Westbound local hustles eight cars for Pacific, MO through a cut at Eureka, MO.

A large pile of freshly removed rail sits along UP's Jeff City Sub after a bit of track maintenance.

UP's Salt Lake City Olympic Torch Relay unit, UP 2002, leads a North Platte bound manifest across the scenic Meramec River. Seeing the blue unit poke out from behind the bushes was definitely a ni... (more)

Coal empties fly down the straightaway.

A patched CNW leads coal empties down the straightaway.

UP 1996 acts as a DPU on an eastbound intermodal train through Eureka, Missouri.

DPU of a loaded eastbound coal train passes over the Meramec River on an autumn day

Westbound auto parts train crosses the second of two Meramec River bridges on its way to Kansas City

Amtrak's Ann Rutledge races west for Kansas City.

An Operation Lifesaver train heads west around the curve at Eureka after doing a few trips in Saint Louis the previous day.

Fallen Flag coal train! Just after the SP heritage unit passes, the crossing gates in Eureka raise and drop back down. As the 1996 disappears from sight, another train comes into view. I wa... (more)

The Southern Pacific heritage unit shoves the KOAMN train eastbound on the Jefferson City Subdivision.

The C&NW Heritage Unit leads an engineering special past Allenton Rd. After some pretty fancy driving, the train was rounding the bend as I was pulling up. I actually put the vehicle in park BEF... (more)

Eastbound coal train speeds through Dozier Crossing as the sun sets. These are the DPU's.