The fall colors are a week away from peak as a loaded UP ballast train skirts the eastern bluffs of the mighty Mississippi River at Harris Road, south of Valmeyer, IL.

A Pine Bluff, Arkansas, bound manifest freight rolls southward through the southern Illinois farmland along the Chester Subdivision.

In a busy scene depicting a typical day at Alton and Southern's Gateway Yard, two fresh SD40Ns perform switching duties as MOW workers tend to one of the yard tracks. Stored power, including some ... (more)

The Illinois Terminal heritage unit and an SD70 lead 17 auto parts boxcars eastward as they drops off the south bank of the Missouri River. Note the large bird caught in-flight to the left of the ... (more)

Respondek's Port Harbor Railroad boasts some fascinating power nowadays! Former Milwaukee Road GP40 #2064, still gleaming in MILW/SOO bandit paint, heads up a trio of colorful EMDs, including IT p... (more)

With the sun approaching the horizon, UP auto train AASAM, one of the only trains running on the east end of the Jefferson City Subdivision on this unusually slow evening, sprints westward behind ... (more)

Pretty pink pair. Well, maybe they're not pretty, but these two reactivated former ATSF Warbonnnet Dash 8s, seen drifting back to their train after setting out a couple of covered hoppers, ... (more)

Respondek Railroad Corporation's IT inspired SD40-2 switches cars bound for on line industry Abengoa Bioenergy.

Shipwrecked. For 19 years, this relic from the past had been a landmark at this spot on the bank of the Mississippi River south of St. Louis. Its journey here makes an interesting tale. It ... (more)

A pair of early widecab EMD helpers wait at San Luis Obispo, CA, for the few freights that will call on them for help over Cuesta Pass.

Arkansas and Missouri Alco C420s are almost to the Missouri state line as they roll downgrade into Gateway, AR.

KCS de Mexico, MO. Returning to Kansas City from a grand opening event for Bartlett Grain in Jacksonville, IL, KCS' office car special departs from a quick crew change at the former Chicago... (more)

The Monett Turn's 5 Alco Centuries drift downgrade through a small rock cut in the tiny town of Garfield, AR.

With Montana wildflowers in full bloom, a pair of Dash 9s shove a stack train towards Marias Pass. The Izzak Walton Inn's caboose cabins can be seen seen above the train in the background.

After spending most of the afternoon idling in the small yard at Essex, a pair of Dash 9 helpers finally have an assignment as they head for the mainline to shove an eastbound freight over Marias ... (more)