The annual North Platte Rail Days event in 2012 was particularly good, as it included all six of the Union Pacific’s Heritage diesels, along with other special locomotives (UP 7964, the 5000th G... (more)

Spotting covered hopper cars at the TPL/Bulk Service yard in East Saint Louis, on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, is Ingram Barge Company GP15-1 1231, still wearing the colors and mark... (more)

Switching the yard near the Anheuser-Busch Brewery at the South Saint Louis Riverfront is The Prairie Line MP15DC 1003. TPLX has painted out the markings of its former owner, Norfolk Southern (NS... (more)

Oakley River Station Barge Unloading MP15DC 1345 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in February 1975 as Missouri Pacific 1545, later becoming Union Pacific 1345 when the two roads... (more)

Heading from Joliet, Illinois’ Global 4 intermodal facility, Union Pacific train 2IG4SE-19 is heading to Argo Yard in Seattle, Washington. UP ES44AC 7937 and AC4400CW 5781 have this train well ... (more)

Transferring from the Norfolk Southern Railway’s Brooklyn District to the Alton & Southern is an NS freight pulled by SD70ACC 1849 (ex-SD70 2535), with NS AC44C6M 4140 (ex-NS Dash 9-40CW 8908) a... (more)

Cooling its heals …. er … wheels in beautiful downtown Hackberry is a trainload of ballast headed for Franconia, Arizona. Eastbound BNSF train U-PPHFXX5-28B, with BNSF ES44DC 7862 and GECX Da... (more)

Helm Leasing GP38-2 1840 was built by EMD in March 1973 as Missouri Pacific 648. It was later renumbered MP 2099. It retained that number, but with the reporting marks of new owner Union Pacific... (more)

CIT Group/Equipment Financing SW1500 CITX 1558 was built by EMD for Southern Railway, as SOU 2306, in November 1968. It later became Norfolk Southern 2306 after the Southern/Norfolk & Western mer... (more)

Sitting in the diesel service area at the Terminal Railroad Association of Saint Louis' Madison Yard is a set of power with TRRA GP40 2008 (now downgraded to a "GP38-3", ex-HLCX 1022; ex... (more)

The Prairie Line GP38-2 30, seen at the South Saint Louis Riverfront/Municipal River Terminal (near the Anheuser-Busch Brewery) was built by EMD in January 1980 as Missouri Pacific 2164. Followin... (more)

The Prairie Line GP30 2007, seen at the South Saint Louis Riverfront/Municipal River Terminal (near the Anheuser-Busch Brewery) was built by EMD in April 1962 as Denver & Rio Grande Western 3004. ... (more)

Amtrak train 307, a Lincoln Service train, speeds south as it heads from Chicago IL to Saint Louis MO. Siemens SC-44 "Charger" 4632 leads the train, consisting of an Amtrak "Horizon" coach... (more)

Crossing the Mississippi River from Venice, Illinois, into Saint Louis, Missouri, is a westbound Terminal Railroad Association of Saint Louis freight 100, heading from TRRA's Madison Yard to Norfo... (more)

Built in June 1964 as Terminal Railroad Association 1229, this EMD SW1200 later became Lange-Stegmann Company 1229, then Foster Townsend Rail Logistics 1229, before being sent south to Gulf Coast ... (more)