Westbound Amtrak Ann Rutledge about 15 minutes after departure from downtown St. Louis on a very beautiful and comfortable mid April afternoon. The train was about 8 minutes behind schedule when ... (more)

Alton & Southern GP38-2 2000, 2 A&S SW1500s, a UP SD90MAC, and a UP AC4400CW hold with a eastbound stack train.

Amtrak train #313(Track #1) gliding slowly westward past eastbound Union Pacific stack train(Track #2) on a beautiful, yet chilly, early February afternoon. Note the Superliner cars in the Amtrak... (more)

Amtrak P42DC #169 leading northbound Texas Eagle through Cliff Cave County Park in far south St. Louis, MO, about 2 1/2 hours late--Nikon D200

Train of full coal loads waits at Branch St. for the signal to enter the TRRA North Market interlocking.

Full coal load train resumes its journey from the Hannibal Sub onto the TRRA, after waiting for the northbound train of grain empties from Tyler St. yard to pass by on the TRRA main to the Merchan... (more)

On a nice Feburary afternoon we have cleared up in Ivory yard for a northbound autoparts train. Canon 350D.

A rebuilt GP40, which I brought in on the LSE57, looks on as two RC equipped GP38-2's slumber in the yard waiting for the morning shift. Canon 350D.

On a chilly Feburary evening, units from the various locals and yard jobs at Lesperance Street congergate behind the yard tower, with the St. Louis skyline providing the backdrop. Canon 350D.

It looks like the infamous 253 is back on MRS property. MRS seems to have this one-of-a-kind rebuild leased out to other railroads/industries year round. Canon 350D.

Saint Mouis Metro 3022 head through downtown St. Louis with the Gateway Arch looming in the background.

While waiting for a signal into the 12th street yard, YDU50 slowly creeps down the bridge approach while being passed by an eastbound manifest.

Westbound @ mp18 just crossing the Missouri River into St. Louis County. Plaque reads: "Bellefontaine Bridge Begun July 4 1892 Opened Dec 27, 1893 Geo.S.Morison Chief Eng'r B.L.Grosby Res Eng... (more)

After coming off the BNSF, this dump train comes down the old Oak Hill Line past "The Hill," a famous Italian neighborhood in St. Louis, on its trek south. Canon 350D.

Grain train on the BNSF Hannibal Sub waits at Branch St. for the signal to allow continuation on the TRRA through downtown St. Louis.