CN 105 leads the former Rio Grande Ski Train into East St Louis,IL 11/19/10. The train would be refurbished in Granite City,IL before being sent back north to run on the excursion train on the for... (more)

UP 5510 leads the IG2SE-18 along the Columbia River and I-84 on this beautiful fall day near Quinton,OR 10/21/10

A welcome sign greets visitors as a UP ballast train approaches the historic MoPac depot in Kirkwood, MO 10/17/10.

UP 3985 heads south on UP's Chester Sub with a special to Gorham,IL, seen here passing the control point at Jacob,IL 10/7/10

UP 3985 and train arrives St Louis, MO after a day long excursion to Gorham,IL and back 10/7/10. The train would be on display the next day on the track the train is entering before heading west o... (more)

BNSF westboud coal train bound for Ameren UE's Rush Island power plant passes by another Ameren UE property, the Portage de Sioux power plant, at West Machens, MO 10/3/10

Amtrak 837 leads train 380 as it passes under one of the classic CB&Q signal bridges at MP 89, near Arlington,IL 9/7/10

A westbound Z train crosses into Missouri from Iowa on the Des Moines River bridge near Revere, MO. 8/25/10

A late running Amtrak train #22, the Texas Eagle, glides down a hill past my residence at the time as it is about to pass through De Soto, MO. 7/31/10

Just after sunrise, the St. Louis skyline is the backdrop for Amtrak train #302 as it takes the north approach of the MacArthur Bridge to join the UP Springfield Sub at Q Tower. The train had just... (more)

BNSF 7463 leads a eastbound BNSF stack train under a classic ATSF cantilever signal bridge at Lomax,IL. 7/24/10

Amtrak train #303 passes the old Union Electric Light and Power Company's Power Plant along the Mississippi River in St. Louis,MO as it detours on TRRA's High Line. 2/28/10

UP local backing out of their yard in Springfield,IL, past the control point formally known as Ridgely. Ridgely Tower, the last true Armstrong lever interlocking tower in the United States, at the... (more)

An NS empty ballast train heads south towards Iron Mountain,MO to "get a refill", seen here passing through the south end of De Soto,MO, just steps away from my residence at the time. 5/21/10

Who's railroad is this? 4 NS units on a UP manifest race a CN detour led by a IC SD70 northbound on UP's Chester Sub, near Fults, IL. The CN detour was due to heavy flooding north of Memphis on CN... (more)