A high priority train moving along quickly on the UP Chester Sub at Kk Road.

Skirting the fall colored bluffs of the mighty Mississippi River, two Union Pacific SD70M's fly north up the Chester Subdivision and over the lonely Harris Rd grade crossing with a long Eagle Pass... (more)

This auto rack train is cruising north into St. Louis on the Chester Sub. The early morning fog is quickly burning off as the sun comes up over the bluffs.

A Pair of ACes lead MASPBX 25 South on the Chester Sub. The second locomotive is a Ferromex (FXE) ACe. These two locomotives make for a neat little consist on this Southbound.

UP ES44AC 7888 is the DPU of a Northbound intermodal heading north on the Chester Sub as a the trees on the bluffs begin to change color.

A UP coal train coasts to a stop as trains get backed up heading into Dupo. The morning fog is almost gone, leaving everything covered with dew.

A north bound mixed freight splitting the signals at Lake Moredock on the UP Chester Sub.

North bound UP rail train at the crossovers at Moredock Lake on the UP Chester Sub.

BNSF oil cruising through good looking corn fields at Ziebold Road near Valmeyer.

A south bound mixed freight dodges the shadows at Ziebold Road. Luckily the sun popped out just as this train appeared.

After waiting for maintenance crews, five south bound trains came in quick succession. This one is coming off Lake Moredock.

A southbound oil train skirting a thunderstorm at Rock City.

A colorful consist of BNSF locomotives skirts the trailing edge of a thunderstorm on UP's Chester Subdivision south of Valmeyer, IL. The power consists of a brand new SD70ACe, a Grinstein green BN... (more)

A glimpse into the past. "Old" Valmeyer, IL, was once a quaint small town two miles from the east bank of the mighty Mississippi River. In 1993, the Mississippi flooded its banks in one of ... (more)

UP 6887 Serves as the DPU on a Northbound Coal Train. Here the Train is seen Rounding the Curve in Valmeyer Illinois on the Union Pacific's Chester Sub.