Everyone was in the bar enjoying their beer while I was outside enjoying the 500+ axle freight train passing through town. Maybe I have my priorities messed up...

A westbound oil train crosses the Cuivre River at Old Monroe, Missouri. I'd have to say that those power lines had my full attention as I tried to get into position.

The conductor of a BNSF coal train rides the rear platform back to their coal train. The story behind this is that the second locomotive, an SD70MAC had failed and the crew disconnected from thei... (more)

H-GALMEM (Galesburg to Memphis) pulling through Old Monroe, Missouri on the BNSF Hannibal Sub.

A loaded coal train crosses the new bridge at Old Monroe, Missouri. Contrasting the new train bridge is the old highway bridge at left. This bridge was built in 1930 and is now only open to bike... (more)

A string of BN and ATSF hoppers relegated to maintenance duty sit on the siding at Old Monroe amongst piles of old ties ready to be hauled away.

Bnsf 6208 drags a coal load west into Old Monroe Mo,

After waiting quite a while, I was sure this guy would show up after sundown. But, it arrived with just a few minutes to spare and caught the last minutes of sun.

A westbound oil train is picking up some late afternoon sun as it passes Old Monroe Lumber. The maintenance siding in the foreground usually holds some interesting equipment.

A westbound BNSF manifest passes through Old Monroe, Missouri. Old Monroe Lumber processes oak trees into milled lumber, seen drying in the yard adjacent to the tracks.

A BNSF manifest passes through Old Monroe, headed for St. Louis. I didn't notice until processing this photo, that the road has been used as a dragstrip.

A BNSF manifest crosses the newly completed Cuivre River bridge at Old Monroe, Missouri. This new bridge was under construction for two years and now replaces the old Warren truss bridge at this ... (more)

Bnsf 8219 leads the daily H-MEMGAL into Old Monroe Mo. Recently a new bridge was replaced crossing the Cuivre River and now trains can do the track speed through town.

BNSF 7426 leads a southbound grain out of Old Monroe towards St. Louis on a rare warm January morning on BNSF's Hannibal Sub aka K-Line. Locomotives: BNSF 7426, BNSF 7809, BNSF 5296 DPU BNS... (more)

BNSF 6885 leads a 554 axle manifest freight past the Cuivre River bridge re-construction project at Old Monroe, Missouri. This bridge was built around 1930 and has seen better days. The construc... (more)