With the Mississippi River bluffs as its backdrop, a UP coal drag powers up after letting a northbound empty cross over in front of it. Unpatched SP 199 is trailing on this train.

A little fall foliage is left on Halloween as a stack train on the BNSF blasts through Pacific and past a freshly painted BN caboose.

NS's Wabash and Illinois Terminal (NS 1072) heritage units lead NKP 765 and an employee special off of the Missouri River Bridge in Earth City, MO. The Wabash looks right at home on this structur... (more)

NS' Wabash and Illinois Terminal (NS 1072) heritage units split the WAB searchlight signals at Gist Road on their way back to Berkeley with the 9 a.m. employee appreciation special. Bringing up th... (more)

TRRA 2001 and 2009 spend a pleasant afternoon resting north of the engine facility at Madison Yard. The clean paint is illuminated by the nice low light.

Amtrak's Phase II heritage unit leads the afternoon Missouri River Runner up to the historic Kirkwood, MO, depot in order to pick up passengers for the trip west.

In the western suburbs of St. Louis, two GE Dash 9s are powering a long and fast intermodal train towards Kansas City.

Heat distortion fills the air as a hard working CN SD70M-2 leads southbound UP autorack train ASMAR 04 under the Mopac-era signal bridge at Wolf Lake, IL.

A crew member uncouples a cut of cars from IATR #51's train near the railroad's shops. This is one of the last electric freight railroads in the country, and their fleet of 4 steeplecabs make the ... (more)

Meet Virginian. A southbound UP grain train meets Virginian heritage unit-led empty crude oil train ONUEU at Warnock on UP's Chester Subdivision. The VGN was sitting crewless in a line of n... (more)

Nickle Plate Road 765 is just minutes away from its destination of Rock Island as it threads the S curve near the Williams and White Machine Shop between Rock Island and Moline, IL. The excursion ... (more)

The row of trees along Greenwood Boulevard in Maplewood, MO, have nearly completed their blooming process as the Katy heritage unit passes in command of Gateway Yard bound manifest freight QNPAS. ... (more)

After a short stop in Ware, UP 844 blasts off in grand fashion. The journey from St. Louis to Cape Girardeau, MO, featured the big northern and UP 1982, the Mopac heritage engine.

That's a lot of ketchup. The Western Pacific heritage unit leads empty Newton, IL, coal train E968-08 westbound on the CSX St. Louis Line as it passes the defunct Brooks Ketchup bottling pl... (more)

Nickle Plate Road Berkshire 765 pulls the Bureau excursion through Moline for Trainfestival 2011. The healthy portion of smoke coming out of the stack makes the big 2-8-4 look great. Amtrak's Phas... (more)