This westbound coal empty pulls hard up the slight grade through Tuxedo Park, Tuxedo Park's unique stone block-constructed depot can be seen to the right and is still in use by a business.

UP 6787 and CNAOV9 19 picks up speed after cresting Kirkwood Hill.

A classic ex Espee Morrison Knudson SD45 rebuild rolls down the UP toward WR Tower in Granite City. Train was MCHPB 06.

ALCO Safari Day 5, LA&L: After having picked up empties from Barilla in Avon, the road train continues towards Rochester. ALCO C430 #433 started life as New York Central 2056 in 11/1967.

Hot on the tail of the tail of three previous trains, CSX L111 becomes the fourth train in 45 minutes as it passes through Caseyville Park.

Sunset over Union Pacific tracks through southern Illinois farmland.

A southbound manifest slips out of Dupo yard in the late evening, around 11:30pm. Taken with wide angle lens, 16 sec. exposure.

ALCO Safari Day 1: First stop on my ALCO Safari trip was the local Minnesota Commercial, who still have a couple of active ALCO and MLW products on the roster. Here the CTM Switch, shoves h... (more)

A UP SD70M leads a C44-9W, a string of autoracks, and grain through Kirkwood, while a local railfan watches from trackside.

Typical power of the BNSF, a C44-9W and a trailing SD40-2 (still in full Santa Fe paint) slowly bring their train speed down to meet a speed-restricted peice of track at MP 12. You can just hear t... (more)

A rebuilt GP40, which I brought in on the LSE57, looks on as two RC equipped GP38-2's slumber in the yard waiting for the morning shift. Canon 350D.

A UP stack train comes through the bridge in Fountain at a good clip, but is already slowing for a welder that's working about 5 miles ahead. Canon 350D. 28-80mm.

A UP empty unit coal train, led by 2 AC4400CW's flies down the 1% ruling grade of Kirkwood Hill.

After catching the head end at MP 13, I caught the rear end of the Rush Island coal train C BKMRTR0 34 at Lemay Ferry, after the direction changes, making the lighting apprioate. It's a classic Mi... (more)

This southbound BNSF manifest has a very colorful lash-up today as it comes around the curve at 14.9 on the River Sub. Canon 350D. 28-80mm.