A mixed freight slows for the upcoming bridge over the Mississippi River as a nice pocket of sunlight illuminates a fast approaching storm front.

33J slows for the Mississippi River Drawbridge at East Hannibal.

The "Creamsicle" eases into the By's at UP Armourdale Yard off The Elevator Lead with NS Train 33J, bound for UP 18th Street Yard after skirting past what's left of Armstrong Yard. The ... (more)

The "Creamsicle", Norfolk Southern's Interstate Railroad Heritage Locomotive sits at 10th Street on the NS Kansas City District-BNSF Brookfield Sub. leading NS Train 33J for UP 18th Stre... (more)

A lone CEFX AC4400CW leads the NS 33J down the KCT at Santa Fe JCT. The train is bound for the UP at Armourdale.

A lone CEFX AC4400CW leads the NS 33J down the KCT in the West Bottoms. The train is bound for the UP at Armourdale.

NS Train 297, led by the Virginian Railway Heritage Locomotive, and NS Train 33J both wait for new crews to take them west towards Kansas City, precisely UP Armourdale Yard and UP 18th Street Yard... (more)

Conrail-painted NS 8098 leads 33J past a waiting 122 at Holiday.

A trio of GP60s lead 33J toward Moberly.

Just before all sunlight was lost to a plains thunderstorm, I was able to catch 33J passing the H17.3 signal.

NS 6920 drags 33J uphill into Moberly.

With 301 stopped at Hazel Dell on NS Pass and 22 still waiting here at Iles, NS 33J with two pumpkins on the point breezes by with it's headlights completely out.

A rare set of engines for Kansas City leads NS Train 33J past UP Armourdale Yard at Terminal Jct., on the UP KC Metro Sub., headed for the adjacent UP 18th Street Yard. This Decatur, IL to KC m... (more)

Topping the KCT Sheffield Flyover, NS Train 33J has another short, but fairly abrupt climb up the hill on the Terminal before drifting downhill to its destination: UP 18th Street Yard.

Whose railroad is this? The light power off of NS Train 33J, which today consists of a CSX AC4400CW and two BNSF Dash 9s, heads east down the UP KC Metro Sub in KC's West Bottoms as it returns to... (more)