Amtrak train 303, from St. Louis (only 15 minutes late!), pauses for a second at the historical Kirkwood station while en route to Kansas City, MO.

At around 0100 the conductor on 2214 steps off his locomotive to perform a roll-by inspection of the passing manifest. Train was QDYAS 12.

A rare CN coal train (C71691-3-21) into St. Louis, with a matched pair of IC SD70s, waits for a crew at IL RT. 157 on the St. Louis Division. The coal is from a recently re-opened mine in central ... (more)

New and old EMD products mingle in the UP yard at Dupo after night fall. The ACe will probably be the power for ZDUMQ 08

UP's KATY heritage unit shuffles through the various locomotives in the engine facilities at Madison. This is the end of the run for the KATY unit, and it will go back out on a MTRKS most likely. ... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 9, Burlington Jct. Rwy. and the Ugly Duckling: Not wasting any time, the Burlington Jct. crew starts organizing outbound cars for the BNSF interchange. BJRY 701 began life i... (more)

Just Your Average Spring Morning: Trees turning green, birds chirping, neighbors going for a walk. Oh, and SOO 4598 shoving 1500 tons of grain up the steep hill to Ardent Mills in Hastings.... (more)

UP ballast train WBTIMB 28, headed for Iron Mountain, MO, swings off the MacArthur Bridge and onto the south approach that will carry it into Lesperance St. Yard.

A&M ALCO's in 2022: Already finished with a majority of their work for the day, the Rogers local heads back to Springdale yard with a cut of reefers destined for Van Buren. 42 still wears i... (more)

Last Stand of the Mainline SD9: For a while in 2005 and 2006 there were several BNSF SD9's that ran in the St. Louis area, and ran in solid sets most of the time too. Today, 3 SD9's are bra... (more)

Portrait of the Modern Railroader: After a long day on the Shakopee job, Conductor Ledesma gives a thumbs up, knowing that he's going home. After getting back to St. Paul, they are told to ... (more)

After its unveiling at the Ogilvie Transportation Center UP 1995 takes a break in its predecessors stomping ground. Canon 350D.

A loaded Southbound iron ore train, with 5 units on the point, crosses the bridge at MP 12.5. Note the large dip just before the bridge.

Looking more like a scene from the sierra nevada, this UP coal train rolls through Webster Groves, amazingly just a few miles outside of downtown St. Louis. The train is about to roll past CP D011... (more)

Goodnight Big Boy: After a long day sprinting across Iowa and Southern Minnesota, UP 4014 is tucked away for the night at SPUD underneath the St. Paul skyline. Taken while off duty, wearing... (more)