A recently delivered CSX boxcar logo ES44AH pushes on the rear of a westbound UP empty coal train at Kirkwood, MO. The path and light poles serve as a memorial to those killed in a 2008 shooting a... (more)

With the summit in sight, an older ES44AC and a C60/44AC have nearly completed their climb up the roughly 5 miles of >1% grade known as Kirkwood Hill. The fall colors, after a less-than-average st... (more)

UP 6445 leads a coal train east through Kirkwood.

A DPU of a Coal train Heads East as a Westbound Manifest throttles up after a stopping to do a roll by of the coal train.

A loaded coal train tops the hill at Kirkwood on one of the first days of summer. The historic Kirkwood depot is decorated with bright colored flowers through the summer.

A westbound stack train rolls past Kirkwood station on a beautiful 4th of July. Happy Birthday America! Canon 350D.

Amtrak Locomotive Number 156 Leads Train 313, here the train is making a station stop at Kirkwood then will proceed west to its finial Destination of Kansas City Missouri making a few stops along ... (more)

The westbound Amtrak "Missouri River Runner" eases past the Arrow Box Factory at Leffingwell & Scott Avenue on a beautiful and unseasonably cool early June afternoon as it slows for its station st... (more)

It's the "Pointless Arrow", "Bloody Nose", or whatever you want to call it; AMTK 156 leads a slightly late 313 under the Barrett Station Road overpass as clouds and an ancient code pole line enhan... (more)

UP 6808 Heads through Kirkwood Eastbound Heading toward Saint Louis.

Amtrak's famed "Pointless Arrow" heritage unit #156 cruses westbound into Kirkwood for its station stop. Bringing up the rear is Frisco sleeper Cimarron River.

On a Warm Afternoon in Late May, Amtrak train 313 Speeds west toward Kansas City, here the train is seen leaning into the curve near the Transportation Museum.

It's been a bad day. The conductor on loaded UP coal train CNATS rides back to the 100+ hopper cars that he lost just a few moments ago. This former SP unit was the trailing unit on ... (more)

UP 6076 Catches a Few Rays of Late Afternoon Sun as this Empty Coal Heads West Down the UP Jefferson City Sub

An empty UP oil train comes through Kirkwood, MO, deviating from its normal route taking it to Alton & Southern Railway, and eventually BNSF at Mitchell, IL.