Westbound thru Kirkwood.

Wings: A single AC4400CW heads up this Kansas City bound empty coal drag, as it flys through Kirkwood.

In the late afternoon sun, the DPU of an EB coal drag shoves up the hill, visible are the signal just east of the station, which I, along with my scanner, routinely use to tell if a train is comin... (more)

What a catch, a GP39M leads the Cuba Turn with about 7 cars in tow, I almost missed this train, and I am glad I didn't. Note the severe grade.

The DPU shoves hard to get its St. Louis bound coal drag over the crest of Kirkwood Hill at Kirkwood station.

MRS #211 sits at the NMOT rusty and sad, this unit has a blown crankshaft, but I hope they at least cosmetically restore it.

This is a suprise, a CSX C40-8 shows up on a UP rack train heading to good ole St. Louis.

Morning Rays: A pair of UP SD70Ms blasts into the morning rays with a stacker.

Yet another coal drag crawls up "The Hill" at 5 mph this morning, with an "almost clean" AC4400CW on the point.

Finishing the climb into Kirkwood

Amtrak train 303 from St. Louis, MO arrives at the Kirkwood station, note the large dent in the side of the locomotive.

Coal drag CWETSH 15 working the hill as it crests the summit.

Straining up the hill in Kirkwood, Mo.

Intermodal Los Angelos-Dupo

Kirkwood Amtrak Station is just to the left