A pair of KCS units heads upgrade to the MacArthur Bridge after taking an Alton & Southern Railway transfer to the UP at 12th Street.

The crew of this yard job has just a short time left to work in the cold this evening, getting finished right at sunset. They are putting the engine away down the old hump track at Dupo Yard.

A trio of Canadians pull UP train OCHSJ to St. James, LA on a warm winter day in Illinois.

An NS local works down a congested area of Madison, IL on former Illinois Terminal trackage.

A trio of KCS units comes into Valley Junction with UP train USHES 14.

After dropping a cut of cars at KCS's East Saint Louis Yard, this TRRA job heads up the Transfer with light engines back to Madison, IL.

Oil train heads south toward Saint James, LA, by way of UP's Chester Sub at KK Road

Grain loads bound for Texas round the bend in East Saint Louis, and cause a bit of distortion on the Gateway Arch on this sunny and warm January day.

Southbound freight passes one of many farms along the Mississippi River bottoms of Monroe County, IL.

The rear end of CAENA heads west on track 1 through downtown Kirkwood, MO.

UP intermodal heads south with a train of red boxes, and is about five and a half miles from its crew change point at Dupo.

Rush Island coal loads move south on the TRRA under the Martin Luther King Bridge along the Saint Louis riverfront

Rush Island coal loads move south on the TRRA under the Martin Luther King Bridge

The once in a while Herrington, KS to Alton & Southern Railway manifest is seen here at Kirkwood, MO, after having to stop a mile and half west of here at Geyer Road for a railroad tie placed on t... (more)

In train on NLAS was this wrecked GP40, which was destined to nearby Alton, IL to be scrapped at Azcon. At the location of this picture, 863 had about 20 miles left to roll in its life, if you don... (more)