The daily H-GALMEM rolls west through Annada Mo.

This lengthy 630 axle westbounder with a special load upfront is moving along smartly despite the extra length.

Twilight Flurries | A pair of Canadian Pacific engines and a Kansas City Southern unit lead a northbound CPKC manifest train through the center of Noel, MO at dawn on the wintry morning of ... (more)

As a light snow falls, TRRA GP38-2 2006 leads the Polar Express East through the interlocking at Gratiot in downtown St. Louis.

TRRA GP38-2 2006 sits in St. Louis Union Station with the 2023 Polar Express.

The Canadian National GT heritage unit waits in the siding at Gibb for a coal train to pass.

TRRA 2001 leads the Polar Express North through St. Louis.

An empty scrap metal train near the west bank of the Mississippi River. All the signal sheds are elevated here to prevent flood damage.

KCS 2819 works the west end of CPKC Knoche Yard in Kansas City.

KCS 2819 works the west end of CPKC Knoche Yard in Kansas City.

An eastbound BNSF manifest train catches the last light of the day near the Mississippi River in Missouri.

A BNSF manifest pulls out of the siding at Gibb, Missouri after passing a loaded coal train.

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train, with a pair of Santa Fe GP7u locomotives (ATSF 2183 and 2124), brings six office cars of varying heritage through Santa Fe Junction and across the state line ... (more)

Not many EMC/EMD FT diesels, which pretty much were the locomotive that killed steam, were preserved – just two FTA units and three FTBs, although these Bs had been converted to Steam Heater Car... (more)

With deadheading Metrolink cars up front, the Chief departs Kansas City with its sights set on Chicago.