Most trains traveling east out of Alliance, NE are loaded with Powder River coal, but in the Nebraska sand hills along Nebraska Route 2, we traveled in our Chevrolet Impala station wagon alongsid... (more)

The local from Mexico, MO switches the yard and industries in Fulton, MO.

Bananas, Blackberrys, Belles and one Gray Ghost in storage with expired leases take up three tracks at the KCS Yard, originally IC, then ICG, CMNW, and GWWR Yard.

Dupo Deadline: a quartet of problematic SD9043MAC units await disposition, likely to nearby Metro East Industries, at the former Missouri Pacific Yard in Dupo, IL

CN local based out of Centralia, IL heads north across the Mud Creek floodplain toward the Prairie State Energy Campus with empty hoppers to be loaded with fly ash, which is the reside left after ... (more)

CN local based out of Centralia, IL is approaching the gate to the Prairie State Energy Campus with empty hoppers to be loaded with fly ash, which is the reside left after burning coal.

CN local based out of Centralia, IL head north toward the Prairie State Energy Campus with empty hoppers to be loaded with fly ash, which is the reside left after burning coal.

A northbound manifest on the River Sub approaches Lindenwood Yard as it crosses over Watson Road, once a part of US Route 66, the Mother Road.

A load of Wyoming coal bound for the Associated Electric Cooperative in New Madrid, MO passes beneath the former MoPac cantilever signals at the crossover at the mid-point of Dupo Yard.

A pair of KCS GP-40s of diverse origins begin breaking up train MKCVN after its arrival in the St. Louis Metro East. KCS 2967 began life as SLSF 768 in 1974 and KCS 2831 began life as PC 3136 in ... (more)

Train MKCVN has reached the end of its run from Knoche Yard in Kansas City as it is pulled up alongside Progress Rail units, including recently built SD70ACe-T4 "Bananas", that have been... (more)

CN local L544 is exiting the Prairie State Energy Campus with a train of empty hoppers to take to the Kaskaskia Regional Port District to reload with limestone needed for the smokestack scrubbers.... (more)

The Progress Rail SD70ACe-T4 "Banana" units have been put in storage at the KCS yard in Cahokia Heights, IL. They join previously stored SD70ACe units that were put in storage over a year ago.

A pair of ageless SD40-2 units, the leader built for the Santa Fe and the second unit for BN, lead the Madison Turn from TRRA Madison Yard to BNSF Lindenwood Yard.

After bringing MKCVN from Kansas City, KCS 4009 sets off a block of hoppers alongside deadlines of locomotives no longer on the roster.