After getting run-around by a couple other trains, this low priority sand train pulls away from Medill headed west.
After waiting for maintenance workers to give up their track time, this southbound Norfolk Southern train is departing from the Dupo Yard.
Southbound Norfolk Southern coal crossing the Fountain bridge on the UP Chester Sub.
Rolling downhill west of Wyaconda, Missouri.
This FTRL SW1500 is shuffling some grain cars at Granite City.
A nice hole in the clouds lined up with the arrival of this westbound coal train on the Hannibal Subdivision at Foley, Missouri.
A south bound manifest freight at Fults, Illinois up against the backdrop of the Mississippi River bluffs.
Early morning light on a westbound coal train near Orchard Farm, Missouri.
This train was moving slowly along the Mississippi River south of St. Louis which allowed me to catch up and get a shot in front of the bluffs near Valmeyer, Illinois.
Lots of power on display as this westbounder passes Medill, Missouri.
A westbounder on the transcon approaching Wyaconda, Missouri.
A westbounder interrupts the calm at Wyaconda, Missouri.
Moving west on the Transcon at Wyaconda, this train has a couple Ferromex locomotives in the consist. It's a brutal day for railfanning at 6 degrees F with a 20 mph wind.
A high priority stack train with plenty of power runs around a lower priority train at Medill, Missouri.
This short high priority train is headed south in a hurry at Fountain, Illinois.
