BNSF 6885 leads a 554 axle manifest freight past the Cuivre River bridge re-construction project at Old Monroe, Missouri. This bridge was built around 1930 and has seen better days. The construc... (more)

PHRR 2758 sits idling alongside strings of grain cars at America's Central Port in Granite City, Illinois.

A BNSF manifest makes its way south through the lowlands near the Mississippi River.

With plenty of power on the point, this westbound stack train races past Medill, Missouri.

A higher priority stack train passes a waiting lower priority stack train at Medill, Missouri.

Late afternoon light on a bare table at East Machens, Missouri.

A frosty morning near Valmeyer, Illinois. I never expected to see a patched SP locomotive.

Calm water on a cold morning near West Alton, Missouri.

A short 224 axle manifest makes its way west near Clarksville, Missouri.

The Fall colors are peaking as a maintenance train makes its way back to St. Louis on the BNSF Hannibal Sub.

A westbound hotshot makes its way down hill coming out of Wyaconda, Missouri.

A southbound UP manifest on the Chester Sub at Fults, Illinois. This morning was sweatshirt weather letting us know that Fall is approaching.

This 15,000 foot manifest with two mid-train DPUs was one of the longest trains I have ever seen. The dispatcher was giving it special attention so it could move into the yard without incident.

A short high priority train tops the hill at Wyaconda, Missouri.

A high priority train loaded with Amazon containers passes under a farm road bridge at 60 mph with a friendly toot from the engineer. At the time I didn't notice the train was carrying an olive b... (more)