Remarks: EMD GP50 derated to 2500 HP and modified with a “unibrow”. I also don’t remember that dampening struct on the trucks of production units. This little town hosts the small ex-SLSF y... (more)
A full moon rises in the early evening hours, and clear block greets us at Chaffee, as we highball East toward St. Louis. Canon 350D.
Cutting through vast fields of soybeans south of Chaffee, today's Portland to Birmingham freight is fronted by a typical consist for this train - 2 SDs and 2 GPs. An SD40-2 and GP38, both in green... (more)
Slamming over the diamond at Chaffee, a UP freight heads toward St. Louis
Labor Day weekend in Chaffee, MO, a good crossing in the middle of nowhere of the UP/BNSF
Southbound coal train
A southbound manifest changes crews at Chaffee, MO.