Western Railroad Discussion > A Few Trains Around St. Louis (NKP 8100)

On Saturday November 24, I took a drive over towards Collinsville Illinois from Missouri to check out the Model Railroad Show but ended up kicking my self out before I made to big of a purchase. After that I drove over towards the Madison/Granite City area to see what was going on and ended finding the Nickel Plate heritage unit sitting on the house track near NS's A.O. Smith yard and also ended up seeing a few others so here are the shots. Thanks for taking a look.


1: NS 8100 & NS 1057 near NS's A.O. Smith yard in Granite City Illinois.

2: Another view of NS 8100 in Granite City Illinois.

3: UP 4202 leads a stack train north by NS 8100 in Granite City Illinois.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/26/12 18:46 by JMorhaus.

---

---

---

4: Amtrak 66 leads Amtrak 54 on train #301 in Granite City.

5: NS 1057 & NS 3236 creeps up along side of NS 8100 at Granite City.

6: A closer view of the new admiral cab on NS SD40-2 #3236. This unit use to be a high hood for the Southern Railway.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/26/12 18:28 by JMorhaus.

---

---

---

Good stuff, Jeff! I really like the tale in #2. In my RR career there was an inescapable fact about railroaders & bars. They always seemed to be joined at the hip.
And not always gracefully, either!

Lance

Perhaps joined at more than the hip.

7: NS 7529 & UP 4736 backs it's train into NS's A.O. Smiths yard along side of NS 8100 in Granite City.

8: Another view of NS 8100.

9: UP 7528 & UP 5425 leads NS train #285 east over rout 3 in Venice Illinois.

---

---

---

Pretty pathetic number boards on the 1057.

Kent in Carmel Valley

GREAT set of pics!!!! Thanks for sharing.