Missouri Pacific 4602 is at the headend of a trio of RS-11s running westbound through Kirkwood, Missouri on August 14, 1960. After purchasing something near a legion of GP7's and GP9's the order... (more)
An eastbound manifest has stalled on the 1% grade of Kirkwood Hill and a pair of switchers from the Ewing Avenue Yard in St. Louis has been called in to help the train up the hill.
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)
A steam double header was operated from downtown St. Louis to the Museum of Transport to drop off SLSF 1522. However, the train had to wait for a stalled freight train to clear before the steam l... (more)
The St. Louis to Denver train 11, the 'Colorado Eagle" with MoPac's E8A 7018 and E7A 7010, sweeps into town westbound with twelve blue and gray cars to pick up passengers at the Kirkwood,M... (more)
Norfolk and Western locomotive 2156, Class Y6a, a compound Mallet, sits on display at the Museum's first night photography event.
This locomotive was loaned to the Virginia Museum of Transporta... (more)