As a crewman fires up FTRX MP15DC 1345, a bit of smoke rises from the engine's exhaust stacks. Sure, it's no steam locomotive (or even an Alco!), but it does give a static roster shot a little in... (more)

A pair of rebuilt Union Pacific SD40Ns lift a 12th Street to Alton and Southern transfer over the industrial grit of St. Louis' riverfront.

End of the Line: At the end of a long day, the Ivory Job spots empty boxcars at SSR, as the helper stands by the switch to line the movement back for the "main." Hard to believe t... (more)

An unusual consist leads this autorack train westward on the UP Jefferson City Sub at the Grand Ave. Interlocking. Many of the cars contained what looked to be new pickup trucks.

An empty BNSF oil train trundles up the TRRA's North Belt along Antelope Street in North St. Louis, MO. Second out is a warbonnet C40-8W, former ATSF 909.

A pair of former Santa Fe SD40-2s, including one still wearing its original ATSF bluebonnet paint, assembles a train at the west end of BNSF's Lindenwood Yard.

Northbound Union Pacific grain train blasting through the South Broadway crossing past the Tesson Station Bar & Grill, 1/4 mile west of Davis Junction on the Union Pacific Desoto Subdivision on ... (more)

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here's a green switcher at the transloading facility in north St. Louis city. The yard is clear and so this operation is shut down waiting for the next grain train to be b... (more)

Coal train waits at Branch St. for a signal to allow it to proceed onto the Terminal Railroad Association at North Market Interlocking.

Coal train waits at Branch St. for a signal to allow it to proceed onto the Terminal Railroad Association at North Market Interlocking.

With the weekend's snow still pretty fresh in this area, six locomotives run light down the Merchants Sub, having just crossed over the Mississippi River from Illinois via the Merchants Bridge. Th... (more)

Originally constructed in 1928, the now-dormant Wabash Railroad Station on Delmar Blvd. in western St. Louis City awaits an uncertain future. Back in its heyday, outbound Wabash trains from St.... (more)

Blasting up the hill out of UP Lesperance Street Yard onto the TRRA for 12th Street Yard is UP Train YSL53 20 with 49 cars and a more than interesting consist. Couldn't ask for a better leader. ... (more)

A work train heads west.