A pair of rebuilt SD40Ns and 5 dead, drained, and retired C40-8s curve towards the north as they approach Bunkum Road on Alton and Southern's main line. The 5 GEs, along with 45 addition units of ... (more)
After doing work at Effingham, IL, the engineer on CSX St. Louis Line local J729 20 has the throttle notched highly with 64 cars bound for Rose Lake Yard in East St. Louis, IL. Guarding the train'... (more)
CNW 8701, one of two remaining unpatched Chicago & North Western locomotives on Union Pacific's roster, knocks down the approach diverging aspect displayed on the endangered CNW signal bridge at R... (more)
Illuminated by late afternoon sunshine, UP 7963 and the empty coal train under its command are unaffected by a dramatic thunderstorm looming 20 miles to the east.
A pair of Grand Trunk Western SD40-3s--power for the L546 local--heads up an impressive string of motive power parked at Carworks in Madison, IL. The heavily Canadian lineup includes a zebra strip... (more)
As darkness falls on Kirkwood, MO, BNSF 5456 and 3 more units idle crewless at Geyer Road on the point of stack train Q CLOSTL1 25A. A leased CIT Group SD60, CEFX 6011, is second out in the consis... (more)
Five Southern Belles, including 3 brand new KCSM ES44ACs, ply the jointed rails of the Roodhouse Subdivision at 50 mph as they make their way towards Kansas City.
A pair of former Burlington Northern SD70MACs lead Rush Island bound coal train C NRMRTR1 07A through the siding switch at Old Monroe, MO. Signal gangs are currently installing new SafeTrans tri-l... (more)
Unpatched SP 266 passes Kansas City Union Station on KCT trackage while shoving grain train GSWAWW 12 out of the Kansas River lowlands. Time is running out for the searchlight signals in the backg... (more)
Going Home. For the first time in approximately a half of a century, Norfolk and Western Y6a #2156 rolls over "home rails" as it departs the Terminal Railroad's Merchants Subdivision and en... (more)
The row of trees along Greenwood Boulevard in Maplewood, MO, have nearly completed their blooming process as the Katy heritage unit passes in command of Gateway Yard bound manifest freight QNPAS. ... (more)