UP M-NLAS (North Little Rock, AR to Alton & Southern in East St. Louis, MO) passes the last set of active searchlights along the UP Chester Subdivision in Scott City, MO. The searchlights have sin... (more)

A Union Pacific stack train heads east at Scott City.

During my first few years railfanning - mostly in AL and GA - I don't think I ever saw a GP20 other than an occasional visit by SP/SSW GP20s on run-through freights via L&N. Work took me to Misso... (more)

Spending a couple hours on a windy bridge in frigid temperatures was a small price to pay to see two faded old coal warriors leading a train of intermodal and auto racks.

Four red-nosed GP35s bring a grain train - with lots of home road cars - north on the jointly-operated (with MoPac) river line. They will cross that river in a couple miles on the huge bridge to ... (more)

A pair of veteran SD70M units await the next assignment for a local based out of the former Cotton Belt Yard in Scott City, MO.

Hooping it up! Crews would order meals at The IL-MO Beanery in Scott City and pick them up on the fly: one for the locomotive crew, one for the caboose.

SD40-2 3315 and a much older U30C are partners on an northbound train just outside Scott City, but the GE is close to the end, while the EMD will be around for a looong time.

A northbound passes former Cotton Belt searchlight signals as it enters Main 2 at Ancell.

A northbound intermodal train passes a set of SSW-vintage US&S searchlight signals at the south end of the double track at Scott City.

UP 844 leads the "Trek to Tennessee" special westward out of Scott City, Missouri.

With the sun quickly leaving to hide behind yet another cloud and ruin my last chance at shooting UP 844 with some sun on her, I had to act quick. I zoomed in, saw an opportunity, and took it. She... (more)

Union Pacific 844 slows on the approach for a stop in Scott City, MO as it curves around a MoPac searchlight signal on the north side of town

Motive Rail's SEMO Port Railroad goes about their work switching out the port along the Mississippi River. This railroad interchanges with the UP at Capdeau Jct. These ICG Paducah Rebuilds sure ... (more)