T.G.'s Photography Blog

UP 7162 at Columbia, IL In the late afternoon light, Union Pacific 7162 is leading a loaded coal train south on Union Pacific's Chester Subdivision . The train has just left Dupo Yard to the north, and it is nearing the BB Road crossing, which is just north of Interstate 255. The red block signals in the distance are on the southern end of Dupo Yard, at what is commonly referred to as Bixby. The original image was a 35mm transparency that was converted to digital using a copy slide setup. Photo taken: Circa 2000. Columbia, Illinois.

Union Pacific 2979 (an EMD SD40-2) and an unknown Norfolk Southern unit lead a trailer train south at mile post 10 on Union Pacific's Chester Subdivision . The train is approaching the DD Road crossing, just to the south of Interstate 255. In the background, the train is passing under the Interstate 255 overpass. From here, the train will continue south on the Chester Subdivision down into southern Illinois, passing through the town of Chester, Illinois, which the rail line is named for. After, continuing south from Chester, it will pass through Gorham, Illinois, where the Union Pacific's Mount Vernon Subdivision meets up with the Chester Subdivision. Eventually, the train will cross over the Mississippi River into Missouri, from Thebes, IL. Once in Missouri, it  will travel on into Arkansas, and most likely on toward Texas. Though, it could also have headed toward the Memphis, Tennessee area. About the image The image was scanned from a Kodak Ektachrome slide, us...

Union Pacific (UP) 9539 and Larry's Truck & Electric (LTEX) 9898 lead a train north on UP's Chester Subdivision, near BB Road. The train will soon be arriving at Dupo Yard, to the north of this location. Photo taken: March 10, 2006. Columbia, Illinois.

UP 9539 - Columbia, IL Union Pacific (UP) 9539 rolls north on Union Pacific's Chester Subdivision through the BB Road crossing. The crossing is just north and west of Interstate 255 (the highway crosses over and then turns and runs almost parallel to the tracks), and to the south of Union Pacific's Dupo Yard . At the same spot where I-255 crosses the Chester Subdivision, to the south, is Control Point D009 (CPD009), which is commonly referred to as ICG. At one time an Illinois Central rail line crosses the subdivision there. Photo taken: March 10, 2006. Columbia, Illinois.

UP 7881 - Chester Subdivision - Columbia, IL After having left Union Pacific's (UP) Dupo Yard, to the north of here, UP 7881 and an unknown CSX locomotive lead a manifest freight train south on UP's Chester Subdivision , near BB Road in Columbia, Illinois. In the far distance, another train was also getting ready to head south out of Dupo Yard . The image was originally captured on a 35mm Kodak Ektachrome slide. Photo taken: Winter 2004, at Columbia, Illinois.