A southbounder passes in front of the Mississippi River bluffs at Fults, Illinois.
First light on a BNSF coal train near Orchard Farm, Missouri.
Norfolk Southern at the Fountain Creek bridge on the UP Chester Sub.
This is the second time I ran into 5474 in a week, this time headed west at Apex, Missouri.
A single UP locomotive is pulling a long train, but still managing to pick up speed headed south on the Chester Sub near Columbia, Illinois.
A loaded coal train is accelerating out of Elsberry on the Hannibal Sub.
This short train is passing the cliffs at Foley, Missouri.
This train is on elevated tracks in the Mississippi river flood plain near Machens, Missouri.
An AC4400CW idles in the Helper, Utah yard.
Westbound coal at first light. Unfortunately this old signal and wooden platform have now been replaced with a newer steel platform and signal.
This heavy train had three mid-train DPUs heading south at Bottom Road.
A UP coal train passes milepost 83 (83 miles south of St. Louis)on approach to Gorham, Illinois.
A Union Pacific manifest crosses the Big Muddy River headed south on the Chester Sub. This is in a remote area of southern Illinois just outside of the 5000 acre Trail of Tears State Forest.
The last light of the day catches a nice looking BNSF consist at Orchard Farm, Missouri.
BNSF 1075, still in H1 paint, makes its way west near Elsberry, Missouri.
