The low morning sun lights up a BNSF train crossing Peruque Creek. The blue CEFX locomotive is a GP20D.

With ties positioned trackside and a maintenance train in the siding at Dundee, it looks like the Hannibal Sub will soon be closed for tie replacement.

A loaded grain train heads south (railroad west) near O'Fallon, Missouri.

A monster UP stack train moves south on the Chester Sub at Modoc, Illinois.

A pair of Dash 9s leading a 500 axle manifest past Jakes Pond at Apex, Missouri. The fall colors seem to be at their peak right now.

A former SP AC4400 leads a coal train south across Lake Moredock.

A C44-9W leads a lengthy freight through some nice fall colors.

A short NS train coming out of the AO Smith yard at Granite City cutting across the UP and BNSF mains.

A Terminal Railroad GP40M-3 and slug are seen sorting cars at the south end of the TRRA yard at Madison, Illinois

A remote controlled MP15DC owned by SCF Lewis and Clark Terminals is positioning grain hoppers for unloading at their facility in Granite City, Illinois.

A single ES44C4 pulls a nice assortment of boxcars along the western bank of the Mississippi River north of St. Louis.

A Herzog ballast train crosses the Cuivre River at Old Monroe Missouri.

A scrap metal hauler passing the lumber mill at Old Monroe, Missouri.

It's a few minutes before dawn at Paradise, Montana where a pair of Montana Rail Link GP9s sit waiting for the local crew to start their day. It was a few years ago, but I can still remember how ... (more)

A massive UP manifest makes its way north to St. Louis at Lake Mordock on the Chester Sub. The train is moving slowly as it crosses from Main 1 to Main 2 at Val.