Southern Pacific Reflection
UP 1066 leads the UP LSE59-07 local back toward St. Louis after running light power west to the U.S. Silica plant in Pacific MO. Leading the train back east is one of only a very small handful of patched Southern Pacific locomotives left on the Union Pacific roster now.
UP 1066 has been around the St. Louis area a little while now, and when I saw the LSE59 run west to Pacific earlier that afternoon and 1066 was in the consist and would lead the eastbound trip I knew I would have to set up somewhere for it. The Sherman Beach bridge came to mind right away, and would be maybe the only spot for the entire late afternoon eastbound trip that would have enough light for a decent shot. Once I arrived, some hiking, and trailblazing got me down to the water, and I set up. After about 40 minutes of waiting and hoping the rapidly lengthening shadows wouldn't screw up the shot, a westbound stack train rolled by, I assume ZDUNP-07. Not 30 seconds after the last car cleared the LSE59 ran across the bridge. Not 5 minutes later the entire bridge was in shadow. A lot of well timed events had to take place for this shot to happen, and given the tough sun conditions with a late afternoon eastbound runing on east-west trackage I think this turned out nicely.
I remember seeing these pretty frequently back in the late 1990s and early 2000s working around East Texas. Though I didn't realize what I was looking at till the late 2000s and early 2010s. This is the first SP painted GP60 that I remember shooting, though I know I've seen a couple in the past.
To my count the number of remaining patched Southern Pacific units is down to 16. Broken down by 3 AC4400CWs, and 13 GP60s. The GP60s are broken down into 8 Cotton Belt (SSW), and 5 Southern Pacific.
Southern Pacific Reflection
UP 1066 leads the UP LSE59-07 local back toward St. Louis after running light power west to the U.S. Silica plant in Pacific MO. Leading the train back east is one of only a very small handful of patched Southern Pacific locomotives left on the Union Pacific roster now.
UP 1066 has been around the St. Louis area a little while now, and when I saw the LSE59 run west to Pacific earlier that afternoon and 1066 was in the consist and would lead the eastbound trip I knew I would have to set up somewhere for it. The Sherman Beach bridge came to mind right away, and would be maybe the only spot for the entire late afternoon eastbound trip that would have enough light for a decent shot. Once I arrived, some hiking, and trailblazing got me down to the water, and I set up. After about 40 minutes of waiting and hoping the rapidly lengthening shadows wouldn't screw up the shot, a westbound stack train rolled by, I assume ZDUNP-07. Not 30 seconds after the last car cleared the LSE59 ran across the bridge. Not 5 minutes later the entire bridge was in shadow. A lot of well timed events had to take place for this shot to happen, and given the tough sun conditions with a late afternoon eastbound runing on east-west trackage I think this turned out nicely.
I remember seeing these pretty frequently back in the late 1990s and early 2000s working around East Texas. Though I didn't realize what I was looking at till the late 2000s and early 2010s. This is the first SP painted GP60 that I remember shooting, though I know I've seen a couple in the past.
To my count the number of remaining patched Southern Pacific units is down to 16. Broken down by 3 AC4400CWs, and 13 GP60s. The GP60s are broken down into 8 Cotton Belt (SSW), and 5 Southern Pacific.