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Viewing Album:  Along the Rails of Kansas: October 2010
 
By:Lucas McIntyre
Dates:10/1/2010 - 10/31/2010
Album Info:Various photos from Northeast Kansas. UP 3985, Unusual afternoon in Alma and others.
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UP 5997
Title:  UP 5997
Description:  Eastbound coal train with 143 TILX gons.
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/2/2010 11:48:35 AM
Location:  Aikins, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5997(AC44CWCTE) UP 6319(AC44CW)
Views:  387   Comments: 1
UP 6319
Title:  UP 6319
Description:  It's all about making it through the curve and over that hill.
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/2/2010 11:50:47 AM
Location:  Aikins, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6319(AC44CW) UP 5997(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  379   Comments: 0
UP 6475
Title:  UP 6475
Description:  Three units lead a UCEX train east.
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/2/2010 11:52:38 AM
Location:  Aikins, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6475(AC44CW) UP 5815(AC44CWCTE) UP 6157(AC44CW)
Views:  508   Comments: 1
UP 6157
Title:  UP 6157
Description:  Trailing unit. The 3 coal trains I saw at Aikins all had SP power.
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/2/2010 11:55:59 AM
Location:  Aikins, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6157(AC44CW)
Views:  336   Comments: 0
UP 5873
Title:  UP 5873
Description:  UCEX train DPU.
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/2/2010 11:57:16 AM
Location:  Aikins, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5873(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
UP 7210
Title:  UP 7210
Description:  Eastbound coal train.
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/2/2010 11:59:02 AM
Location:  Aikins, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7210(CM44AC) SP 107(AC44CW)
Views:  486   Comments: 1
UP 7210
Title:  UP 7210
Description:  Another shot of the same eastbound coal. This train is heading to Arkansas.
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/2/2010 12:04:29 PM
Location:  Aikins, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7210(CM44AC) SP 107(AC44CW)
Views:  442   Comments: 0
SP 107
Title:  SP 107
Description:  Side shot of a great looking unpatched SP.
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/2/2010 12:08:30 PM
Location:  Aikins, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SP 107(AC44CW)
Views:  529   Comments: 1
SP 107
Title:  SP 107
Description:  A more front angle shot. SP 107 trailing behind UP 7210
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/2/2010 12:10:11 PM
Location:  Aikins, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SP 107(AC44CW)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
UP 5790
Title:  UP 5790
Description:  Shoving the ETRX train up the hill. This guy was running very slow. Of course part of that is do to the steep grade.
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/2/2010 12:12:24 PM
Location:  Aikins, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5790(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  279   Comments: 0
UP 5220
Title:  UP 5220
Description:  Eastbound stack train, ITAMN (?)
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/2/2010 12:20:16 PM
Location:  Aikins, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5220(SD70M) UP 4629(SD70M) UP 4452(SD70M)
Views:  381   Comments: 0
UP 5220
Title:  UP 5220
Description:  Closer to the crossing. This guy didnt hardly have any struggle making the hill with its 83 wells.
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/2/2010 12:22:00 PM
Location:  Aikins, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5220(SD70M) UP 4629(SD70M) UP 4452(SD70M)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  I can hardly believe after 6 years of waiting, I finally got to see UP 3985. She looks impressive crawling up the hill at 20 MPH or so.
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/2/2010 12:24:09 PM
Location:  Aikins, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  187   Comments: 2
UP 3985
Title:  UP 3985
Description:  Charging east at 20 MPH, todays train was the SMVKC 02. This was a mistake photo. After a little croping it turned out ok.
Photo Date:  10/2/2010  Upload Date: 10/2/2010 12:27:16 PM
Location:  Aikins, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 3985(4-6-6-4)
Views:  201   Comments: 0
UP 6968
Title:  UP 6968
Description:  A freshly renumbered AC4460CW leads a coal train east as fall foliage begins to pop up.
Photo Date:  10/11/2010  Upload Date: 10/11/2010 11:11:10 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6968(AC4460CW) UP 6221(AC44CW)
Views:  385   Comments: 0
MP 589594
Title:  MP 589594
Description:  A rare center logoed MoPac open hopper rides the rails in an eastbound coal train. I had to crop the photo and as a result the quality isn't the best.
Photo Date:  10/11/2010  Upload Date: 10/11/2010 11:13:50 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  113   Comments: 0
LLPX 2227
Title:  LLPX 2227
Description:  Eastbound MTPTP 12.
