A Respondek SD40-2 painted in Illini Terminal colors sits at the port in Granite City, Illinois.

Two sets of Terminal Railroad power are seen sorting cars at the south end of the Madison yard. A GP40M-3 with a slug and a pair of SD60Is.

UP 2204 is shuffling cars at the south end of the Terminal Railroad yard in Madison. The blue locomotives in the consist are newly rebuilt SD70M locomotives for the Lake State Railway in Saginaw,... (more)

A massive 686 axle westbound freight tries to gain speed after passing another train at Clarksville, Missouri.

A heavy manifest makes its way south (railroad west) along the western bank of the Mississippi River near Annada, Missouri.

A pair of Dash 9s lead a heavy manifest loaded with steel near O'Fallon, Missouri.

A monstrous afternoon manifest makes its way to Galesburg on the Hannibal Sub near O'Fallon, Missouri.

A BNSF C44-9W and two DPUs have a Herzog train rolling at Annada, Missouri.

Norfolk Southern exchanging cars at Weeksvile, Missouri. This is a rebuilt Dash 9-40C locomotive. This was the windiest conditions in which I have ever flown a drone. It was gusting to 40 mph. ... (more)

An AC4400 on the head end of a manifest train in the siding at Gibb being passed by a loaded coal train.

A westbound BNSF manifest near Old Monroe, Missouri.

One of the BNSF 25th Anniversary locomotives takes the main at Machens, Missouri, while a track inspector sits in the siding. You could tell from a long way off that this was a special locomotive... (more)

A westbound manifest is holding the main at Gibb, while a dead coal train occupies the siding. I never could figure out what was going on, but it helped that they sat still for a few minutes in o... (more)

A well powered westbound manifest pulls out of the siding at Elsberry, Missouri. When tripods started to be erected at the end of the siding, I figured we were in for a good catch.

An eastbound manifest crosses Peruque Creek near O' Fallon, Missouri. I guess this is my first selfie.