With the Gateway Arch and St. Louis skyline in the distance, ALS SD40N #2044 works a hump job at Gateway Yard. Along with the two Alton & Southern SD60's, this is currently the only SD40N painted ... (more)

It was a happening morning at Alton & Southern's Gateway Yard as SD60's 2204 and 2205 build a train along Third Rail Road in Alorton, while UP 3019 is on hold, waiting for an available track to ya... (more)

With the pair of Alton & Southern SD60's in charge, UP train MBNAS (Bloomington, IL to Gateway Yard in East Saint Louis, IL) prepares its departure out of the Bloomington Yard. Clouds were heavy i... (more)

E9As 9913 and 9902 stabled after the evening commute.

I get the trains back in the 90s weren't the 700 car monsters they are today, but crazy that they would throw 2 SD38's on at Galesburg and run a decent size train it to Northtown with no issues. T... (more)

One of the hottest trains on the Aurora Sub is this Chicago to St. Paul afternoon Z-train. This train has been called "Precious" by many dispatchers over the years. Here, high priority ... (more)

The purchased 90 ex-Oakways from GMTX in 2012. The units went thru an extensive standardization at the CN shops at Centralia. Unit received many extra and newer parts and also got a fresh paint in... (more)

A loaded coal train bound for Newton, IL, crosses the Illinois River at Beardstown. The train is working westbound (south) on the Beardstown line towards Centralia. There, the train will be interc... (more)

A loaded coal train bound for Newton, IL, passes some old elevators at Hagener. The train is working westbound (south) on the Beardstown line towards Centralia. There, the train will be interchang... (more)

At Jacksonville, there is this cool depot was built by the Chicago and Alton back in the days. Jacksonville was on the C&A's old Kansas City to Chicago mainline. The C&A's tracks went to the east ... (more)

The St. Louis Steam Train Association provides smoke for the photographers as it climbs out of the Mississippi River Valley onto the Illinois Prairie with a St. Louis NRHS special headed for Centr... (more)

UPY 1403 and UPY 1296, a pair of MP15DCs, sit at the port in Granite City. They will eventually be repainted in UP themed colors and renumbered at PHRR 1403 and 1296. The other unit is a GP40 al... (more)

One of the new Metra 501 (rebuilt KCS, SD70MACs) rolls outbound, out of Union Station and across Canal St. in downtown Chicago Illinois

On a sunny afternoon along the Mississippi River, the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis' train 101 crosses the Merchants Bridge. The railroad's sharp pair of SD60I's provide the power on ... (more)

Metra MPI units have been reassigned to the Heritage Corridor for now since the brand new Metra EMD SD70MACH's have taken over the former Milwaukee lines. Here a short Heritage Corridor train arri... (more)