A UP coal empty passes through Kirkwood on its way back to Wyoming.

Rock Island Aerotrain 3 sits near the future new entrance to the Museum of Transportation.

C&IM 551 sits on display at the Museum of Transportation.

CNW Heritage Unit pulls a business special heading toward St. Louis

BNSF 621 heads East to Lindenwood yard in St. Louis.

Eastbound on a beautiful spring morning.

Eastbound Amtrak "Missouri River Runner" arriving at Kirkwood Station only four minutes behind schedule on a beautiful first day of spring as several passengers and railfans anxiously await. Amtr... (more)

Eastbound Amtrak "Missouri River Runner" arriving at Kirkwood precisely on schedule on a beautiful early spring day as the buds are about to pop!!!....Nikon D200

The CNW Heritage Unit leads the UP Engineering Special through Kirkwood on an unseasonably warm St. Patrick's Day.

This is the DPU on this eastbound coal train. The lead unit is passing the Kirkwood Amtrak station.

Eastbound on a sunny monday.

Heavily loaded westbound Union Pacific coal drag working hard to make it over the crest of the hill at Kirkwood on a chilly late October afternoon as the fall colors near their peak

Westbound Amtrak Ann Rutledge arriving at Kirkwood Station about 20 minutes behind schedule on a chilly late October afternoon with the fall colors near their peak

Still passenger trains here, but no E units!

The human aspect is one of the reasons I love railfanning Amtrak. Passenger trains harken back to a much simpler time when train travel was a part of everyday life for the masses--"the gold old d... (more)