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From: Dan -Sharon Schroeder <railman> Subject: New UP power Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 08:57:16 -0700 Saw UP7329 leading a Labidie coal train through Jeff City yesterday, I = believe these are new 6000 HP GE's. The series starts at 7300 to ?. = They started coming on the UP at the end of April. I believe I got a = great image of the train from the Jeff City Hwy 63 bridge easing into = town along the Missouri River bluffs. This spot(Missouri River bridge = under construction) is best in the early summer mornings with a small = telephoto lense and after 8:30 with a normal lense probably until about = 11:00AM or so. A question for Choo-Choo Charlie, the rumor is that the BNSF has sold = the lead branch out of Cuba, MO. True? What are the radio channels on = the Cuba sub? I will try to shoot down that line in June especially = between Valley Park and Dixon. What may be some highlights of the line = that I might not see from a road? I know the Meramac river bridge in = Times Beach ( which might be able to access from as the park is now = toxin free and may be able to drive back into the river) and also the = bridge at Jerome (west of Rolla). Give us the scoop.=20 Also in relation to the detours up the Cuba sub while the Thayer is = closed, the BNSF is supposed to detour over the GWWR Kansas City to St. = Louis. Also, the coal trains to Memphis I had heard were to stay in Iowa = to Burlington and then down the K-Line into St. Louis.=20 Not only will the Cuba sub see mucho trains while the work goes on the = Thayer sub, but the K-Line and particularly the River Sub out of St. = Louis to Turrell-Memphis will be quite active. =20 Any other routes the BNSF will utilize while the Thayer work proceeds? = =20 ======================================================= -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved =======================================================
