Heading towards St. Louis and passing the Ameren Sioux Power Plant.

Playing hookie on a beautiful Dec morning.

Eastbound at mp19.

Rolling thru Old Monroe at track speed.

Rolling eastbound and making lots of sweet noise.

Eastbound on Sunday morning before the clouds rolled in.

Just crossed the MacArthur bridge into St. Louis the Alton Southern 2000 waits for the signal to clear.

The shadows are already getting long at just 2:30 on a warm November day.

Foreign power running westbound thru St. Charles on Norfolk Southern tracks.

The conductor gives a wave as the BNSF 8249 heads west along the Mississippi near the Golden Eagle Ferry on a beautiful October day.