Cold weather brings air problems for H-GALMEM at Gibb siding. I never saw the conductor on the ground inspecting the train until I looked at the photos later in the day.
H-GALMEM crossing the Cuivre River on a cold day, which was causing air pressure problems with the train.
The coldest day I ever railfanned was out on the BNSF Transcon near Marceline, Missouri. A long-awaited westbound stack train passed under highway 36 so I could run back to the warmth of the car.
The dirtiest locomotive heading south on the UP Chester Sub at Valmeyer, Illinois.
A new locomotive passes under an old signal bridge. Unfortunately, these old signals are gone now.
An Archer Daniels Midland CF7 and SW1200 sit next to the Mississippi River flood wall at the ADM grain facility on Prairie Avenue in St. Louis.
A westbound train in the river bottoms near O'Fallon, Missouri shows off some nice fall colors.
A westbound train with a cut of well cars at the front end rounds a curve and comes into the sun along Old Highway 79 near Elsberry, Missouri.
This might be my most interesting train consist. The units are an AC44C6M, C44-9W, NRE3GS21B, SD70MAC and a GP-20.
A lengthy manifest cruising along Highway 79 as it approaches a meet in Elsberry, Missouri.
An unusual grab bag of locomotives on the Hannibal Sub near Old Monroe, Missouri. The locomotives are an AC44C6M, C44-9W, NRE3GS21B, SD70MAC and a GP20.
A BNSF manifest crossing the Cuivre River at Old Monroe, Missouri.
A scrap metal train approaching Barwise Road near Orchard Farm, Missouri.
At almost 700 axles, a massive BNSF manifest passes through open fields as it approaches the Missouri River.
A loaded coal train crosses the low bridge at Island Road before crossing over the Missouri River north of St. Louis.
