Eastbound manifest waits in the yard on a beautiful spring morning.

Eight thousand horsepower charge up the South Approach to the MacArthur Bridge to cross the Mississippi River into Illinois.

BNSF ore train passes underneath the Gateway Arch on a beautiful Spring morning.

Manifest from BNSF Hannibal Sub comes through North St. Louis.

A train of empty coal hoppers comes down off the MacArthur Bridge after crossing the Mississippi River from St. Louis. This train will continue onto the UP Chester Sub and head to Dupo, Illinois.

This SP caboose is used in local service on the UP in St. Louis. Here, two men guide the local as it pushes a short string of cars through the Grand Ave. Interlocking.

I believe these two HLCX-marked GP38-2's are now owned by the Terminal Railroad Association. Here they are working the yard next to the steel plant.

A light power move returns this trio of GP38-2's to Lesperance Yard from across the river in Illinois. They came across the MacArthur Bridge elephant style into the UP 12th St. Yard and are shown ... (more)

Idling away in the UP 12th St. yard on a sunny Saturday morning. The cut of cars seen behind this locomotive is the only cut of cars in the entire yard today. I have never seen the yard so empty.

Transfer job from the UP 12th St. yard in St. Louis to the Alton and Southern Gateway Yard in East St. Louis, Illinois.

After yarding their grain train in the Tyler St. yard yesterday, these three AC4400CW's rest next to the scrap metal yards, waiting to take the train out of the yard when it's done being filled/of... (more)

Street-running in St. Louis, taking cars into the AB-InBev Brewery complex. First photo posted using my new Nikon D90 DSLR!

Eastbound manifest emerges from the BNSF Hannibal Sub to enter the UP Jefferson City Sub. It will only be on UP tracks briefly as it takes the crossover on its way to the Terminal Railroad Associa... (more)

The CNW Heritage Unit leads the UP Engineering Special through Kirkwood on an unseasonably warm St. Patrick's Day.