 1994. While I was gone, MetroLink was built on the former Wabash line to Delmar & beyond, and its construction required are-alignment of the TRRA junction @ Grand. A westbound BN train off the K-Line rolls through Grand in November 1994.
Even though its on the homepage, I love this shot. My first visit to the Santa Fe hooked me for life. 5-2-95, train 199 westbound through Marceline with a 1 month old Sd75M up front. You can see video of this from my youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvXyaJP4t8g
Skip ahead to 1998: KCS business train made a visit to STL Union Station, and the public access made for decent night shots.
Staying with night shots, ATSF 98 parked @ the Gateway Western facility in East St Louis, sometime in 1998.
NS’ former Wabash main to Moberly was not one that I visited very often (still isn’t), but did so in December 1998, catching a local freight working west.
Finally, to wrap up this 1990s look is this shot of a westbound BNSF train @ Eureka in 1999.
steam page coming later…