Still at the Depot Inn and Suites in La Plata, Missouri, I ate breakfast then checked the Southwest Chief which was already in Kansas City before departing the hotel for a location just east of Revere at County Road, MP 261.69. I heard an eastbound train coming blowing through the crossings.
BNSF 4158 East east of Medill. I relocated to County Road, MP 285.45, west of Revere and as I pulled up, a westbound BNSF train beat me to that location, the fourth instance this trip that that had occurred.
A BNSF Shunt, the termination point of a track circuit, usually at a grade crossing. Thank you EMD-F125 on Trainorders.com for this information.
Automatic Train Stop, or ATS, trackside monitor. Just as the eastbound train arrived, a Union Pacific stack train arrived from the east on Track 1.
BNSF 4950 East at County Road MP 285.45 west of Revere.
Amtrak Southwest Chief doing all of 90 MPH. From here, I drove into Memphis to find the station; a big thank you to Tom Anderson for his phone directions to the station.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy station in Memphis, Missouri, built circa 1872. Next I drove back to South Gorin.
Lupins in this field. Just as I arrived at South Gorin, an eastbound BNSF train beat me to the crossing, which made makes five trains I missed by seconds.
The BNSF train I missed travelling east at South Gorin. I set up at another new location.
BNSF 3939 East at Routes U&A, MP 277.83. I drove to the last new photo location east of Baring.
An Automatic Train Stop device.
A westbound photo location. I next heard an eastbound train at Baring coming my way.
BNSF 5377 at the westbound approach signals.
I found the two arches for a creek before I started back, stopping in Kirksville at Subway to get dinner for tonight then Wing Thing at Pizza Hut for an eight-pack of Teriyaki wings for lunch. I then drove to the Chris Guenzler Million Mile Lookout Point.
A construction project was underway, with a scheduled completion date of July 1st, which entailed new inside braces for insulation then new outside siding was to be installed, as well as a new door on the side to make getting out to see trains much safer. A window would replace the existing door. Once complete, the Chris Guenzler Million Mile Lookout Point will be much warmer and better.
I then filled the rental car with petrol at Casey's and returned to the Depot Inn & Suites.
A new fundraising program was personalized bricks. Here is Bob Alkire's brick.
Elizabeth Alkire's brick. I went back to Room V, had my wings and worked on the travelogue while listening to the Pittsburgh Penguins vs. the Philadelphia Flyers. Kris Letang had his 47th and 48th assists during the game, extending his six-game point streak and the Penguins won 6-2. I enjoyed my dinner during the third period of the game then watched some television before going down to pick up John Green and his friend off the westbound Southwest Chief; his train was delayed by the California Zephyr hitting a truck at Somonauk, Illinois. We decided what we would do the next two days of my visit and then called it a night.
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