With the St. Louis skyline crisp in the background, this UP manifest waits, with a jumble of power, for a signal through Valley Jct. Canon 350D.

An EMLX unit pokes it's head out at the old GWWR engine facilities, this yard was almost shut down, however, the agreement with TRRA was too costly and did not work out. . Canon 350D.

GWWR 2037, originally a Penn Central GP38, and one of only two locomotives left in Gateway Western's paint scheme, rests at the E. St. Louis facilities and is slated to go out on the MESKC. Canon ... (more)

Well it looks like a second retirement for the SD90MAC's as KCS is now getting rid of them, where they will go from here is anyones guess. These units await their fate at the E. St. Louis engine f... (more)

With the St. Louis Arch looming in the background, MPIPB has 7 units on it today, all GE's, all were running but only 2 were online. This train had a large block of pipe loads at the head end toda... (more)

A pair of KCS switchers with a yard slug wait at Falling Springs for a signal across Valley Jct. to access their E. St. Louis yard. Canon 350D.

UP 2404 glides over the ghetto with a Kansas City bound manifest out of the A&S. These trains almost always have solid sets of SD60's. Canon 350D.

The Mo-Pac Heritage unit leads her train into Valley Jct., with the Saint Louis skyline and the Gateway Arch looming in the background. How appropriate, since the Missouri Pacific had it's corpor... (more)

Here's an interesting visitor to St. Louis, now that MRL has its SD70ACe's, it's older power has been pooled or leased out, ending up on railroads like the KCS. Canon 350D.

As the YDU50 heads up the south lead to the MacArthur Bridge, while a rack train waits for the YDU50, with its AC6000CW and assorted EMD Geeps, to clear up the lower crossover so it can procede so... (more)

The MoPac heritage unit takes the curve off the Chester Sub and on to the Springfield Sub at Valley Jct., the color of the locomotive almost perfectly blends into the sky. Canon 350D.

Question for the engineer: Who got the better shot? My photo of your train, or your photo of our mob of railfans taking photos of your train?

The U.P. Business train works its way through the metro east, passing through Q Tower.

Westbound coal train

DPU on a Westbound coal train