At around 11:30 pm this dead manifest sits at Valmeyer waiting for a new crew, as another train flies past it, taking the diverging approach through the crossover. Canon 350D.

During the last light of the day, the IHOYC and its two heritage units skim north with the bluffs and the moon in the background. Canon 350D.

With a firey fall foliage backdrop, this coal drag waits to procede south behind a line of trains. Canon 350D.

Late in the day, UP MPIPB races south across farm acess roads and the colorful foliage along the Mississippi River bluffs. Canon 350D.

Rolling through a classic scene of fields and trees, the Mo-Pac and the Katy Heritage units continue towards Pine Bluff.

After the flood of 1993 destroyed the town, it was relocated to the top of the bluffs in the background.

ALDBH-03 patiently awaits for 3 southbounds on the UP Chester Sub

CNAOV9 26 heads south through Valmeyer on its way to Cora Dock

Parked Northbound coal train under the Mississippi River bluffs

Parked Northbound coal train

Parked northbound coal train being passed

Just after the SB ore train passed, the NB counterpart flies through a rural grade crossing just after sun-down.

QASLI 19 heads south along the picturesque Mississippi River bluffs at sunset.

Southbound coal drag CNAOV9 16 pales in comparison to the magnificently beautiful sunset.