Here coal train CBTMR9 07 bound for the DeSoto Sub runs through industrial South St. Louis on horrible track, speed here is 10 MPH.

Sure, you can get diesel at the 6th Street Scales, but what interests me more are the diesels on YDU50 09 going over the scales. The last one being one of only 3 GP40P-2's built for the SP and use... (more)

UP 5642 rolls through Kirkwood as the engineer, who happens to be a friend of mine, leans out the window to give a wave. Train was CWEPAH 05.

Work train led by a leased former BN SD40-2, the train has new welded rail, and pre-fab track sections.

This north bound BNSF train is lead by a pair of UP units, the tail end of this train was involved in the derailment with a southbounder.

UP runs westbound MASKC 06 past the Kirkwood station about an hour before sunset. The man standing next to the station is Zach Guenzel, of Railpictures.net.

A westbound manifest roars past another parked westbound which is waiting for a crew at West Eureka.

The Cuba Sub local heads west out of Lindenwood Yard to switch what industries that are left on the Cuba Sub.

Aftermath of Aug. 1st derailment. Cars placed where-ever to get them out of the way of the line.

Aftermath of Aug. 1st derailment. Cars placed where-ever to get them out of the way of the line.

Work to get the main up and running again has begun. Here an Ex. CP Rail SD40-2 and ballast train clear the siding to allow the first train to pass through after the derailment.

The derailment put 24 cars on the ground, wiped out an entire road, and left about 600 residents without power, but less than 30 hours BNSF had trains rolling again. Ironically, it was with one of... (more)

The slogan says "We Will Deliver", well they sure delivered all right. They just didn't say when, where, and how they would deliver this brand new Nissan SUV.

Later in the still scorching day, BNSf 9883 patiently waits for a new crew at the hand-thrown crossover at Kingshighway.

On a scorching day, with the temperature at 103*F, with no break in the humidity, a UP SD70M and a CSX SD60 wisk MLENP 24 past a coal drag, and will soon arrive in Kirkwood.