Love the footage! I live around the area of The STL UP lines. Brings back memories for sure! This is when the railroads actually ran trains! Very cool stuff!
This video was shot in and around Dupo, IL which is the northern portion of the Chester sub. It stretches southward through southeast Missouri and beyond. At the time of this video, Cotton Belt (owned by SP) had trackage rights so their trains showed up as often as UP's.
Most of the trains from the Cotton Belt came out of Pine Bluff, AR, while the MP and later UP trains came out of Texas and Arkansas. The reply I left above mentions the track layount. The Cotton Belt Illmo Sub. went all the way down to Jonesboro, AR from the Mississippi River.
The Chester Sub. technically went from Valley Jct., IL to Poplar Bluff, MO, but between SIMBCO, IL (the Mississippi River Bridge) and Dexter Jct., MO, the tracks were part of the Cotton Belt Illmo Sub. until 1996.
Love the Mo-pac units!
mpup8211 7 months ago
Sweet Footage! What Amtrak train ran over the Chester then?
heelblocks 2 years ago
Absolutely none! This one was a detour due to the great flood of 93.
eck3300 1 year ago
COOL VIDEO!! I wish the MoPac was still around, that's for sure!
TrainmanEvan 2 years ago
Love the footage! I live around the area of The STL UP lines. Brings back memories for sure! This is when the railroads actually ran trains! Very cool stuff!
CQDX018 2 years ago
Where is the Chester Sub located on the UP and when did SP trains got onto this line?
DASCO2136 4 years ago
This video was shot in and around Dupo, IL which is the northern portion of the Chester sub. It stretches southward through southeast Missouri and beyond. At the time of this video, Cotton Belt (owned by SP) had trackage rights so their trains showed up as often as UP's.
eck3300 4 years ago
i see
DASCO2136 4 years ago
Most of the trains from the Cotton Belt came out of Pine Bluff, AR, while the MP and later UP trains came out of Texas and Arkansas. The reply I left above mentions the track layount. The Cotton Belt Illmo Sub. went all the way down to Jonesboro, AR from the Mississippi River.
UPTRAIN 4 years ago
The Chester Sub. technically went from Valley Jct., IL to Poplar Bluff, MO, but between SIMBCO, IL (the Mississippi River Bridge) and Dexter Jct., MO, the tracks were part of the Cotton Belt Illmo Sub. until 1996.
UPTRAIN 4 years ago