The Illinois Terminal heritage unit and an SD70 lead 17 auto parts boxcars eastward as they drops off the south bank of the Missouri River. Note the large bird caught in-flight to the left of the ... (more)

The "preview" day at Streamliners at Spencer was more like a look into the past.

A pair of NS motors lead 4 leased GP38-2s and a southbound manifest over the bridge at Fountain, IL. This colorful consist was a nice way to break up the solid yellow locomotive parade on the UP. ... (more)

Nickel Plate 765 rolls backwards into the yard at Berkeley to unload passengers from the second employee special on Saturday, September 8, 2012.

A nifty trio of foreign locomotives leads a northbound UP Texarkana to Gateway Yard quality manifest through Valmeyer, IL. The BCOL C40-8M and Canadian National SD60F cowls in the trailing positio... (more)

A light snow is falling as an eastbound UP manifest curves through Maplewood on its final approach to St. Louis.

Cars from parallel Route 79 illuminate the flanks of a pair of BN SD60Ms idling near the Holcim Cement plant in Clarksville, MO. The train has just coupled on to a short string of covered hoppers ... (more)

As darkness falls on Kirkwood, MO, BNSF 5456 and 3 more units idle crewless at Geyer Road on the point of stack train Q CLOSTL1 25A. A leased CIT Group SD60, CEFX 6011, is second out in the consis... (more)

Interesting ACes. Nearly new Union Pacific SD70ACe #8723, serving as the DPU on ZSEMN 19, glides past the Missouri Pacific heritage unit at Pacific, MO. UP 1982 was on display for the town'... (more)

An empty BNSF contaminated dirt train grinds uphill at Quinette Road during the St. Louis metro area's first snowstorm of the season.

A BNSF coal train heads south through the small town of Old Monroe, MO. To the left, the old highway bridge is still in use but has been downgraded to handle only one car at a time. The railroad b... (more)

A BNSF coal drag behind an SD70MAC rumbles through Old Monroe, MO.

With the historic station looming above, a pair of SD70MACs lead a manifest freight into Kayne Avenue Yard in downtown Nashville, TN. The third unit is an OFOX SD40-2.

CSX power leads an autorack train on the Union Pacific through the quiet neighborhood of Maplewood. It was a treat to see a long stretch of all autos, something that I haven't seen in a long time.

After holding at the south end of the former SSW yard in Sauget, MCHPB with MEC 619 throttles up for its last 3 miles into Dupo for a crew change. The St. Louis skyline, including the Gateway Arch... (more)