One of the Chinese QJ's gets a little TLC at the end of the day.

A train of empty coal hoppers snakes its way through the scrap metal yards in north St. Louis.

The train is on the Terminal Railroad Association "Merchants Sub", and is just about to t... (more)

Southbound manifest glides alongside the Mississippi River. This photo was taken from the front lawn of the B&B my wife and I were staying in on our vacation this week. She thought we selected thi... (more)

Eastbound coal train on TRRA 56 awaits a new crew in front of the St. Louis Amtrak station. The UP 12th St. yard in downtown St. Louis is very full this morning! This is the last photo posted from... (more)

In the late afternoon, a trio of TRRA SW1500's works the scrap metal yards which line this section of the Merchants Sub.

Northbound on the TRRA to the Merchants Bridge

A train of empty coal hoppers comes down off the MacArthur Bridge after crossing the Mississippi River from St. Louis. This train will continue onto the UP Chester Sub and head to Dupo, Illinois.

A late March snow storm makes pulling a coal train to the top of Kirkwood Hill that much more challenging.

CCAJO9 23 passes the station at Kirkwood on a beautiful Saturday morning.

Shoving cars into a scrap metal processing plant just after sunrise.

KCS power rests in the Terminal Railroad Association's Madison Yard.

After changing crews here in Dupo, this intermodal gets back underway. Mike Mautner caught this same train in Granite City earlier today (http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=225664).

Early morning sunrise at WABIC, named for the crossing of the Wabash and Illinois Central lines. Now, it's where Norfolk Southern and Canadian National cross. But "NOSCAN" just doesn't roll off th... (more)

The early morning light illuminates the long string of coal hoppers behind UP 7258 as it makes its way through the Bremen Interlocking on its way to the Merchants Bridge. First photo posted using ... (more)

As the sun sets, two TRRA engines run light from Madison Yard across the Mississippi River towards downtown St. Louis.