NS's Norfolk & Western heritage unit splits the searchlights running on home rails towards St. Louis on Norfolk Southerns St. Louis District. Locomotives: NS 8103 & NS 1058

KCS 4006 awaits it's next assignment after arriving on the previous day on train MKCVN at KCS's former Gateway Westerns yard in East St. Louis, Illinois. Locomotives: KCS 4006 & KCS 4618

BNSF 7426 leads a southbound grain out of Old Monroe towards St. Louis on a rare warm January morning on BNSF's Hannibal Sub aka K-Line. Locomotives: BNSF 7426, BNSF 7809, BNSF 5296 DPU BNS... (more)

KCS 3909 and 30+ other SD70MAC's sit stored at KCS's former Gateway Westerns yard in East St. Louis, Illinois. Locomotives: A LOT!

BNSF 9942 leads a Galesburg bound freight towards the small town of Bucklin, Missouri. Locomotives: BNSF 9942, BNSF 8078 & BNSF 8467.

NS 7234 leads an empty ethanol west out of the tunnel on CN's Dubuque Subdivision.

NS 7234 leads an empty ethanol west out of the tunnel on CN's Dubuque Subdivision.

BNSF 6614 leads a long autorack train under the few remaining ATSF signal bridges left in northern Missouri on BNSF's Marceline Subdivision. Locomotives: BNSF 6614 & BNSF 8048

I came across this odd find while out driving the east side area. A pink BNSF 643 creeps over rout 3 on TRRA's Merchants Bridge on it's way to Terminals Madison yard. Locomotives: BNSF 643, BNS... (more)

With almost 13 inches of snow on the ground, NS 3628 leads 398 east into Hannibal on NS's Springfield/Hannibal District.

UP 6359 & UP 6415 leads a loaded coal train south near Columbia on former Missouri Pacific's now Union Pacific's Chester Sub. First I've ever seen from one of these units, UP 6359 had oscillating ... (more)

With almost 13 inches of snow on the ground, NS 9347 slows for the sharp turns before it crosses the bridge into Illinois with a monster roadrailer train in tow.

KCS 1 sits on display in Mexico for the Holiday Express back in December 2013.

With almost 13 inches of snow on the ground, NS 9561 navigates the sharp turns in Hannibal while the other end of the train is still in Illinois. The tracks off to the right in the picture is BNSF... (more)

UP 4141 and UP 1943 was on display earlier this morning before getting picked up by the 15E/MDUPB.