A pair of Terminal Railroad GP38-3 locomotives are sorting cars at Granite City.

A remote controlled MP15DC owned by SCF Lewis and Clark Terminals is shuffling grain hoppers at their facility in Granite City, Illinois. The operator in orange is single-handedly operating the l... (more)

The conductor of a BNSF coal train rides the rear platform back to their coal train. The story behind this is that the second locomotive, an SD70MAC had failed and the crew disconnected from thei... (more)

This manifest train is accelerating toward the Missouri River bridge where it will cross into Saint Louis County. There must have been maintenance workers near the left side of this photo because... (more)

A grain train is accelerating at it crosses the Bellefontaine bridge over the Missouri River. Note the ice in the river, a relatively rare sight.

An 8720 foot long manifest is slowing to stop at West Alton, Missouri where the train will be tied down after struggling with maintenance issues, probably related to the frigid temperature.

A few minutes after BNSF broadcast a winter weather advisory for low temperatures, H-MEMGAL appeared at Firma Road near O'Fallon, Missouri heading north (railroad east).

A short train with a Dash 9 leader near Clarksville, Missouri.

A pair of whiteface SD60Ms pull a rusty looking freight train westbound on the Hannibal Sub near Foley, Missouri. As I remember, these units were pulled out of storage to address a power shortage... (more)

A pair of SD70MACs lead an empty coal train near O'Fallon, Missouri.

A UP heavyweight ES44 leads a massive stack train south over a frozen Lake Moredock near Valmeyer, Illinois.

A long line of excess KCS locomotives sits at the end of the yard near Mousette Lane in Centreville.

A Union Pacific heavyweight leads a massive stack train south on the UP Chester Sub at Fults, Illinois.

A move of 24 CREX locomotives on the BNSF Hannibal Sub at Machens, Missouri. I had heard that this move was going to occur, but honestly it was just luck that I caught this train today. On a ver... (more)

On a perfect clear and cold day, a BNSF manifest pulls out of the siding at Machens, Missouri. This is in the Mississippi River flood plain near the Portage de Sioux power plant.