The Venice, IL, to Kansas City, MO, freight train has just backed out of the siding at East Blackburn after meeting their counterpart. The crew made an unusual move so the conductor could lined th... (more)
The Jefferson Avenue overpass in downtown St. Louis provides a great view of the city skyline along with UP's 12th Street Yard. In the background sits the hulk of TRRA Tower 1 - which once contro... (more)
A westbound Kansas City Southern grain train snakes through downtown Kansas City on the Kansas City Terminal’s East-West Corridor behind a pair of ES44ACs – 4680 and 4687. KCT’s East-West C... (more)
A westbound manifest is holding the main at Gibb, while a dead coal train occupies the siding. I never could figure out what was going on, but it helped that they sat still for a few minutes in o... (more)
TRRA's duo of SD60Is lead Terminal 101 North under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. Due to a span on the Merchants bridge being replaced, this train detoured via the MacArthur Bridge and the highlin... (more)
Getting used to Santa Fe rails, a pair of BN motors lead a fast rolling eastbound through the curves in Camden, MO. The venerable wig wag crossing signal here started clanging well before a train ... (more)
The KCS Southern Belle northbound at Flint Creek.
The KCS Southern Belle passing through an open field in Lanagan, MO on their way towards Kansas City.
Flatland flyer: Amidst an early morning run of traffic in the bottom lands along the Missouri River east of Kansas City, AT&SF 3806 East in the company of two GP60s rips through rural Henrietta, M... (more)
A well powered westbound manifest pulls out of the siding at Elsberry, Missouri. When tripods started to be erected at the end of the siding, I figured we were in for a good catch.
Bnsf 7649 drags a U-GALSPM west out of Foley Mo. This being an empty tie train bound for Springfield Mo.
Bnsf 8794 heads west with a loaded coal drag. Seen here a few miles outside of Clarksville Mo.
An eastbound manifest crosses Peruque Creek near O' Fallon, Missouri. I guess this is my first selfie.
The DPU's of the BNSF C-WTMPAM pass by BNSF 9791 making for a great scene down at Turners. BNSF 9795 and 9791 both proudly wear BN logos on the nose.
BNSF Z-AUGSBD passing by a parked SD70MAC at Turners.