A UP coal train rockets around the curve into the setting sun heading past Farmers Market where an art festival was being held.
Another 3-unit solid SD60 lash-up is on the point of this UP manifest waiting for a signal to head north on the TRRA. The MLK bridge can be seen in the background. Canon 350D. 28-80mm.
The DPU of this northbound empty Rush Island coal train emerges from a rock cut and snakes down grade towards Byers.
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. MR... (more)
Wings: A single AC4400CW heads up this Kansas City bound empty coal drag, as it flys through Kirkwood.
Just before sunset two old GE's rocket MASNL 17 through North Dupo at track speed.
UP 775 idles the night away, under the watchful glare of a blood-red crescent moon.
The CN-IC local, lead today by a pair of SD40-2's and a GTW geep 38 pulls to a stop at Mousette Lane. The Cotton Belt yard is full so they will have to go through the A&S, which means they will be... (more)
Arkansas & Missouri Revisited: Just a couple of ALCO's, being ALCO's: While waiting for the Monett turn to arrive, the Rodgers local accelerates after spotting a few cars at a local industr... (more)
A UP stack train heads west through Maplewood, one of the workers on the line was getting really pissed off, the dispatcher wasn't answering him! It took him 17 mins and 9 trys to get a reply! Tra... (more)
UP stack 2IMNLB 16 train is cookin' as it rolls through Pacific, past the picturesque bluffs and colorful trees on this beautiful fall day.
A somewhat ratty looking CSX DASH 8 leads its train through the farmland of the Mississippi River valley at sunset. Train was MASNL 09.
Morning Rays: A pair of UP SD70Ms blasts into the morning rays with a stacker.
A NS catfish is on the point of a short train while a GP38 stands by, this while another train pulls into the tiny yard. Canon 350D. 75-300mm.
Its light reflecting and shimmering through the clouds, the setting sun creates a beautiful scene, as a BNSF steel train rumbles over Grants Trail.