Originally Illinois Terminal, then MRS, etc. this unit is still looking great.

The conductor protects the crossing on former Illinois Terminal street tracks.

Rail & Switching Services of Missouri used the former IT trackage in the city of St. Louis to serve local customers. Here it approaches Cass Avenue under former IT catenary.

Rail & Switching Services of Missouri used the former IT trackage in the city of St. Louis to serve local customers. Here it is crossing Broadway on the former IT bridge.

Rail & Switching Services of Missouri used the former IT trackage in the city of St. Louis to serve local customers. Here it is spotting a car for interchange with the BNSF.

The St. Louis Union Station Midway, between the waiting room and the trains, looks neglected less than two months before the station would see its last intercity passenger train.

BNSF 9078 leads a loaded westbound coal train through St. Louis with an American icon in the background

NS 1142 leads a manifest South past LaCledes Landing in St. Louis.

The Merchants Bridge replacement project continues as TRRA's 101 Job crosses the mighty Mississippi with a pair of SD40-2's, bound for Norfolk Southern's Luther Yard.

On November 3rd, 2020 I was invited down to a quick photo shoot of some staged power on The Prairie Line. They set up their brightly painted SW1200, MP 15 and GP30 for a few quick photos off of A... (more)

TPLX 1001 brings 3 cars down the middle of Dorcas Street and into the former Manufacturers Railway yard in St. Louis. The Budweiser plant always provides a nice backdrop.

The Jefferson Avenue overpass in downtown St. Louis provides a great view of the city skyline along with UP's 12th Street Yard. In the background sits the hulk of TRRA Tower 1 - which once contro... (more)

TRRA's duo of SD60Is lead Terminal 101 North under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. Due to a span on the Merchants bridge being replaced, this train detoured via the MacArthur Bridge and the highlin... (more)

Illinois Central Gulf F3A 883-A, still in full Gulf Mobile & Ohio paint (as the merger is only a few months old), is seen here with GM&O E7A 101 (the former Alton 101). GM&O 883-A was built in Ju... (more)

Two CN ex-CREX ES44ACs sit outside the former Manny shop in St. Louis.