Phase III Heritage Unit Amtrak 145 leads train 313, the Missouri River Runner, westward on its journey from St. Louis to Kansas City.
The Respondek GP10, painted in the colors and lettering style of the Illinois Terminal Railroad, awaits its next switching assignment.
Westbound coal empties cross the tranquil Meramec River.
Toledo and Detroit 16 (4-4-0) on display at Illinois Railway Museum.
Three historic locomotives on display at Illinois Railway Museum. The Milwaukee Road Northern is in the middle, framed on the left by Louisville and Arkansas 99 (2-8-0), and on the right by Chicag... (more)
My 100th photo! The Nebraska Zephyr gets some TLC between runs during IRM's Diesel Days.
Three historic locomotives on display at Illinois Railway Museum's Diesel Days. Well, four, if you count the Green Bay and Western in the back!
Grain cars from the transfer station south of N. Market St. along the Mississippi river are being brought down the TRRA Merchants Sub and onto the UP Jefferson City Sub.
Monticello Railway Museum's brand-new spit-polished Southern 401 2-8-0 on display and getting ready for a run.
Norfolk Southern's classy F9's paid a visit to the Monticello Railway Museum.
A leased unit brings a short train through the Missouri River Valley on ex-Rock Island trackage.
Three interesting diesels at IRM's Diesel Days.
Coal train approaches the town of Old Monroe, Missouri on a warm mid-autumn day.
Last year on this same day I stood in this exact spot in the same glorious autumn weather and waited for a certain train to come by. Back then, it was a steam special pulled by none other than UP ... (more)
Coal empties fly down the straightaway.