One of the new KCSM heritage units sits at the KCS E. St. Louis engine facilities on a warm spring night. The St. Louis skyline is partially visible in the background. Canon 350D.

Wayback ALCO Machine: Midwest ALCO Wonderland Tucked away in the MNNR roundhouse, 3 ALCO/MLW products are either at rest or stored. MLW M420 #35, ALCO RS-27 #318, and ALCO C424 #314 are vis... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 4, WNYP: On my way to Lakeville, I decided to swing by Olean with the hopes that maybe a WNYP job was still working in the yard. Unfortunately, there was nothing moving in t... (more)

The Beer Railroad: Digging through old photos, it seems that in my youth, I spent lots of time at the "Manny", which was owned by the Anheuser-Busch brewery in South St. Louis. MR... (more)

Getting Some Attention: After spending the day at the roundhouse, SOO 6053 gets some attention at the service island with some stable mates. Later tonight she will go out on H20, headed for... (more)

Union Station is packed full tonight. Here the UP officers special sits with RailCruise's elegant F-units. SLUS is starting to look like a passenger terminal again with every passing day.

A toppled grain car following a derailment on Thursday.

A great visitor to the St. Louis area, the George Bush engine stops at SH for a few precious moments for me to capture this night shot. It will go out right away on MTRLI. Canon 350D.

MRS 255 sits smack-dab in the middle of second street as the crew goes about switching Century Used Brick late in the afternoon.

Historic UP meets modern UP as a St. Louis bound freight is overtaken by the 3985 at track speed just a few mile away from its destination in downtown St. Louis. Canon 350D.

1980's GE technology vs. 1950's EMD technology, but they seem to be coexisting on the BNSF freight as it straddles Laclede's Landing, in front of the Predident Casino on the Admiral.

Several locomotives sit at the NRE Shops in Mt. Vernon. Note the EMD export G12 locomotive in the back ground.

ALCO Safari Day 9, Burlington Jct. Rwy. and the Ugly Duckling: When finished with lunch, the crew promptly gets to work pulling/spotting lumber flats at their transload facility. The little... (more)

Two MLW C-424's destined for the A&M sit in the terminals Madison yard. These units will be put on a transfer to the BNSF in St. Louis where they will be put on a train to Springfield, MO and then... (more)

A dense bank of fog has decended on the Mississippi River Valley tonight, so dense visibility was down to about 700ft! This means that roll-by inspections such as this one must be done with the br... (more)