It's been a bad day. The conductor on loaded UP coal train CNATS rides back to the 100+ hopper cars that he lost just a few moments ago. This former SP unit was the trailing unit on ... (more)

Norfolk Southern's OCS train crosses over Lake Decatur on the famous concrete arch bridge east of the lake's namesake town.

A Rock Island-painted GP30 bound for the Arkansas and Oklahoma trails a pair of UP SD70Ms powering up out of Dupo, IL, fresh off of a crew change.

The first heritage unit of the day, CNJ painted NS 1071, has just changed crews and now is powering hard to get its unit crude oil train away from the tedious rail network of St. Louis.

Wabash painted NS 1070 trails a BNSF ACe on a southbound loaded taconite ore train about 55 miles north of St. Louis on BNSF's Hannibal Subdivision.

An Alton and Southern transfer with a fresh HLCX Geep trailing pulls into downtown St. Louis to drop off some cars at UP's 12th Street Yard. The clock tower for the famous St. Louis Union Station ... (more)

A pair of former ATSF B40-8Ws, one still in Santa Fe Warbonnet paint, ease their local train onto the Smithboro siding for a meet with a southbound coal train. Even though their duties have been r... (more)

Bright green RRC 4139 rests in Respondek's Boonville, IN, yard while a pair of old SD9s, one still in AWW paint, take in the action. Thanks for the great day Terry!

After a day's work, the crew off of NS 433, empty coal hoppers for Shay Mine, makes the long walk to the crew van after tying down their train. Though the day was normal for them, the train was an... (more)

All three of Terry Respondek's freshly repainted, Illinois Terminal-inspired Geeps pose for a photo just east of the railroad's Boonville, IN, shops.

White out visibility and icy conditions may have slowed traffic on the nearby interstate highways, but the raging snow storm has made nary a dent in Norfolk Southern's operations across Missouri. ... (more)

In the perfect shortline scene, all three of Terry Respondek's freshly painted, Illinois Terminal inspired geeps ply the Squaw Creek Southern's jointed rail in the rolling hills of southern Indian... (more)

Thanks Google! Google Street View has been one of greatest tools for railfanning. In fact, I had been using Street View to scout locations to shoot NKP 765 a day before I was going to chase... (more)

Low light shines on BNSF's Hannibal Sub local heading north through Annada, MO, population 48. Though this is a local, it usually uses two Dash 9s. Too bad they don't put SD40-2s or something cool... (more)

4 railroads are represented in this rolling meet shot as a northbound BNSF manifest with two UP units and a Santa Fe boxcar meets southbound freight HGALMEM with two fresh CN SD60s at Old Monroe, ... (more)