Even the BNSF roots for the Cardinals! With the St. Louis Cardinals' clinch of the NL title imminent, BNSF decided to rally on their side by sending a nice and red SD75 by Busch Stadium, wi... (more)

It's been a bad day. The conductor on loaded UP coal train CNATS rides back to the 100+ hopper cars that he lost just a few moments ago. This former SP unit was the trailing unit on ... (more)

Soaring high over Lake Taneycomo! Branson Scenic GP30 #99 leads tourists out of the unique town of Branson, MO. The train is a popular attraction to this country music town, and makes many ... (more)

UP 844 rounds the curve into the small Missouri River town of Waverly, MO, on its eastwardly trip to St. Louis. On the siding, MOW equipment gets attention from a worker just out of the frame. The... (more)

Beiber Fever. While walking onto the 14th Street overpass to see one of the stars of Amtrak's fleet of P42DCs, Phase II heritage unit #66, I was shocked to see packs of teenage girls walkin... (more)

For all the SP fans. It has been over 15 years since the UP-SP merger, but you wouldn't know it by the amount of SP power on the Union Pacific still. On a few short hours on the Chester Sub... (more)

Branson Scenic Railroad's classy GP30 waits at the depot for the 11 a.m. run south. Looming over the train is an impressive Hilton hotel and convention center.

Southern Pacific 1518, the first SD7 ever built, is powering the Illinois Railway Museum's demonstration trains on Memorial Day weekend. This unit has not been restored but is a great locomotive, ... (more)

Good Bye MRS, You will be missed! Today, September 30th, is the last day for the Manufacturers Railway. For almost 120 years this railroad has been shoving cars up to the Anhueser Busch Bre... (more)

Reading F7 284 takes a spin on the NCTM turntable during the preview day for the Streamliners in Spencer event.

Daylight Delights! World famous Southern Pacific 4449 comes into the northern outskirts of Owosso during the first day of Trainfestival 2009.

Branson Scenic's F9PH is along for the ride on the morning excursion. With only GP30 #99 used to power the train, the handsome looking cab unit is only needed (besides looks, of course) to control... (more)

KCS de Mexico, MO. Returning to Kansas City from a grand opening event for Bartlett Grain in Jacksonville, IL, KCS' office car special departs from a quick crew change at the former Chicago... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western F9s strike a dramatic pose in afternoon light at Colorado Railroad Museum.

What a beauty! The Illinois Terminal-inspired paint on Respondek Railroad Corporation's GP10 gleams in the late afternoon sunlight. Even though many other photos of this unit are on the internet, ... (more)