Photo Date:  10/12/2010  Upload Date: 10/16/2010 12:40:40 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  LLPX 2227(GP38) HLCX 1056(GP38-2)
Views:  358   Comments: 0
UP 6465
Title:  UP 6465
Description:  Eastbound coal
Photo Date:  10/16/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:03:45 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6465(AC44CW) UP 6064(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  292   Comments: 1
UP 6465
Title:  UP 6465
Description:  Eastbound coal and some fall foliage, someting I like a lot
Photo Date:  10/16/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:04:59 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6465(AC44CW) UP 6064(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  317   Comments: 0
UP 6064
Title:  UP 6064
Description:  Second out on an eastbound coal.
Photo Date:  10/16/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:08:56 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6064(AC44CWCTE) UP 6465(AC44CW)
Views:  275   Comments: 0
UP 6349
Title:  UP 6349
Description:  DPU
Photo Date:  10/16/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:12:06 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6349(AC44CW)
Views:  226   Comments: 0
UP 6959
Title:  UP 6959
Description:  DPU on a westbound coal train. Yet another ex AC6000CW that is relatively an AC4400CW in a AC6000CW body. I left after this, only to miss an ex Conrail SD40-2.
Photo Date:  10/16/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:14:42 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6959(AC4460CW)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
UP 7467
Title:  UP 7467
Description:  Eastbound domestic stack.
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:18:08 PM
Location:  Alma, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7467(AC45CCTE) UP 4440(SD70M)
Views:  335   Comments: 0
UP 4440
Title:  UP 4440
Description:  Second unit on eastbound domestic stack.
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:19:55 PM
Location:  Alma, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4440(SD70M) UP 7467(AC45CCTE)
Views:  306   Comments: 0
FEC 71686
Title:  FEC 71686
Description:  Well car used for trailers and containers.
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:25:37 PM
Location:  Alma, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  155   Comments: 0
UP 7919
Title:  UP 7919
Description:  DPU
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:29:06 PM
Location:  Alma, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7919(AC45CCTE)
Views:  304   Comments: 0
UP 7919
Title:  UP 7919
Description:  DPU
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:31:36 PM
Location:  Alma, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7919(AC45CCTE)
Views:  223   Comments: 0
UP 4096
Title:  UP 4096
Description:  Eastbound domestic stack.
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:33:00 PM
Location:  Alma, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4096(SD70M) UP 9720(C44-9W) UP 8570(SD70ACe) UP 4049(SD70M)
Views:  441   Comments: 0
UP 5255, Brownback for Governor
Title:  UP 5255, Brownback for Governor
Description:  Eastbound international stack. I could care less but, it's aparent who the city of Alma wants for Kansas Governor.
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:35:23 PM
Location:  Alma, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5255(AC45CCTE)
Views:  265   Comments: 0
UP 5255
Title:  UP 5255
Description:  Eastbound international stack
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:47:08 PM
Location:  Alma, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5255(AC45CCTE)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
UP 5263
Title:  UP 5263
Description:  DPU
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:48:52 PM
Location:  Alma, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5263(AC45CCTE)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
UP 4357
Title:  UP 4357
Description:  Eastbound empty corn train. This 131 car train likely came from Hutchinson, KS judging by all the ADM cars, or perhaps it was in storage somewhere.
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:51:50 PM
Location:  Alma, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4357(SD70M) UP 4856(SD70M)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
UP 4856
Title:  UP 4856
Description:  Elephant style SD70Ms :)
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:53:04 PM
Location:  Alma, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4856(SD70M) UP 4357(SD70M)
Views:  283   Comments: 0
UP 7897
Title:  UP 7897
Description:  Westbound domestic stack after meeting 5 trains at Paxico. I got a nice wave from the engineer. Second out was UP 7887, 10 digits apart.
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:55:59 PM
Location:  Alma, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7897(AC45CCTE) UP 7887(AC45CCTE)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
UP 5184
Title:  UP 5184
Description:  UP 7385 and UP 5184 bring up the back end. SD70Ms can only be used as DPU if theyre coupled with a DPU equipped unit.
Photo Date:  10/17/2010  Upload Date: 10/17/2010 11:59:07 PM
Location:  Alma, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5184(SD70M) UP 7385(AC45CCTE)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
Thunder of two types.
