UP 1982 leads a short freight out of UP's Alton & Southern Gateway Yard in East St. Louis, Illinois.

Note windows in short hood. From my slide collection by ALLEN CLUM.

Alton & Southern MP15DC 1522 and SW1500 1512 get a break from switching A&S's Gateway Yard and stretch their legs on a transfer run.

Just after sunrise, the St. Louis skyline is the backdrop for Amtrak train #302 as it takes the north approach of the MacArthur Bridge to join the UP Springfield Sub at Q Tower. The train had just... (more)

C&S 940 to BN 7810

Railfans jump out of their cars to photograph UP 844 rolling over the elevated trestle heading east out of St. Louis.

Typical consist for GM&O south of St. Louis

Putting together southbound freight at yard

GWWR eastbound Kansas City to E. St. Louis, IL train MKCSL stopped at Bridge Jct

One of only two applications of friction bearings to flexicoil trucks that I know of. You have to be hard core backward to ask for that option. Upon reflection I think this may have been Granite... (more)

As the sun sets, the Missouri Pacific Heritage Unit leads this intermodal train off the TRRA MacArthur Bridge. It will continue onto the UP Chester Sub on its way to Marion, Arkansas.

Gateway Western 1504 idles at the racks in KCS's East Saint Louis Yard on a beautiful February afternoon.

A train of empty coal hoppers comes down off the MacArthur Bridge after crossing the Mississippi River from St. Louis. This train will continue onto the UP Chester Sub and head to Dupo, Illinois.

*** DISCLAIMER *** I have gotten email claiming this is GWWR 2041, and 2044. The notes on my slide mount indicate 2048, taken from the fact the nose and cab scraps were in the gon behind the flat... (more)