A Norfolk Southern westbound has just crossed the Mississippi River and cruises past a paddle-wheel boat docked in Hannibal. Tom Sawyer's famous fence is just a block away.
M45 has just exited the town of Hannibal and is climbing the hill to Rensselear as it passes a field of corn at the 7.3 signal.
BNSF R87, a yard job out of West Quincy, heads west on NS rails after crossing over from the BNSF K-Line main at WF Swan Connection. The train will make a quick trip west to Outer Depot to interc... (more)
Majestic view of the Mississippi River and BNSF's K-Line from the Lover's Leap overlook in Hannibal, MO.
BNSF 5787 West twists and turns like a great, metallic serpent as it follows the Mississippi River towards St. Louis.
A BNSF coal train rolls south along the Mississippi River near Ilasco, Missouri on glorious October afternoon.
Unit corn syrup train 48E passes the classic Wrigley's Spearmint Gum advertisement on the old Goddard Grocer Co. building along the riverfront in Hannibal, MO.
Like Mark Twain himself had done many times, the pilot of this BNSF train negotiates his way up the Mississippi River through a thick fog.
Southbound, on its way from Galesburg to St.Louis, passes a lone northbound Tug & Barge. in the aftermath of Katrina there was very little river traffic
There is some ice flowing on the Mississippi today.
The 5446 leads an eastbound grain train north along the Mississppi river passing a towboat pushing barges north thru Hannibal, Mo.
Just comming into veiw. The rock outcropping is Lovers Leap and it is quite a leap too! The Mississppi River is the backdrop, and the trees are in Illinois.
NS 9165 winds it's way through Hannibal, Mo
The crewmember on this westbound grabs his train orders after crossing the Missouri/Illinois state line.
