ALS 1501 and 1522, two veteran SW1500's, work around Gateway Yard in East St. Louis on a beautiful sunny day.

B&O 7600 East St. Louis, IL December 20, 1986. Chessie received only a single order of SD40-2's for 20 units in January and February of 1977. B&O Units 7600-7619.

Got a friend you think over-weathers his model Railroad stuff? Well maybe not! On UP when your number hits the high 9000s, your number is almost up.

Originally NP via Copper Basin this old Geep is looking spiffy as it works the Mississippi riverfront.

A pair of TRRA Geeps switch a local industry as they pass by the Casino Queen on a beautiful evening.

A Santa Fe freight is about to depart the Illinois Central's East St. Louis yard for the run to Kansas City over the Gateway Western Railway as an empty IC coal train rolls by. ATSF acquired the f... (more)

An empty Illinois Central coal train from Union Electric's West Labadie Generating Station is rolling off the east end of the MacAuthur Bridge and into the recently refurbished Valley Junction pla... (more)

The St. Louis skyline provides quite the appropriate backdrop for this 56 minute late Amtrak #22 "Texas Eagle" as it leaves the city behind gliding across Terminals' MacArthur Bridge Dis... (more)

An empty Missouri Pacific coal train with a DB equipped 6000 series leader is seen from the Cahokia Airport overpass just south of Valley Junction, IL.

KCS moves some freight with a pair of switchers.

ASSRQ is departing the A&S as seen at Valley Junction, IL

Metro East Industries workers, Eric and Kenny, work to apply the large vinyl lettering to complete the Lake State Railway's 25th Anniversary GP40-3 slug mother, LSRC #4325. The crew performed qua... (more)

Metro East Industries has commenced constructing a large 90-unit order for Union Pacific that includes 45 6-axle Road Slugs and 45 6-axle SD40N Slug Mothers. One of the pair that is being road te... (more)

Metro East Industries has commenced constructing a large 90-unit order for Union Pacific that includes 45 6-axle Road Slugs and 45 6-axle SD40N Slug Mothers. The first pair that is being road tes... (more)

Lake State Railway is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2017 and to commemorate the occasion, the latest GP40-3 slug mother has been released in a special 25th Anniversary scheme, wearing road n... (more)