The Canadian National GT heritage unit waits in the siding at Gibb for a coal train to pass.

An empty scrap metal train near the west bank of the Mississippi River. All the signal sheds are elevated here to prevent flood damage.

An eastbound BNSF manifest train catches the last light of the day near the Mississippi River in Missouri.

A BNSF manifest pulls out of the siding at Gibb, Missouri after passing a loaded coal train.

A pair of TRRA locomotives wait at a red ground signal for a UP stack train to clear the main.

Locomotives awaiting service being moved around at Quality Rail in Madison, Illinois.

A rough looking CSX C40-8 and AC4400 make their way west, likely headed to Memphis.

A westbound manifest with three different paint schemes.

An eastbound manifest coming out of the siding at Machens, Missouri. Shot with a 12 MP Canon Digital Rebel. It was a big improvement in cameras for me.

A lengthy manifest crosses Peruque Creek coming out of the siding at Gibb, near O'Fallon, Missouri.

Cold weather brings air problems for H-GALMEM at Gibb siding. I never saw the conductor on the ground inspecting the train until I looked at the photos later in the day.

H-GALMEM crossing the Cuivre River on a cold day, which was causing air pressure problems with the train.

The coldest day I ever railfanned was out on the BNSF Transcon near Marceline, Missouri. A long-awaited westbound stack train passed under highway 36 so I could run back to the warmth of the car.

The dirtiest locomotive heading south on the UP Chester Sub at Valmeyer, Illinois.

A new locomotive passes under an old signal bridge. Unfortunately, these old signals are gone now.