Boy, talk about color! Red green and yellow locomotives fill up the Manny's yard on this mild march day. The TRRA SW1500 (red) was recently painted by the MRS and is waiting to be picked up by the... (more)

MRS 254, a late production MP15DC, smokes it up at it goes to work shoving a long cut of hoppers back into the MRS yard.. Canon 350D. 75-300mm.

Power pokes out from various places in the 12th Street Yard complex well after sunset. Canon 350D, 75-300mm. f/8 @ 20 sec.

Power rests by the UP's Lesperance Street Yard tower on a windy night. The winds were a precursor to the devastating severe weather that would follow. Canon 350D, 28-80mm. f/4 @ 6 sec.

Power move

A former CNW unit and a KCS AC44 are illuminated by a passing westbound on this eastbound rack train sitting at Knox after its crew hogged. Canon 350D, 28-80mm. f/5.6 @ 30 sec.

This former SP SD40T-2 sits among the sea of yellow UP units sitting at UP's Lesperance Street Yard tower. The St. Louis skyline is visible in this shot. Canon 350D, 28-80mm.

C&NW 8575 is fronting the IDUSE (Intermodal, Dupo, IL-Seattle, WA) tonight and has stopped at Gratiot Tower interlocking and waits for an eastbound UP stack train, under the brilliantly shining st... (more)

Parked

Power move thru Saint Louis with the new Bush Stadium in the background

This westbound manifest heads through Dogtown at the end of the day, on the home stretch of it's run to BNSF's tiny Lindenwood Yard. Canon 350D, 75-300mm.

Parked

On a cold evening a fresh crew arrives at their train to find a warbonnet in-charge. Two crew members are in the cab, and the brakeman can be seen walking the train to the right. Note the Amtrak l... (more)

A battered UP Geep 15 idles quietly at the extreme end of this spur, taking a break from its yard duties. Note the St. Louis Arch in the background. Canon 350D, 28-80mm.

Well, this was worth the wait. After waiting for about 20 minutes, AASAM showed up, running around the track work, with a former Con in the lead. Canon 350D, 75-300mm.