T.G.'s Photography Blog

Union Pacific (UP) 6826 works as the distributed power unit (DPU) on this loaded coal train that is rolling east on the UP's Jefferson City Subdivision. The train is passing through the Knox Avenue Crossing, and passing under the Hampton Avenue Overpass. February 26, 2006. St. Louis, Missouri.

UP 5411 - Knox Avenue - St. Louis, MO Union Pacific 5411 sits on the point of an eastbound autorack train at Knox Avenue that is waiting for clearance to proceed east on Union Pacific's Jefferson City Subdivision, toward Grand Interlocking . The train had just gotten the signal to proceed east toward the interlocking. From Grand Interlocking the train would continue on to Gratiot Interlocking, and then across the MacArthur Bridge from Missouri to Illinois. If my memory serves me right, I believe this train was destined for Alton & Southern's Gateway Yard in East St. Louis, Illinois. Photo taken: February 26, 2006. St. Louis, Missouri.

April 9, 2006. St. Louis, Missouri. Union Pacific (UP) 6472 is westbound at the Knox Avenue crossing, leading an empty coal train on UP's Jefferson City Subdivision. The train is passing under the Hampton Avenue overpass. Photo © Tom Gatermann

TRRA 1508 leads a transfer run under the Hampton Avenue Bridge. Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA) 1508 leads a transfer job west on BNSF's Hannibal Subdivision. The train is passing under the Hampton Avenue bridge, just to the east of Knox Avenue. The train is about to enter BNSF's Lindenwood Yard .  TRRA 1508 is an EMD SW1500 model locomotive. It was built 1969 for the TRRA. In 2010 TRRA sold its SW1500s and replaced them with higher horsepower locomotives. The SW1500s were sold, I believe, to Progress Rail and shipped down to Georgia. Photograph taken on July 22, 2006, at St. Louis, Missouri.

AMTK 192 at Knox Ave. in St. Louis, MO AMTK 192 leads Amtrak's  Ann Rutledge west on Union Pacific's Jefferson City Subdivision at Knox Avenue. Usually, the Ann Rutledge runs with single level Amfleet passenger cars, but when ridership levels are high Amtrak Superliner cars are often substituted for the single level cars. The train's next stop will be Kirkwood, MO . Eventually, the train will reach its final destination of Kansas City, MO. February 26, 2006. St. Louis, Missouri.

CITX 3092 leads a UP manifest train east along Manchester Ave. Heading east on Union Pacific's Jefferson City Subdivision , CITX 3092 leads a freight train along Manchester Avenue. The train had been waiting at Knox Avenue , just beyond the overpass in the distance, for clearance to proceed east toward Grand Interlocking . The train is approaching the Sublette Avenue crossing. Photograph taken on February 26, 2006. St. Louis, Missouri.

As I was digging through my old film archives I came across this shot from the early 1990s. Here the locomotives of two fallen flags lead a manifest freight west on the Union Pacific's Sedalia Subdivision (now named the Jefferson City Subdivision) at Knox Avenue in St. Louis, MO. On the point is St. Louis and Southwestern (Cotton Belt) 7280. I cannot make out the second unit's number, but the locomotive is a Rio Grande unit. The third unit I believe was a lease unit. Originally, the Sedalia Subdivision ran from Gratiot Tower (now called Gratiot Interlocking) in St. Louis, MO. to Rock Creek Junction, in Kansas City, MO. At some point after 1995, the subdivision was split up, and the eastern portion of the subdivision from Jefferson City to St. Louis was renamed the Jefferson City Subdivision. I'm not sure when the name change occurred, but a Union Pacific timetable I have from 1995, still lists the portion of the subdivision from Jefferson City to St. Louis as being p...