Smoke from St. Louis' spectacular fireworks creates an eerie effect with the yard lights on 4th of July, the on duty crews at Lesperance had a good view of the show. Happy Birthday America! Canon ... (more)

UP 1964 Is preparing to leave 12ave yard in Saint Louis and lead a transfer Back to Alton and Southern Yard in East Saint Louis Illinois. In the consist is a former Cotton Belt GP60.

From the Silver Rails Gallery Collection: Plenty of action this day at Saint Louis Union Station. Pennsy 5539 is in the company of a GM&O heavyweight passenger train, many cars of baggage and mail... (more)

A pair of veteran TRRA motors drag the 201 Lindenwood transfer down the St. Louis riverfront.

With the St. Louis skyline in the background a pair of veteran TRRA 6 axles notch out 201 as it heads for BNSF Lindenwood yard.

A loaded coal train passes just south of downtown St. Louis and heads up to the MacArthur Bridge. This is the DPU pushing on the rear.

A unit train is pulling up to swap crews at Baden, passing the front yards of Antelope Street. This block of houses has quite the front porch view of rail activity, although only a handful of trai... (more)

An Alton and Southern transfer with a fresh HLCX Geep trailing pulls into downtown St. Louis to drop off some cars at UP's 12th Street Yard. The clock tower for the famous St. Louis Union Station ... (more)

Look! There just ahead!! It's a bird, it's a train - it's Aerotrain! Built by GM to "save the industry" in 1955, the train was lightweight and streamlined utilizing a set of modified GM Truck &... (more)

TRRA's Madison Turn heads west on BNSF rails as it nears its destination of Lindenwood Yard in the last rays of daylight.

Lit by a few sodium lights and the first minutes of dawn, this BNSF train bound for Galesburg makes its way through downtown Saint Louis. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge is just to the left, li... (more)

Railroads are at work all day everyday 24/7/365 days a year. This shot shows a BNSF Train Heading North on the Highline. Its amazing how railroads can move trains so quickly and yet still have a s... (more)

Amtrak F40PH #314 receives a nice bath on a hot summer's day. Bob Albano photo.

Now those are some front yards with a view! An empty BNSF train snakes its way down Antelope Street in north Saint Louis on its way to the Hannibal Sub. Those are the front porches of the houses s... (more)

GMTX 2687 Leads the LSE59, which has just come from working on the Union Pacific Jefferson City Subdivision, and is returning to Lesperance Street Yard, where the local originates. Here it is seen... (more)