Canadian Pacific's F-units lead the northbound OCS at Ginger Blue en route back to Calgary.

Low Water At Ginger Blue | A northbound train of empty grain hoppers crosses over a particularly low Elk River at Ginger Blue, MO on the warm afternoon of Sunday, September 15, 2024.

Belles After Dark | As the 11 o'clock hour nears, southbound CPKC intermodal train I180 crosses the Elk River at Ginger Blue, MO on a cool Saturday, April 20, 2024 evening. Just behind the ... (more)

Ginger Blue Sky | As the sun rises over the community of Ginger Blue, MO on a mild Thursday, March 21, 2024 morning as a southbound CPKC grain train crosses the Elk River - a popular spot f... (more)

Elk River Landscape | Rolling through the community of Ginger Blue on a beautiful Sunday, March 10, 2024 morning, a CPKC manifest train heads north past the Elk River in southwestern Missou... (more)

KCS 4866 leading a manifest over Elk River

A BNSF coal empty out of Texas is bound back to the BNSF in KC. Somehow this thing has everything for power. The rear 2 units are more than likely KCS helper units from a southbound loaded train o... (more)

A BNSF coal empty out of Texas is bound back to the BNSF in KC. Somehow this thing has everything for power. The rear 2 units are more than likely KCS helper units from a southbound loaded train o... (more)

A little over an hour after sunset, northbound manifest train MSHKC-17 rolls across the bridge over the Elk River in Ginger Blue, MO on a clear and cool Wednesday, January 18, 2023 evening. Just a... (more)

A couple of BNSF units lead a southbound coal train across the Elk River in the hills of southwest Missori near the community of Ginger Blue just after sunset on the evening of August 18, 2022.

Two BNSF SD70ACe units bring up the rear of a northbound empty coal train that is seen here crossing the Elk River near the community of Ginger Blue, MO on a warm August 18, 2022.

A pair of mismatched GE units lead a northbound empty coal train across the Elk River near the community of Ginger Blue, MO late in the afternoon on a warm August 18, 2022.

Led by an AC4400CW and an ES44AC, a KCS grain train heads north across the Elk River near Ginger Blue, MO on the bright morning of June 13, 2022.

A unit oil train from Canada heads south on the Kansas City Southern main line, crossing the Elk River in Ginger Blue, MO on a warm June 6, 2022.

With two BNSF units and two KCS units on the head end, a southbound coal train crosses the Elk River near Ginger Blue, MO on a sunny January 10, 2022.