I arrived at Paradise before dawn and waited in the station parking lot for the sun to come up. The two GP9s for the Paradise Local were sitting behind the station, ready for the short run to St.... (more)

Everyone was in the bar enjoying their beer while I was outside enjoying the 500+ axle freight train passing through town. Maybe I have my priorities messed up...

A LORAM Rail Grinder passes back and forth over a section of track at Louisiana, Missouri. This is the BNSF Hannibal Subdivision on the banks of the Mississippi River.

Loaded coal moving railroad west near the Mississippi River at Kampville, Missouri.

A nice mix of locomotives sits outside of Quality Rail's repair shop in Madison, Illinois. Included are an SD70, SD60, C40-8 and an SD40-2W.

A remote controlled MP15DC owned by SCF Lewis and Clark Terminals is positioning grain hoppers for unloading at their facility in Granite City, Illinois. At the right in the photo you can see ano... (more)

A southbound manifest on the Chester Sub at Maeystown, Illinois.

A westbound oil train crosses the Cuivre River at Old Monroe, Missouri. I'd have to say that those power lines had my full attention as I tried to get into position.

An eastbound manifest starting to pull out of the siding at Gibb after meeting two loaded coal trains.

A 504 axle manifest heads west at Elsberry, Missouri in front of an abandoned limestone quarry.

A pair of Terminal Railroad GP38-3 locomotives are sorting cars at Granite City.

A remote controlled MP15DC owned by SCF Lewis and Clark Terminals is shuffling grain hoppers at their facility in Granite City, Illinois. The operator in orange is single-handedly operating the l... (more)

The conductor of a BNSF coal train rides the rear platform back to their coal train. The story behind this is that the second locomotive, an SD70MAC had failed and the crew disconnected from thei... (more)

This manifest train is accelerating toward the Missouri River bridge where it will cross into Saint Louis County. There must have been maintenance workers near the left side of this photo because... (more)

A grain train is accelerating at it crosses the Bellefontaine bridge over the Missouri River. Note the ice in the river, a relatively rare sight.