St. Louis Area Rail Action 1/21-22/2023

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Railfanning 1/21-22/2023
Copyright Conrail Chicago Line Productions
Had a good weekend railfanning around the gateway to the west. Got my first look at new Alton and Southern painted SD60 2205. They already have SD40N 2044 in A&S paint working the hump at Gateway Yard and SD60 2204 is on the way as we speak from North Little Rock. There are possibly more units that'll be painted in A&S paint. Pretty awesome! Also caught a few other goodies including fallen flags of BN, SP and ATSF and a military train. Enjoy!!
1/21
St. Louis, MO
1. A&S 2205 (Sweet!!) on the A&S 102 job.
2. UP MOW train westbound.
E. St. Louis, IL
1. UP ZMQG4 northbound.
2. A&S yard job.
St. Louis, MO
1. UP IG4SI racing BNSF CNAMNMA with BN Cream & Green 9673 as the DPU westbound.
2. BNSF light power westbound.
3. Amtrak 318 northbound.
4. A&S 103 eastbound. 4 auto racks towards the rear of his train derailed on the Eads main while yarding his train. Since the route to yarding his train was now blocked he had to run downtown and run around the train then head back to TRRA Madison yard via the High Line.
5. A&S 102 eastbound with A&S 2205 now trailing. Unit doesn't have PTC and can't lead.
Columbia, IL
1. UP MLIAS northbound with SP GP60 1015 4th out.
2. UP CIMBT northbound.
Cahokia Heights, IL
1. UP MLIAS stopped.
2. UP ZDUNP northbound with planes and a helicopter.
Dupo, IL
1. UP MDUTR northbound.
2. UP yard job.
3. UP CNAIM southbound.
4. UP MHOAS northbound.
5. UP light power moving about the yard.
1/22
Oakville, MO
1. BNSF HGALMEM southbound with ATSF 686 2nd out.
Oakland, MO
1. UP empty military train eastbound.
2. BNSF UESLBAR military train westbound.

[@NielsenSTL]

Nice getting the new A&S paint job. I saw it one of it's first days out on the camera at Gratiot and was like, "wait...what did I just see?". I really like it.

[@CRSD60I]

Yeah it's pretty awesome! Glad there's at least one more SD60 on the way and possibly more to come after that!

[@bennygstrainvideos]

I actually saw it a few weeks ago in the St. Louis yard, but unfortunately I was unable to catch it on camera.

[@Mikey300]

Aluminum paint on the trucks--just like when the A&S was owned by Alcoa and ran bauxite from the Mississippi River docks to the alumina refinery at what is now Alorton IL.

[@RonStanek]

It's a SD62'''...OH! ...SD60...Nice Paint!

[@erikmcc804]

wow this amazing thanks, i remember when i was little when the and those little SW1500s and CNW ran the RS-1 I think i might me wrong. thanks again. BTW awesome catch 🙂

[@CRSD60I]

That had have been awesome to see. Glad you got to catch the alco and the SW1500s. Thanks!

[@mwand89]

I would've nicknamed the strange looking maintenance of way locomotive "Stick of Butter".

[@tomtodd7744]

The A&S paint job looks a lot like the Chicago Northwestern.

[@CRSD60I]

It is partially CNW and partially MOPAC as well hence the buzzsaw. Both MOPAC and CNW owned the A&S at one point hence the hybrid logo.

[@ONRX]

I saw this locomotive and it’s sister sitting in a yard in St. Louis and I thought pulling up to it “No way was that CNW!?”

[@trainchasersatwork]

Thanks for sharing your work! Happy railfanning! Nice job!

[@CRSD60I]

Glad you enjoy the videos! Thanks!

[@3006USMC]

2205…. Nice catch !!

[@CRSD60I]

Thanks!