In the fading light, CN and NS units pass under the southbound control signal, heading north. Train was ASHASX 13.

Definitely the catch of the day . . . At the end of a slow order, SP 8613 rolls down-grade through Kirkwood with a westbound rack train, AASAMB 17.

One of the last Gateway Western locomotives still painted for the GWWR sits with a three-unit stack car at the KCS' Venice intermodal ramp. Canon 350D.

A trio of Terminal SW1500s smoke it up as they accelerate their manifest across the Merchants Bridge under a very volatile looking sky. Canon 350D.

In Shipman, the Reverend tip-toes down the siding at 10 MPH for a meet with Amtrak 303 The Ann Routlage. Canon 350D.

On a chilly Feburary evening, units from the various locals and yard jobs at Lesperance Street congergate behind the yard tower, with the St. Louis skyline providing the backdrop. Canon 350D.

With a rare SD40X (basically an SD50 on an SD40-2 frame) on the point, MKCES enters the UP Springfield Sub at Godfrey with two more B39 junkers trailing. This trainis headed for the yard at E. St.... (more)

UP coal train CROJO9 10 decends the MacArthur Bridge lead, and will procede to the Chester Sub.

Here, doing 50 mph, BNSF 1042 cuts diagonally across W. Pacific Street and 4th Street as it flies through the out skirts of Pacific, MO.

An Amtrak employee climbs down from #22 as several trains wait for their call in the Thanksgiving rush out of St. Louis, MO.

North Shore Return: After a day trip to Duluth and Two Harbors, the wife and I were returning home when I stumbled across the North Shore Scenic heading back to Duluth. This was a weekday, ... (more)

In the evening's golden light, MPIPB 13 scoots through Cahokia on the way to Dupo. When in Dupo, the crew asked the carman for an empty trash bag, and it's apparent why; just look at all the trash... (more)

An almost-new SD70M, with the new cab, hustles AASAM 05 through Old Webster.

IHOYC 07 sits in Dupo under clearing skies after the first big snow of the year. The last vestage of what would have been a spectacular sunset shows on the horizon, and Venus pops out from the rec... (more)

A Southbound loaded iron ore train crosses the bridge at MP 12.5, at about 4:45 pm (CST).