At the end of the day, this DPU pushes hard on the end of this UP coal drag as it passes the bluffs and fall color in Pacific. The real challange is ahead when the train hits Kirkwood hill. Canon ... (more)

TRRA runs a manifest train, with a nice lash up of power, down the Illinois Transfer and will then run through Afton chemical. Canon 350D, 28-80mm.

A nice clean early style SD60M leads a SD40T-2 with an empty ballast train to be reloaded.

Late in the evening, grain train GECCRB 04 with UP and CN power sits in Dupo yard while the first quarter moon slowly sets behind it.

This hot little intermodal, KMNOA 19, scoots across the bridge at Fountain and makes a B-line for Dupo.

This manifest cruises out of Eureka at about 45 mph, it has an approach-limited at Allenton, and will be meeting an eastbound at Pacific.

As always, Hoffman Ave. is a mess today. Here a UP train departs the Belt yard, and ties up the entire plant as they cross all the way over from the Belt to BN main 1. BNSF and CP trains are waiti... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 9, Burlington Jct. Rwy. and the Ugly Duckling: After doing a little switching in their small yard, the BJRY crew runs lite engine to the BNSF interchange in downtown Burling... (more)

This Kansas City Southern freight heads into the yard, the 3rd GP40 was either offline or iso'ed.

In a holdover from the past, the brakeman of 4958 (ASHASX 24) disembarks from his steed to perform a roll-by inspection of the passing train, this as a crew member from the passing train is prepar... (more)

A pair of UP SD60M's wait patiently at Hoffman Ave for a signal into their belt yard while a 1x1 CP manifest sneaks out of St. Paul Yard, heading for Glenwood. Taken while off duty, wearing full P... (more)

A&M ALCO's in 2022: On what's shaping up to be a pleasant day in Northwest Arkansas, the Springdale Switch Job finishes up servicing a customer that receives flour hoppers. Both 56 and 57 s... (more)

Second and third generation EMD's huddle together in Dupo yard on a cold December evening.

With the weather finally warming up, and the snow melting, MASNP drifts downgrade after passing through downtown Kirkwood. Canon 350D.

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: After finishing their work at Sovena, just a quick pull/spot, the crew heads back West to gather up a few more empties before heading to downtown Rome.