A patch of sunlight illuminates an empty coal train as the Portage de Sioux power plant provides a fitting background.
An eastbound manifest coming out of the siding at Machens, Missouri. Shot with a 12 MP Canon Digital Rebel. It was a big improvement in cameras for me.
One of the BNSF 25th Anniversary locomotives takes the main at Machens, Missouri, while a track inspector sits in the siding. You could tell from a long way off that this was a special locomotive... (more)
A westbound BNSF manifest is accelerating after crossing the Missouri River.
A 600 axle westbound coal train approaches Machens, Missouri.
A move of 24 CREX locomotives on the BNSF Hannibal Sub at Machens, Missouri. I had heard that this move was going to occur, but honestly it was just luck that I caught this train today. On a ver... (more)
On a perfect clear and cold day, a BNSF manifest pulls out of the siding at Machens, Missouri. This is in the Mississippi River flood plain near the Portage de Sioux power plant.
A loaded BNSF coal train entering the siding at Machens, Missouri.
The morning sun illuminates a BNSF oil train moving through soybean fields at Machens, Missouri.
A Norfolk Southern trackage rights train heads west on the BNSF Hannibal Subdivision at Machens, Missouri.
A large BNSF manifest (I think this train is H-GALMEM) cruises westbound toward St. Louis at Machens, Missouri.
A BNSF grain train at Machens headed toward St.Louis. This is the BNSF Hannibal Sub, which has just re-opened after spring floods closed the line at several points along the Mississippi River.
A BNSF coal train passes the West Machens Signal, the former junction with the M-K-T.
The setting sun casts an orange glow on the H-MEMGAL as it pulls out of the siding at Machens, Missouri.
The quiet of the morning is disturbed by this coal train nearing its destination at Portage de Sioux power plant.
