Chris Guss
The flood special
A trio of GP60s power Union Pacific local LPS15 just east of New Offenburg, Missouri, on the Ste. Genevieve Industrial Lead. The train is headed Southwest towards Bismarck with 20 loads from Mississippi Lime near Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
The title was the name given to the train by the crew as it made its way across the hilly Missouri countryside. Flood walls along the Mississippi River have cut off the traffic's normal route north from Ste. Genevieve utilizing trackage rights on BNSF's River Subdivision. When this happens, Union Pacific reactivates the western 28 miles of this industrial lead to keep Mississippi Lime from shutting down.
When the Mississippi stays within its banks, it can be years between trains on this scenic, but hard to shoot section of UP.
The flood special
A trio of GP60s power Union Pacific local LPS15 just east of New Offenburg, Missouri, on the Ste. Genevieve Industrial Lead. The train is headed Southwest towards Bismarck with 20 loads from Mississippi Lime near Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
The title was the name given to the train by the crew as it made its way across the hilly Missouri countryside. Flood walls along the Mississippi River have cut off the traffic's normal route north from Ste. Genevieve utilizing trackage rights on BNSF's River Subdivision. When this happens, Union Pacific reactivates the western 28 miles of this industrial lead to keep Mississippi Lime from shutting down.
When the Mississippi stays within its banks, it can be years between trains on this scenic, but hard to shoot section of UP.