A UP coal drag splits the signals at Kirk Jct. Train was CNATH9 29.
Wings: A single AC4400CW heads up this Kansas City bound empty coal drag, as it flys through Kirkwood.
The DPU of this northbound empty Rush Island coal train emerges from a rock cut and snakes down grade towards Byers.
ALCO Safari Day 1: First stop on my ALCO Safari trip was the local Minnesota Commercial, who still have a couple of active ALCO and MLW products on the roster. Here the Hennepin Job, #52, a... (more)
UP 775 idles the night away, under the watchful glare of a blood-red crescent moon.
A UP stack train heads west through Maplewood, one of the workers on the line was getting really pissed off, the dispatcher wasn't answering him! It took him 17 mins and 9 trys to get a reply! Tra... (more)
Just before sunset two old GE's rocket MASNL 17 through North Dupo at track speed.
The CN-IC local, lead today by a pair of SD40-2's and a GTW geep 38 pulls to a stop at Mousette Lane. The Cotton Belt yard is full so they will have to go through the A&S, which means they will be... (more)
UP stack 2IMNLB 16 train is cookin' as it rolls through Pacific, past the picturesque bluffs and colorful trees on this beautiful fall day.
The Beer Railroad: Digging through old photos, it seems that in my youth, I spent lots of time at the "Manny", which was owned by the Anheuser-Busch brewery in South St. Louis. MR... (more)
Its light reflecting and shimmering through the clouds, the setting sun creates a beautiful scene, as a BNSF steel train rumbles over Grants Trail.
A somewhat ratty looking CSX DASH 8 leads its train through the farmland of the Mississippi River valley at sunset. Train was MASNL 09.
Morning Rays: A pair of UP SD70Ms blasts into the morning rays with a stacker.
A NS catfish is on the point of a short train while a GP38 stands by, this while another train pulls into the tiny yard. Canon 350D. 75-300mm.
At the end of our trip we decided to visit the ex. CNW coaling tower at DeCalb. I came away with a great parting shot as this DPU shoves coal loads east and the sun retreats west beneath the horiz... (more)
