After waiting for a northbound coal train to pass, the dispatcher has given the green signal to MASNL, a merchandise freight from the Alton & Southern Yard in Illinois to North Little Rock, AR.

The last rays of sun at the end of the golden hour highlight the Buzzsaws and Eagles of Union Pacific's Missouri Pacific Heritage Unit as it passes through the "Hole In The Wall" beneath... (more)

TRRA works US Steel's Granite City Works on the A&E District.

Canadian National DuQuoin, IL to Baldwin, IL local with a GP-38-2 and wide cab GP40-2LW switch hoppers with fly ash from the Dynegy Baldwin Power Plant.

IRM RS-1 #4, nee DSSA #103, switches former Angelina & Neches River Railroad 2-6-0 #208 to make track space at the depot for the Spirit of Jasper passenger train.

A pair of Illinois Central SD70s lead TRRA Madison Yard to Centralia, IL local L548. Weather delays and getting through the maze of rail junctions in East St. Louis, IL have outlawed the crew less... (more)

A pair of Illinois Central SD70s lead TRRA Madison Yard to Centralia, IL local L548. Weather delays and getting through the maze of rail junctions in East St. Louis, IL have outlawed the crew less... (more)

IRM's steam powered passenger train departs from the depot as a work train pulls up behind. A pair of CA&E interurban cars wait to haul passengers after the steam train returns.

The first locomotive to built at the FM plant in Beloit, WI still works as intended switching cars at its home at the Illinois Railway Museum.

The road power has been removed from CYDU (Cheyenne, WY-Dupo, IL) and the yard unit brings the train in for unloading as it passes the Missouri Pacific cantilever signal guarding the south end of ... (more)

An eclectic consist of Grand Trunk GP-38-2 leading long hood forward, CN C40-8M Barn Unit and Kansas City Southern SD70MAC has parked 94 cars of its train as it brings a load of lumber for deliver... (more)

During the golden hour Union Pacific Missouri Pacific Heritage Unit arrives in the St. Louis metropolitan area after a delay due to a vehicle stuck at a crossing in Central Illinois.

The CN Track Evaluation Car heads south on the former IC St. Louis Division.

A new crew has boarded and received clearance to proceed south in dense, sub freezing fog conditions that have begun icing on locomotives and cars.

Rock and Rail, LLC operates a branch that crosses the Arkansas River from the mainline through Canon City.