A Warm Winter Day

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stlgevo51

Steam Chaser
Saturday was a nice day to get out to take some photos. A slow beginning turned into a busy ending as the afternoon went on. I saw a lot more trains than I was able to shoot, but we scouted out some new areas that I will get back to in the future.

First, 2 KCS end cabs pull stored SD40-2s out of the deadline in East St. Louis. Unfortunately, they were pulling out centerbeams, not locomotives, to be placed back into service. Most of these are ex-Burlington Northern.
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Storage Under the Arch by stlgevo51, on Flickr
Then, down on the Chester Sub, a southbound grain passes with an SP.
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Southbound Grain by stlgevo51, on Flickr
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Grain DPU at Fults by stlgevo51, on Flickr
A KCS Belle on a stack train proved to be a good train to chase, and, thanks to some slow orders and a stopped coal train (no idea what happened), we were able to get a couple of shots on the hard-to-chase line. First shot is at Fults and the second is at Valmeyer.
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Stacker at Fults by stlgevo51, on Flickr
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Colorful Train by stlgevo51, on Flickr

We saw two more Belle Gevos after that but we didn't get shots. KCS power was plentiful on the Chester Sub!

Thanks for looking!
 




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