UP 5642 rolls through Kirkwood as the engineer, who happens to be a friend of mine, leans out the window to give a wave. Train was CWEPAH 05.

With the engineer in the trailing rear motor, the conductor rides the rear platform as he directs the power from QDYAS into Dupo Yard at sunset. Canon 350D, 28-80mm.

In the early morning hours, the YDU50 job pulls to a stop in the 12th Street yard with a smoky MoPac GP38. On the next track, a carman is inspecting a CN SD40-2W on another UP train. Canon 350D. 2... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 8, Delaware Lackawanna: Now that the big power is tied down for the day at Steamtown, the crew of DL3 jumps on the local power, and heads across Lackawanna Ave, towards the ... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 8, Delaware Lackawanna: Also sitting to the side of the Von Storch shops is DL 405 along with several other DL ALCO's in their storage track. No word if there is a problem w... (more)

Late in the afternoon the Monett turn shoves down the lead to the large Georges complex at Butterfield in picturesque Southwest Missouri. They will be dropping about half their train here and will... (more)

Severely Crippled: A very injured H20 limps into River Jct, next to the mighty Mississippi, on a cold December afternoon. The SOO geep is dead and drained, and the CP geep is minus a tracti... (more)

The Struggle is Real: A grain extra out of St. Paul comes as a surprise when it shows up with 103 mtys and just a pair of geeps. Don't see that much anymore! Here they round the curve at MP... (more)

Work to get the main up and running again has begun. Here an Ex. CP Rail SD40-2 and ballast train clear the siding to allow the first train to pass through after the derailment.

Iron Thunder: Iron ore, southbound, thunders over the bridge at MP 12.5 in the late afternoon sun.

First train of the day, and I just caught it! a strange catch, a UP loco, on the point of a NS train, running over BNSF tracks. You can see the "hillyness" of the Cuba Sub in this shot.

Terminal's big power including their GP35 slug runs up the Illinois Transfer to reach their Madison Yard. Canon 350D.

A UP empty coal drag, consisting of brand new aluminum hoppers, screams through the Kirkwood Rd. crossing.

Illuminated by a southbound, this northbound manifest waits in the hole, being run-around by both north- and southbounds. He's barely visible but the conductor is on the left side of the locomotiv... (more)

In a strange move, with no interchange traffic to bring north, the turn runs up to Monett light power, and is seen here coming through the S-curves at Garfield. Canon 350D.