The Best of Saint Louis Area Railfanning Episode 1

I am going to start a new series of video when i go to more than the normal places i go to. anyway on October 15th, 2011 Quality Rail Productions takes you to Well known places like the Kirkwood Amtrak Station, WR Tower Area in Granite City IL, Madison IL the Merchants Bridge IL Side and Valley Jct, we will also go to a few less nown places such as Ferguson MO, Airflight Rd, KK Rd on the Chester Sub 15 Miles or so south of Dupo, and Harris Rd also on the Chester Sub 12 Miles or so South of Dupo. well here are the trains that Quality Rail Productions Saw:
Kirkwood MO
Train 1: Amtrak Train 311
AMTK # 36-P42DC
Train 2: AASAM-15
CSXT: 829-ES44AC
CSXT: 7638-C40-8
Train 3: CTSAT1-13
UP: 7003-AC44CCTE
UP: 6922-C44/60AC
UP: 6880-AC4400CW
Train 4: CNAAE-12
UP: 6808-AC4400CW
UP: 6653-AC4400CW
UP: 6846-AC4400CW
Train 5: CMRNA9-16
UP: 6812-AC4400CW
UP: 5803-AC4400CWCTE
UP: 7093-AC4400CW
Ferguson MO
Train 6: NS Train 239-14
BNSF/ Ex SantaFe: 639- Dash 9-44CW
NS: 6694-SD60
Merchants Bridge (IL Side) Over Route 3
Train 7: Westbound TRRA Transfer
TRRA: 2000-GP38-2
TRRA: 2003-GP38-2
Madison IL
Train 8: TRRA Working a Steel Mill
TRRA: 2007-GP38-2
TRRA: 2009-GP38-2
WR Tower Area (Granite City IL)
Train 9: NS Local DA01-15
NS: 5249-GP38-2
NS: 3236-SD40-2
Merchants Bridge (IL Side) Over Route 3
Train 10: CBTMSLW
BNSF: 9876-SD70MAC
BNSF: 8894-SD70MAC
Valley Jct.
Train 11: QSHAS-14
UP: 2287-SD60M
UP: 9348-C40-8
Airflight Rd.
Train 12: AMXAS-13
UP: 9576-C44-9W
NS: 9973-D9-40CW
Meets
Train 13: WSXCSA-10
UP: 4624-SD70M
UP: 4346-SD70M
KK Rd (On The UP Chester Sub)
Train 14: APAESR-13
UP: 8674-SD70ACE
Harris Rd (On The UP Chester Sub)
Train 15: CIMCA9-14
UP: 6067- AC4400CW
UP: 7041-C44/60CW
UP: 6563-AC4400CW
Train 16: KOAMN-12
UP: 7839-ES44AC
Meets
Train 17: CTCEY9-12
UP: 7123-C44/60CW
UP: 6504-AC4400CW
UP: 7252-C44/60AC
Photos From That Day Can Be Seen Here:
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[@stlgevo51]

I love the area on the Chester Sub around Valmeyer, especially KK road. That is my favorite spot on the whole line. By the way, I believe the TRRA train working the steel mill is Job 103.

[@crail4ever]

thanks

[@crail4ever]

@UPDetector yea true but its always like that. Yea I am glad I got other stuff to. Thanks Ryan

[@crail4ever]

@FoamersOfKC it normally runs with a Soild CSX Power but every ones in a while it runs with other power to

[@Modeltrainscarsstereos614]

im loving it

[@Modeltrainscarsstereos614]

that was parks airport where the conan blimp was i used to live in that subdivision near the new tower

[@railtrekker]

St Louis Downtown Parks Airport Great video series by the way.

[@crail4ever]

@RANDY2045 Yea that would be IVNKC or IKCESJ and yep normally runs CSX and KCS Power

[@UPDetector]

Man it seems like AASAM was the only good train you got in Kirkwood, well at least you got better stuff when you traveled. Nice catches Tommy

[@crail4ever]

@tsweather Thanks Tom

[@tsweather]

Nice Catches Tommy

[@crail4ever]

@andersonjjj333 thanks

[@Modeltrainscarsstereos614]

it is i just still call it parks. that subdivision is st.louis gardens i could see the airport and trains and arch from moms kitchen window did they finally rip the old tower down?

[@crail4ever]

@andersonjjj333 where at valley junction or right near there, i didnt see any tower by the airport

[@crail4ever]

@andersonjjj333 i thought it was called Downtown airport or something like that

[@Modeltrainscarsstereos614]

i see TRRA got a new paint scheme

[@crail4ever]

@andersonjjj333 they have had that one for a while

[@crail4ever]

@stlgevo51 I to like KK road. ok thanks

[@crail4ever]

Thanks