An eastbound mixed freight grinds uphill through Kirkwood Junction.
The morning westbound rolls into Kirkwood Depot just a few minutes behind schedule.
The Kirkwood Depot is all "spiffed up" for Christmas time, as a UP manifest freight, with 5 locos, crawls up the hill.
Amtrak 303, running a couple minutes behind, rounds the curve at a brisk pace and heads for Kirkwood.
A UP coal drag splits the signals at Kirk Jct. Train was CNATH9 29.
A UP empty coal drag, consisting of brand new aluminum hoppers, screams through the Kirkwood Rd. crossing.
I only had seconds after I pulled up, to set up before this manifest rolled by.
A manifest freight rockets around the curve into Kirkwood, the second unit said "Under Warrenty." Train was AASKSB 29.
Coal meets coal at Kirkwood. Train was CAENA 29.
A UP coal train rockets around the curve into the setting sun heading past Farmers Market where an art festival was being held.
A UP SD70M leads a C44-9W, a string of autoracks, and grain through Kirkwood, while a local railfan watches from trackside.
Another UP empty coal drag flies through Kirkwood, en route to Kansas City. In another week, the fall colors should peak.
Amtrak at Kirkwood, the fall colors will really start to show up in a couple of weeks.
With all the major work on the Jeff City Sub done, this work train, WJCJCO 21, is picking up what is left.
