At the end of the day, this locomotive stand-in (this thing has couplers on both ends and trainline air brakes) sits with 3 gondolas on a spur in Pacific, not sure exactly why it's here. Check out... (more)

The Beer Railroad: Hard to believe The Anheuser-Busch owned Manufacturers Railway has been gone for 10 years now. As a kid I was lucky enough to get a tour of their steam era engine house. ... (more)

Squaw Creek 21 sits in the engine house under repair. It is still painted and lettered for Yankeetown Dock Corp., it won't be long before it too is painted like the others. Canon 350D.

One of USS' battered switchers sits in front of the plant it has served for so long. Anybody know what that black smoke is from? Canon 350D, 28-80mm.

This former Apalachicola Northern (ex. AN 717) SW1500 now works for the Central Midland, and is seen switching the St. Louis Post Dispatch warehouse in Maryland Heights. Canon 350D.

A&M ALCO's in 2022: Also having disrupted traffic flow on the A&M, the derailment prompted some unusual movements. This included a train swap at Van Buren, where the mainline turn dropped t... (more)

Two railroaders discuss their plans tonight while brand new #5368 idles in the background on train IDUSE 21.

UP's LSH08 local, led by a former SP GP40P-2 passenger geep and a chronically smokey GE B23-7, slowly drags its 30 or-so loaded hoppers and other various cars off the BNSF River Sub and onto UP's ... (more)

The 'dynamic duo', A&S 2000 & 2001, sits at the Terminal's engine facilities next to TRRA SD7R #1751, a former Penny unit. Canon 350D.

Here the inbound crew on MASNLX swaps places with the outbound crew to Pine Bluff. The engine, of course is CNW 8701, one of only two remaining original CNW locomotives. Canon 350D.

Three GE products smoke it up as they drag a large cut of cars on a long poke out of Lindenwood Yard. The CSX locomotive appeared to be freshly painted. Canon 350D, 28-80mm.

At night, one can get a feel for what it must have been like in 1960s, when Union Station was still a major hub. Now RailCruise America calls it home. Here the conductor helps passengers disembark... (more)

A couple of BNSF SD9's rumbles through Valley Jct. late in the day with a transfer from the terminal to the UP at Dupo. These things sound sooooo sweet. It's very hard to find locomotives like thi... (more)

A wide variety of locomotives sit at the Carthage engine facilities, including a former SP tunnel motor. Canon 350D.

After the fresh snow and ice, MRS 254 idles next to the yard office while the crew is inside getting their paper work for the day. MRS just recently painted the boxcar into locomotive colors. Cano... (more)