Getting closer to his final destination, engineer Spiv rolls over the bridge over Wood River with about 4 hours of on-duty time left. Pat can be seen in the river bed shooting from a different per... (more)

Backing up at a blistering 5 mph to get the rest of our train we left on the siding at Riverside. The Mississippi River can be seen in this shot. Canon 350D.

The RailCruise America every-Saturday dinner train pauses for a minute shortly after arriving at Union Station.

Even overnight this busy shortline never stops. AM 50 is in the shops for heavy maintenance and has its long hood completely removed, AM 62 looks on as it is slowly disassembled as a parts source.... (more)

Terminal job 302 is running south with the Frisco Cimarron River and 22 empty beer cars for the Manufacturers Railway. The train is passing UP's Lesperance St. Yard with the St. Louis skyline in t... (more)

This image comes to you via . . . moonlight! UP manifest MLIAS 12 is sitting under the stars in the middle of bumbleton nowhere with nothing but the full moon to light it, creating a very dramatic... (more)

This little SW1000 smokes it up as it goes to work shuffling the colorful array of locomotives around the NRE Shops in Mt. Vernon.

The engineer backs his cars to couple onto another cut before going to switch the Post Dispatch. Check out that lighting package! Canon 350D.

In a classic scene, the engineer on this Central Midland switch job leans out the window to talk to 2 other employees.

Red, White, and SOO: On a beautiful Fourth of July morning, SOO 4410 and sister SOO 4411 highball Winona already short on time. Getting two SOO units on a train is becoming super rare. It l... (more)

A MNA GP40-2 sits next to the shop, while a half-dismantled CN GP40-2WL sits next to a crane on another track. Canon 350D.

While waiting for the LSH08 to get back on the old M&I main I snapped a shot of them shoving back on the siding at Riverside to clear the M&I switch. They still use the old MoPac road cab for a fe... (more)

Just like the good ole' days the CN/IC local scoots out of Tuscola after picking up two cars from the CSX interchange. Canon 350D.

Way Back Machine: Before the ban on cameras and electronic devices on the railroad, we wait for an A&S move to clear before we head East. The A&S move is coming off the grade to the MacArth... (more)

Amtrak train 303, the Ann Rutlage, which operates between Chicago and Kansas City, running through St. Louis, glides into Hermann, MO 3/4's of its trip over with. (note the bird darting in-front o... (more)