Southbound short freight of 21 cars runs through what used to be the heart of Valmeyer. Where houses once stood, this area is now vacant lots, that way since 1993 when the great flood wiped out mo... (more)
A brightly colored UP GEVO puts a little splash into the otherwise monotonous green scene. This location is ablaze with color in the fall, but in the summer, it's all green.
A pair of BNSF GEVOs take charge of a UP oil empty running up the Chester Sub, a departure as of late, with most of these taking the parallel DeSoto Sub across the Mississippi River in Missouri.
Two UP SD70Ms sandwich a KCS Southern Belle on KMNOA as it powers back up to track speed. The colorful engines and containers contrast the drab, brown tones of the Southern Illinois farmland quite... (more)