Differences in Dupo
The UP "Powered By Our People" special paint locomotive gets underway to proceed south from the crew change in Dupo as we get moving our way through the 3rd month of 2021. I can't help thinking back to days past, especially since I've been coming over to Dupo since as long as I can remember, and how things of changed.
What was once the largest flat classification yard in the US and a major hub for the Missouri Pacific is now mainly an intermodal transfer location, as evidenced by nothing by stack cars present in the scene, and a footnote in the sprawling UP system. The remaining evidence of the old school MoPac signals that used to be located here now serve as place to chuck cases of bottled water for the outgoing crews. The tower, which I recall was new just moments before the ink dried on the UP/MP/WP merger, and is just to the left of this image...I'm not even really sure why it's in operation.
Thanks to the info sharing of EA and others which allowed me to get out and catch this locomotive for the first time!
-UP SD70ACe #1111 (Powered By Our People), UP AC45CCTE #7727 leading power
-UP Train ZG4MQ
-UP (ex-MoPac) Chester Sub, MP D5.81
-Carondolet Ave Crossing, Dupo, IL
-March 6, 2021
TT2_8577_edited-1
Differences in Dupo
The UP "Powered By Our People" special paint locomotive gets underway to proceed south from the crew change in Dupo as we get moving our way through the 3rd month of 2021. I can't help thinking back to days past, especially since I've been coming over to Dupo since as long as I can remember, and how things of changed.
What was once the largest flat classification yard in the US and a major hub for the Missouri Pacific is now mainly an intermodal transfer location, as evidenced by nothing by stack cars present in the scene, and a footnote in the sprawling UP system. The remaining evidence of the old school MoPac signals that used to be located here now serve as place to chuck cases of bottled water for the outgoing crews. The tower, which I recall was new just moments before the ink dried on the UP/MP/WP merger, and is just to the left of this image...I'm not even really sure why it's in operation.
Thanks to the info sharing of EA and others which allowed me to get out and catch this locomotive for the first time!
-UP SD70ACe #1111 (Powered By Our People), UP AC45CCTE #7727 leading power
-UP Train ZG4MQ
-UP (ex-MoPac) Chester Sub, MP D5.81
-Carondolet Ave Crossing, Dupo, IL
-March 6, 2021
TT2_8577_edited-1