*** 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)

Amtrak's Texas Eagle re-routed due to flooding.

I spent a "Day Out With Thomas" in East St. Louis, IL on this beautiful crisp clear late October afternoon. The TRRA provided the motive power via TRRA #3003(an EMD SD40R) pushing on the rear. T... (more)

Cargill Grain Company industrial switcher calmly idling away at the grain facility as it awaits its next assignment on a beautiful crisp early fall afternoon

Helm Financial Group(HLCX)-ex Union Pacific-motive power sits in the East St. Louis KCS yard, calmy idling away as it awaits its next assignment during a beautiful early fall weekend.

Coal train DPU leaving the UP Chester Sub and entering the TRRA MacArthur Bridge Subdivision on its way across the Mississippi River into Missouri. The rest of the train can be seen snaking up to ... (more)

Two UP units on NS 167 running on the TRRA Illinois Transfer

I was wandering around the scenic East St. Louis area when I came across this UP U30C headed for the scrap yard, minus its prime mover.

After going into emergency for no apparent reason, and then having the crew go dead on hours, this train of empty coal cars finally makes the turn through Valley Junction from the UP Chester Sub o... (more)

Taken from the Missouri side of the Mississippi River; 6630 looks rather minuscule below the giant power line tower.

Just after crossing the Mississippi River from St. Louis, this coal train waits at the end of the TRRA Macarthur Bridge East Approach to proceed through Valley Junction and onto the UP Chester Sub... (more)

Coal empties glide up the east approach to the Macarthur Bridge toward St. Louis as intermodal ILADU waits to come through Valley Junction on a hot July afternoon.

Two KCS "Southern Belle" units lead a train of brand-new KCS hoppers, also in "Southern Belle" paint scheme. The conductor re-boards the lead unit after lining the switch on the UP Springfield Sub... (more)