A unit oil train from Canada heads south on the Kansas City Southern main line, crossing the Elk River in Ginger Blue, MO on a warm June 6, 2022.

The sun shines on a southbound crude oil train near Asbury, MO on June 6, 2022. Canadian Pacific periodically sends these unit trains south to a refinery on the Gulf Coast, connecting with the Kan... (more)

A few clouds roll in on an otherwise sunny Monday, June 6, 2022 morning as the Kansas City Southern business special cruises past a group of grain bins in the commmunity of Stotesbury, MO. Having ... (more)

Originally Illinois Terminal, then MRS, etc. this unit is still looking great.

After retiring the gas turbine locomotives, the Union Pacific initially donated #18 to the Smokey Hill Railway & Historical Society. The locomotive languished along the former MoPac Coffeyville S... (more)

A crowd gets up close and personal to UP 8444, headed to the 1984 Worlds Fair in New Orleans, LA, while being serviced at Warrensburg, MO.

A&M ALCO's in 2022: After a derailment on the Fort Smith bridge in early May stranded 3 for A&M's SD70's, the ALCO C420's were pressed back into road service. Now at track speed the Monett ... (more)

StL&IMS #5 departs Oran, MO as it passes the former Missouri Pacific Depot.

StL&IMS #5 spots a boxcar for interchange with the UP while the Cotton Belt's famed Blue Streak Merchandise speeds by on the mainline.

A southbound freight climbs out of the Blue River Valley on the east side of Swope Park.

A steam double header was operated from downtown St. Louis to the Museum of Transport to drop off SLSF 1522. However, the train had to wait for a stalled freight train to clear before the steam l... (more)

The conductor protects the crossing on former Illinois Terminal street tracks.

A&M ALCO's in 2022: After a derailment on the Fort Smith bridge in early May stranded 3 for A&M's SD70's, the ALCO C420's were pressed back into road service. Still battling stormy weather,... (more)

UP 3985 is headed to the 2001 NRHS Convention held in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Pacific Railroad.

Rail & Switching Services of Missouri used the former IT trackage in the city of St. Louis to serve local customers. Here it approaches Cass Avenue under former IT catenary.