Pleasant Hill, Missouri
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Railfan Vantage Point:
Broadway & Commercial Streets -
The Sedalia sub of Union Pacific's main line to St. Louis runs right through downtown Pleasant Hill.
Parking is available close to the old Missouri Pacific station, which is now host to several businesses.
Nearly every train will be a westbound as UP uses the River Sub for eastbound
trains.
Train
Frequency:
Freight - 30-40 a day
Amtrak - Eastbound:
Missouri River Runner to St. Louis at approximately 9:05 am
Missouri River Runner to St. Louis at approximately 4:40 pm
Amtrak - Westbound:
Missouri River Runner from St. Louis at approximately 1:50 pm
Missouri River Runner from St. Louis at approximately 8:35 pm
What
You'll See:
Union Pacific - A great place to
see westbound freights including empty coal trains, stack trains, intermodal and manifest trains and Amtrak's
Missouri River Runner trains.
Missouri & North Arkansas - MNA runs several trains on UP tracks to Pleasant Hill,
where they enter their own line. A late morning manifest train heads east and it's westbound counterpart arrives
later in the afternoon. Several times a week UP-powered coal trains bound for a power plant in Montrose, MO on
MNA rails make the eastbound assault on the Independence Hill and cut off at Pleasant Hill to head to Nevada
where the locomotives swap ends and go northeast to the power plant.
Security
Concerns:
Almost none. The area enjoys a small-town atmosphere and is well lighted at night.
Do not get too near the tracks however, since some of the trains come through quite fast and the train crew will
call you in if you are too close to the tracks.
GPS Address
400 Pine St - Pleasant Hill, MO
How to Get There:
From I-70 - Exit at Blue Springs (exit
20) on Hwy 7 and go south to Pleasant Hill (about 20 miles). Drive past the McDonalds on Hwy 7 to Broadway
Street. Go right on Broadway and take it to the tracks (1 mile). This will put you in the heart of Pleasant
Hill near the old station.
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