Title:  Thunder of two types.
Description:  UP 6902 leads a grain train west. I wasnt going to upload the picture because it doesnt speak half of what it is worth. As always, my camera blurred a nice consist on the Salina Sub. The clouds in this photo are spitting out lightning and rain. As the end of this 109 car train passed it went into emergency for, the crew likely forgot about a slow order around Manhattan.
Photo Date:  10/21/2010  Upload Date: 10/22/2010 12:04:42 AM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6902(AC4460CW) UP 7448(AC45CCTE) UP 4661(SD70M)
Views:  428   Comments: 1
UP 7448
Title:  UP 7448
Description:  A 2009 Production model AC45CCTE is the second of three on UP 6902 west.
Photo Date:  10/21/2010  Upload Date: 10/22/2010 12:06:56 AM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7448(AC45CCTE) UP 6902(AC4460CW)
Views:  370   Comments: 0
UP 5875
Title:  UP 5875
Description:  Crawling west, at about 10 MPH is this westbound coal train, some trains have been running slow through the area do to track and road work west of Manhattan, UP is adding a new siding east of Ogden while KDOT is realigning K18 Highway.
Photo Date:  10/23/2010  Upload Date: 10/23/2010 11:42:33 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 5875(AC44CWCTE) UP 6272(AC44CW) UP 6741(AC44CW)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
UP 6272
Title:  UP 6272
Description:  The second unit in the consist of UP 5875 west is this ex SP AC44, still bearing the SP on the nose. Also noticeable is the well intact paint on the side of the nose.
Photo Date:  10/23/2010  Upload Date: 10/23/2010 11:45:00 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6741(AC44CW) UP 6272(AC44CW) UP 5875(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
UP 7271
Title:  UP 7271
Description:  Despite some trains passing through the Manhattan/St. George area slowly, this eastbound Paducah, KY coal train is very easily going 50 MPH, the crew is 80 miles into their run from Salina to Kansas City.
Photo Date:  10/23/2010  Upload Date: 10/23/2010 11:46:59 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7271(AC44CW) UP 6738(AC44CW)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
St. George Kansas Elevator
Title:  St. George Kansas Elevator
Description:  Not exactly railroad related but, it was once served by the UP. A historic thing to note is that those are the only wooden silos in the state of Kansas.
Photo Date:  10/23/2010  Upload Date: 10/23/2010 11:49:16 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  142   Comments: 1
UP 6485
Title:  UP 6485
Description:  After splitting apart from the trailing unit (UP 6305) at Fort Riley UP 6485 moves swiftly as it heads east to KCK.
Photo Date:  10/23/2010  Upload Date: 10/23/2010 11:53:52 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6485(AC44CW) UP 6305(AC44CW)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
UP 6554
Title:  UP 6554
Description:  Eastbound coal
Photo Date:  10/24/2010  Upload Date: 10/24/2010 6:51:12 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6554(AC44CW) UP 7048(AC4460CW)
Views:  360   Comments: 0
UP 6532
Title:  UP 6532
Description:  Westbound coal
Photo Date:  10/24/2010  Upload Date: 10/24/2010 6:53:21 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6532(AC44CW)
Views:  243   Comments: 0
UP 7135
Title:  UP 7135
Description:  Westbound grain
Photo Date:  10/24/2010  Upload Date: 10/24/2010 6:56:41 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7135(AC44CW) UP 7017(AC4460CW) UP 7082(AC44CW)
Views:  435   Comments: 1
UP 6804
Title:  UP 6804
Description:  Eastbound coal, I decided to try something different for a change.
Photo Date:  10/29/2010  Upload Date: 10/29/2010 2:45:32 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6804(AC44CW) UP 7675(AC45CCTE)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
UP 7675
Title:  UP 7675
Description:  A GEVO is second unit on a Mississippi bound coal train.
Photo Date:  10/29/2010  Upload Date: 10/29/2010 2:55:28 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 7675(AC45CCTE) UP 6804(AC44CW)
Views:  322   Comments: 0
UP 6170
Title:  UP 6170
Description:  In a scene that resembles some place in Missouri, UP 6170 shoves the back of a coal train.
Photo Date:  10/29/2010  Upload Date: 10/29/2010 2:57:16 PM
Location:  Saint George, KS
Author:  Luke McIntyre
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  UP 6170(AC44CW)
Views:  209   Comments: 0

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