The engineer has stopped the train here, as there is another train ahead of him waiting to get into Lindenwood yard. After that train clears, he will wait to get in as well.

This westbound empty coal load, 2CIMCA9 19, climbs a steep grade in Webster Groves. Missouri is not really a mountainous state, we just have really big hills. ;)

Here a lone NS locomotive passes a stopped BNSF train on the Cuba Sub. This is an auto parts train run in conjunction with the Diamler-Chrysler Plant in Valley Park.

This BNSF manifest cuts across both Big Bend and Geyer Roads diagonally in a somewhat kaddy-whompus fashion. This is undoubtedly one of the most bizarre grade crossings I have seen yet.

The MRS crew comes off Dorcas Street and heads towards the yard after switching the huge Anheuser-Busch Brewery. From the yard they will then run down 2nd street to access Century Used Brick.

MRS 255 sits smack-dab in the middle of second street as the crew goes about switching Century Used Brick late in the afternoon.

At night, one can get a feel for what it must have been like in 1960s, when Union Station was still a major hub. Now RailCruise America calls it home. Here the conductor helps passengers disembark... (more)

With the flip of a switch the resident switcher at Union Station, former T.R.R.A. 2024, jumps to life. In about a half-an-hour, the crew will run out and pull a hot peice of private varnish off Am... (more)

BNSF 6828 pokes its head out of the vegetation as it begins to cross the long bridge over Grant's Trail, Gravois Creek, and Green Park Ind. Dr. at MP12.5.

A BNSF light power move, with a packed cab, full of crew members, heads towards the BNSF yard in N. St. Louis.

Place your bets folks! Who will win the race? My money's on the train. Who ever wins, the "JESUS" billboard will surely see. Train was YSL72R 07.

1980's GE technology vs. 1950's EMD technology, but they seem to be coexisting on the BNSF freight as it straddles Laclede's Landing, in front of the Predident Casino on the Admiral.

Looming high above the remenants of old industrial downtown St. Louis, the Manny transfer to the A&S struggles to the top of the steeply inclined (at least 3%) south approach to the MacAthur Bridg... (more)

An incredably dirty SD70M head up MASKC 05 as it rolls out of downtown St. Louis.

Westbound MASNP 05 cruises through Maplewood late in the day on its slow trek west.