A westbound manifest roars past another parked westbound which is waiting for a crew at West Eureka.

A pair of KCS switchers with a yard slug wait at Falling Springs for a signal across Valley Jct. to access their E. St. Louis yard. Canon 350D.

Done For the Day: After making the return trip to williams from the South Rim of the canyon, the "Williams Flyer" shoves down towards the wye to be turned for the following day. #... (more)

The daily TRRA job goes past the MacArthur Bridge lead and heads back to Madison, IL.

CSX 2Q686 02 splits the soon-to-be-gone dwarf and mast CPL's at Carbon siding as is exits the Casey block and enters the Avis block on DTC running.

Late in the day, a short MTRKS blasts though Kirkwood, past the depot, with a trio of SD60's and only about 35-40 cars. The fall colors are really taking off and will peak in a couple of weeks. Ca... (more)

After getting its mid train DPU inspected at St. Paul, 298 heads East at Hastings. It is crossing the former Milwaukee Road lift bridge that crosses the Mississippi River here. Taken while off dut... (more)

Three NS units sit by the scrap steel processing plant in Granite City, awaiting their call to action.

The crew of MASNP 18 throttles up after getting permission from the dispatcher to pass the stop indication at control point D007.

UP intermodal KOAMN 23, with a block of merchandise, accelerates out of Dupo yard, southbound.

Roaring Coal: A southbound loaded coal train (rare on the river sub) flies past the MP 13 marker, dynamic brakes whining in the 8th position.

GP38-2's from two different backgrounds (579 - Ex SP, 722 - Ex MoPac), now wearing the same paint, mingle in the early evening at Dupo yard.

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.

A sickly GE (literally, this thing sounded like a Toyota running on two cylinders) and a SD70M are on the point of this short manifest (18x16) waiting for a signal out of Dupo.

A couple of freshly painted RCP&E SD40-2's are in charge of todays 2H19. The conductor is inside the depot getting BNSF GTB's so they can continue on the joint track to St. Paul The CP GP20 will b... (more)