A pair of rebuilt Union Pacific SD40Ns lift a 12th Street to Alton and Southern transfer over the industrial grit of St. Louis' riverfront.

Union Pacific Railroad train M BNAS (manifest Bloomington-Alton Southern) blasts down the mainline of the former Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Steve Smedley

MBNAS with a Pair of SD40Ns pass Horseshoe Lake in Madison Illinois, on its way to Alton and Southern Yard in East Saint Louis. Taken at a Public Road Crossing.

A pair of freshly rebuilt "SD40Ns" rest with with a short MASAS train south Columbia, IL. This rural scene was taken a few thousand feet above the ground in a 5 seat Piper aircraft.

Atlanta Fire Department's Pierce Sabre Engine 28 has just been washed and detailed by firefighter Kyle Combs, as Union Pacific train M ASBN blasts across Vine Street in the central Illinois town l... (more)

The sun drops behind the clouds as the crew from Union Pacific train M ASBN prepares to meet and inspect Amtrak train 307 at McLean, Illinois on the former Alton Route. Steve Smedley photo