An Alton and Southern transfer with a fresh HLCX Geep trailing pulls into downtown St. Louis to drop off some cars at UP's 12th Street Yard. The clock tower for the famous St. Louis Union Station ... (more)

A pair of former ATSF B40-8Ws, one still in Santa Fe Warbonnet paint, ease their local train onto the Smithboro siding for a meet with a southbound coal train. Even though their duties have been r... (more)

Bright green RRC 4139 rests in Respondek's Boonville, IN, yard while a pair of old SD9s, one still in AWW paint, take in the action. Thanks for the great day Terry!

After a day's work, the crew off of NS 433, empty coal hoppers for Shay Mine, makes the long walk to the crew van after tying down their train. Though the day was normal for them, the train was an... (more)

All three of Terry Respondek's freshly repainted, Illinois Terminal-inspired Geeps pose for a photo just east of the railroad's Boonville, IN, shops.

White out visibility and icy conditions may have slowed traffic on the nearby interstate highways, but the raging snow storm has made nary a dent in Norfolk Southern's operations across Missouri. ... (more)

In the perfect shortline scene, all three of Terry Respondek's freshly painted, Illinois Terminal inspired geeps ply the Squaw Creek Southern's jointed rail in the rolling hills of southern Indian... (more)

Thanks Google! Google Street View has been one of greatest tools for railfanning. In fact, I had been using Street View to scout locations to shoot NKP 765 a day before I was going to chase... (more)

Low light shines on BNSF's Hannibal Sub local heading north through Annada, MO, population 48. Though this is a local, it usually uses two Dash 9s. Too bad they don't put SD40-2s or something cool... (more)

4 railroads are represented in this rolling meet shot as a northbound BNSF manifest with two UP units and a Santa Fe boxcar meets southbound freight HGALMEM with two fresh CN SD60s at Old Monroe, ... (more)

Clean and Smokey. A pair of Canadian National SD60s fresh out of the Centralia paint booth throttle up a short manifest freight after meeting a northbound manifest at Old Monroe.

Forgotten in time, then remembered. This lonely gas station on the southern outskirts of Clarksville, MO, has serviced its share of automobiles and seen its share of trains over the years. ... (more)

Two big EMD motors lead a Union Pacific manifest southbound along the snowy bluffs of the Mississippi River valley.

Racing the sunset. In this pacing shot from parallel Highway 79, a standard BNSF Dash 9 rolls along at 35 mph with the sun approaching the horizon. This train is the Hannibal Sub local, and... (more)

Snow covers the Mississippi River farmland as evenly numbered UP 6000 pushes an empty coal train northward.