UP 5514 was a mid-train DPU for an eastbound freight in the UP yards at Jefferson City, MO on 3-16-2024.
Was NOT expecting 4 mid-train helpers!
South Bound UP
NS 167
UP 5514 leads a southbound oil train past the Amtrak depot on a soggy Saturday
NS 147...
NS 147...
NS 147...
NS 147...
Mid train DPU
CP train 287.
CP Train Heading North on the CP Emerson Subdivision
CP Train Heading North on the CP Emerson Subdivision, with UP foreign power.
CP 8847 @ UP 4514
CP 8847 @ UP 5514
CP 8847 @ UP 5514
Not the perfect day, location or unit leading, but still it made my day.
They picked up speed after leaving Mosier
Lots of trucks running wind tower section and turbine blades eastbound on the interstate.
Thought I had missed this one earlier, and had to turn around to catch him.
Left after the first stacker only to catch this one five minutes behind, had to turn around at Hood River.
UP-5514 East at the Clover Creek Bridge and the bottom of the grade up King Hill just east of King Hill, Idaho.
UP-5514 East passes thru the "S" curve along the Snake River between Glenns Ferry and King Hill, Idaho.
UP-8640 West meeting UP-5514 East along the Snake River at Glenns Ferry, Idaho
5514 waits with westbound autoracks on the IHB at Hammond, IN.
5514 waits with westbound autoracks on the IHB at Hammond, IN.
5514 & 8463 wait with westbound autoracks on the IHB at Hammond, IN.
Hostlers at work.
This was the sight of the day. Seeing 10 Engines pulling 42 Stack Cars.