Union Pacific Big Boy #4014 takes off out of Poplar Bluff, MO, on its journey to St. Louis. Here the massive engine is crossing the Black River on its way out of town.

UP 4014 began its morning in Poplar Bluff, MO showing off its power and beauty as it left for its destination of St. Louis.

Shiny, year-old 4653 leads two of MP's oldest and dustiest U23Bs on a freight out of St Louis. This train came down the line on the 'Missouri side' through Bismarck. The line peeling off to the ... (more)

As the sign says, the Frisco Depot, home to the Mo-Ark Regional Railroad Museum, is a replacement structure for a previous one destroyed in the devastating 1927 tornado.

The depot housed the... (more)

After meeting 2 northbounds at Junland, the UP 7997 with the ALDAS 29 and UP 5206 and the OCFWI 28, UP Train LSI55 30 is easing into Poplar Bluff Short Yard is with a pair of Geeps, the leader hav... (more)

Amtrak Train 21 makes its station stop at Poplar Bluff on the UP Hoxie Sub. at 03:48, which was 4 hours, 6 minutes late. The train had quite the inflated consist tonight with 3 units, 15 cars, 8 ... (more)

The southbound Texas Eagle Amtrak Train #21 stops at the 1910 St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Depot 50 minutes late during the first of a double spot station stop. They'll take it ahead a few ... (more)

The southbound Texas Eagle Amtrak Train 21 stops at the 1910 St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern Depot 50 minutes late during the first of a double spot station stop. They'll take it ahead a few c... (more)

Power last assigned to UP Train LSI55 03 lays over at the yard office on the wye tail track. It'll go out on UP Train LSI55 04 in a few hours.

Locomotives: GMTX 2336, GMTX 2255

4-4-15... (more)

At the start of a snow storm, UP Train LSI55 27 begins its short day of switching the yard. Typically this is a short job on Saturday and doesn't leave town. With the snow and cold temperatures,... (more)

Missouri Pacific EMD E8(A) No.40 at Poplos Bluffs, Missouri in April 17, 1971 with train 21. Amtrak operations will begin May 01, 1971. No photographer information on slide.

The UP's unit train business on this corridor has increased dramatically since I moved away 7 years ago, and the previously underutilized (and that might be too generous, since this line had suffe... (more)

Power for UP Train LSV52 01 sits at Poplar Bluff between feeder bands of Hurricane Isaac's remnants that would spawn tornadoes in the area later on today.

Rolling into my hometown, passing the Missouri Pacific Depot under restoration and through CP Y165 4th Street of the UP Hoxie Sub., is an elephant style EMD quartet composed of 3 SD9043MAC's with ... (more)

One unit wonder UP Train ZMXDT 14 crosses the Black River Bridge on the UP Hoxie Sub. and blows for the B Street Crossing. I never figured I'd miss SD70Ms on every train, and every train had one ... (more)