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)

With locomotives all-out in Run 8, the Reverend Spiv X prays that his train will make this short, but steep grade with GSRKPG 15.

A BNSF work train is laying out ties for a future track project.

Strangers in the night. Just shy of 10:30pm, a light engine movement waits for a signal into Dupo yard, running wrong main, while a hot autorack screams by for points south. Canon 350D.

A west bound BNSF manifest rolls through East Valley Park, this is the end of ABS and the beginning of CTC for this train.

Terminal has shown up to the Manny today with a set of borrowed BNSF motors. Regular power on this run is the switchers, like the one in the background.

A winged warrior snakes it's way down through Valley Jct. as it heads towards the old Southern Pacific yard.

ALCO Safari Day 5, LA&L: One of the last shots of the day, the road job highballs Papermill Rd. with one car for Lakeville. This would prove to be a short day for the crew, and they would t... (more)

UP coal train CBRCS 18 with a nice ex CNW on the point comes through Valley, trailing was an unpatched SP unit.

Southbound coal drag CATOV9 11 passes a northbound mainfest with a nice leader, stupid UP shield . . .

Iowa Northern Railway: After the yard job cleared up in Bryant yard, the Olewein Job completed their air test, and heads out of town, about to round the curve and cross the Cedar River. I k... (more)

The local, coming back from a day of switching the Jeff City Sub, flies past MP14, while giving a wave and a toot on the horn to a maintenence crew on the side.

The Cuba Sub local heads west out of Lindenwood Yard to switch what industries that are left on the Cuba Sub.

Two leased HLCX locomotives sit with a terminal train waiting for a crew. The train will go through Valley Jct. to reach the TRRA's Illinois Transfer Division. Canon 350D, 28-80mm.

Another southbound storms past at MP 13.3, just out of view, behind those ugly GEs, is a rare BN "white-face" GP40-2 beauty.