In May 2020, shortline upstart "The Prairie Line" became the new operator for switching operations at the Anheuser-Busch/InBev brewery in St. Louis, MO. A former UP MP15DC is seen leading a cut of... (more)
Original EL. Before Norfolk Southern repainted its younger cousin, The National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri, undertook a cosmetic restoration of former Erie Lackawanna SD45 360... (more)
Remembering the Manny: As seen from a passing UP local (LSE57 - DeSoto Local), MRS 257 goes about switching the Budwiser brewery yard. These cars are filled with beer being shipped nation w... (more)
Remembering the Manny: Unfortunately, this scene cannot be repeated, the engine house remains, but the Manny is just a memory now. On a sunny spring day, MRS 257 drags a cut of cars out of ... (more)
Remembering the Manny: Unfortunately, nothing in this photo exists anymore. In 2005 a Manny SW1500 pulls a lone boxcar through Century Used Brick at the corner of Barton and 2nd Street. Cen... (more)
Remembering the Manny: Unfortunately, nothing in this photo exists anymore. In 2005 a Manny SW1500 pulls a lone boxcar through Century Used brick headed back towards 2nd St. There weren't b... (more)
Way Back Machine: Before the ban on cameras and electronic devices on the railroad, we wait for an A&S move to clear before we head East. The A&S move is coming off the grade to the MacArth... (more)
Way Back Machine: In another scene that can't be repeated, in the summer of 2006, RRC 14 runs around steel coil cars on what is left of the Wabash UD line. The only remaining customers at t... (more)
Way Back Machine: In another scene that can't be repeated, in the summer of 2006, RRC 14 services one of the remaining customers on what is left of the Wabash UD line as a Metrolink light r... (more)
Amtrak's Inter American is serviced during its layover in the soon to be abandoned St. Louis Union Station.
Amtrak's Inter American is serviced during its layover in St. Louis.
On a nice morning, Foster Townsend Rail Logistics approaches their yard as MP15DC #1315 leads five cars down Dorcas Street and across Broadway.
FTRL 1315 leads a local east down the street running out of the Budweiser brewery.
Rock Island 3 is one of three Aerotrain sets built by General Motors in the mid-1950s. This particular (partial) set is on display at the National Transportation Museum in St. Louis, Missouri. E... (more)
