A Short KCS train of about 12 cars or so heads out of their E. St. Louis yard, through the diamonds at Valley Jct., and onto Track 1 of the UP Springfield Sub. These KCS GP40-2W's have a look all ... (more)

CBTJO 07 with UP 7180 crests "the hill" and begins to throttle down for the slightly downgrade trip into St. Louis. Those things on the trees almost make this look like a fall shot!

This BNSF train is apparently waiting for a crew. Check out the second unit, like 3 railroads, the CN noodle, sublettered for GTW, and in KCS paint!

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. MRS was a ne... (more)

This westbound empty coal load, 2CIMCA9 19, climbs a steep grade in Webster Groves. Missouri is not really a mountainous state, we just have really big hills. ;)

ALCO Safari Day 7, Delaware Lackawanna: Today, PO75 dropped their train outside of town, and runs back lite power to tie up for the day. Seen passing under one of the many remaining DL&W vi... (more)

This weather-beaten warrior shows itself in the beautiful golden light that could only signal the end of a warm summer day. Train was MCHNL 21.

This winged DASH 8 bursts into a section of sunlight as it comes off TRRA's Illinois Transfer District and through Valley Jct. to reach UP's Cotton Belt yard. Note the stainless steel commemorativ... (more)

A UP AC4400CW rolls past a track gang and a peice of MOW equipment, just past the KH overpass. This is where the serious work on the #2 main has begun.

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)

Blasting out from between the buildings, this southbound BNSF train makes its way over TRRA trackage to reach Lindenwood Yard. From Lindenwood, it will change crews and head south, down the River ... (more)

A UP train with NS power traverses the flatlands of the Mississippi River Valley at sunset. Just moments later, I helplessly watched the train go into emergency, and was stuck at this location for... (more)

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.

A pair of KCS switchers with a string of covered hoppers waits for a signal into Valley with the St. Louis skyline in the background.

As this train slowly creeps into the yard, it knocks down the restricting Lunar aspect to a absolute stop red. Mo-Pac style signals such as this one are quickly disappearing around the UP system.