A high priority train pours it on as it crosses a frozen Lake Mordock near Valmeyer, Illinois on the UP Chester Sub.
On a very cold morning, this BNSF grain train has just pulled into the siding at Gibb and is waiting to be run-around by a loaded coal train.
A westbound BNSF manifest is accelerating after crossing the Missouri River.
A high priority Union Pacific train is pouring it on as it crosses Lake Moredock near Valmeyer, illinois.
A Union Pacific manifest crosses the Fountain Creek bridge on the UP Chester Sub.
Union Pacific 5745 prepares to depart the Dupo, Illinois yard on Main Track 1. In the background you can see the St. Louis skyline.
A very unusual locomotive leads a train out of the AO Smith yard in Granite City. This is an RP-E4C slug with a cab, occupied by the crew. I can't say I ever saw a slug leading a train before.
An SD40-2 is sorting cars at the TRRA yard in Madison, Illinois.
A westbound oil train passes one of the elevated sheds along the Hannibal Subdivision.
A westbound BNSF manifest passes the siding at Medill, Missouri. Most interesting is the third locomotive, an old burnt up Dash 9, still earning its keep.
A massive stack train with four mid-train DPUs is coming down the undulated terrain west of Wyaconda, Missouri.
A westbound manifest is coming off the Missouri River bridge near Florissant, Missouri.
A beehive of activity at Quality Rail in Madison, Illinois. Not only are the locomotives being serviced, but there also happened to be a track gang working the area as well. Of course, none of t... (more)
A short train at Elsberry, Missouri. I don't think that's a swimming hole out back.
A typically worn UP AC4400 crosses Lake Moredock near Valmeyer, Illinois.