QASLIX 07 highballs southbound at sunset, while dark clouds slowly creep in in the background.

With beautiful downtown St. Louis as a backdrop, a General Electric product quietly chugs away on CCJBT 01 in the late afternoon sun.

An incredably dirty SD70M head up MASKC 05 as it rolls out of downtown St. Louis.

A light engine move from Valley Jct. heads towards Dupo, check out the last loco, Ex BC Rail SD40-2. Train was YDU41 26.

UP MPIPB 25 is waiting for a Northbound to pass, so it can cross over and go South. In an attempt not to block the crossing ahead of them, they ended up blocking a school bus at the crossing behin... (more)

Highball!: After undoubtedly getting a diverging clear at Coon Creek, Ed cracks the throttle on UP 4014 for the last 20 or so miles to the Twin Cities. The train is coming off the BNSF Hink... (more)

With a firey fall foliage backdrop, this coal drag waits to procede south behind a line of trains. Canon 350D.

A UP SD60M and a former Espee SD40T-2 in Armour Yellow haul a ballast train through Kirkwood for a track project up the line a little ways.

On the Geneva Sub you will see a lot of former C&NW leaders, this is because all leading locos must be equipped with cab signals and automatic train stop, just like this ex.C&NW SD40-2 on this eas... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: Not having much work this day, the MA&N crew makes a quick trip to downtown Rome to collect 3 empty flat cars from American Alloy Steel.

Sunset over Union Pacific tracks through southern Illinois farmland.

ALCO Safari Day 3, CVSR: A quick stop in Akron on my way East allowed me to catch the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic coming into the Akron station stop. The rear of this C420 is unmistakable as any... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: After gathering the rest of their train, having to wait for track work and a WB intermodal, the MA&N highballs on the high iron. These GVT ALCOs are no slouches, an... (more)

Making the connection: the power for this hot UP intermodal is coupled on and will head north. Train was IMNOA 15.

A southbound manifest slips out of Dupo yard in the late evening, around 11:30pm. Taken with wide angle lens, 16 sec. exposure.