Chris Guss
Weingarten Trestle
A trio of GP60s power Union Pacific local LPS15 across Rough Creek near Weingarten, Missouri, on the Ste. Genevieve Industrial Lead. The train is headed southwest with 20 loads from Mississippi Lime near Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
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 access UP's Desoto Subdivision at Bismarck and keep Mississippi Lime from shutting down.
When the Mississippi River stays within its banks, it can be years between trains on this scenic, but hard to shoot section of UP.
Weingarten Trestle
A trio of GP60s power Union Pacific local LPS15 across Rough Creek near Weingarten, Missouri, on the Ste. Genevieve Industrial Lead. The train is headed southwest with 20 loads from Mississippi Lime near Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
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 access UP's Desoto Subdivision at Bismarck and keep Mississippi Lime from shutting down.
When the Mississippi River stays within its banks, it can be years between trains on this scenic, but hard to shoot section of UP.