Late running intermodal swings off the Roodhouse Sub toward East Saint Louis, passing the Holiday Train which was waiting for them to clear before switching out the night's display. At the time, ... (more)

The Venice, IL, to KC freight train is done with their pickup at Slater and is now backing out east of town to get their train. Slater is located on the ex-Gateway Western Trackage on the KCS Mexi... (more)

The old Gateway Western trackage thru Missouri has alot of neat stuff to shoot. The problem is the train traffic is light and normally nocturnal for the most part. On Wednesday, 6/02, many problem... (more)

The Shreveport Shops put on these home shop rebuilds. The shop did 5 of these GP32ECOs. Sounds like they mainly work in and around Shreveport, and are a neat looking design with their GP40X carbod... (more)

A local Shreveport Job is stopped at Spring Street Jct on the Shreveport Terminal. The job is heading down to the UP Riverfront Yard along the Red River. The trackage to the river is 1% downhill e... (more)

A westbound oil train from the CN at Jackson, MS, bound to Sulphur Springs, TX, is back on the move after 90 minute delay waiting on traffic in and around Texas Ave. The train will head south on t... (more)

A loaded grain train barely slows up for all the diamonds at Texarkana. The KCS crosses the UP Pine Bluff and the Little Rock Subs along with the shortline TENR. The train passes an old gray SD40 ... (more)

It is kind of surprising how ones steps back in time with the way the KCS still does business. Some of this railroad isn't built for speed. Heavy grades, twisting railroad, and an old signal syste... (more)

Eastbound LWY101

Back in 2021, the 2nd straight weekend 338 got us out of the house for some fan favorite power on a Sunday. The daily CN Waterloo to Kirk Yard freight crossing Prairie Creek with KCS power. KCS po... (more)

I was about to give up on ever seeing a three porthole Phase I F3 when we spotted this thing. Last one also.

It took some chutzpah to go with a white locomotive paint scheme, or was it Murphy's law. Hey, it was interesting. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

Train 29A departs Irondale after swapping crews.

With the official announcement last week that Canadian Pacific will merge with Kansas City Southern on April 14th, 2023 to become "Canadian Pacific Kansas City" (CPKC) The sight of KCS S... (more)

With the official announcement last week that Canadian Pacific will merge with Kansas City Southern on April 14th, 2023 to become "Canadian Pacific Kansas City" (CPKC) The sight of KCS S... (more)