Pacing the Tour Bus Coming into the historic and tourist town of Hermann, MO, Big Boy is created by hundreds of people who have pulled off the side of the highway to witness. A group even rented ... (more)

UP 4014 the Big Boy departing Hermann.

Running 30 minutes late, Amtrak train 314 departs from a town in central Missouri behind P42DC 66, belching smoke and temporarily drowning out the music from the town’s Octoberfest celebration, ... (more)

UP 844 heads out of Hermann Amtrak station on its way to St. Louis, MO.

The DPU on UP Train CNAIM9 14 slams past Amtrak Train #313, stopping in Hermann to pick up passengers for points west, and Kansas City. The Phase 2 Heritage Unit on the point was a nice treat as ... (more)

Amtrak Train #314 has just dropped off its passengers, including me, and blasts out of town towards St. Louis from Kansas City. The Phase 2 Heritage Unit on the point was a nice treat as well. <... (more)

UP844 makes its first stop in the small town of Hermann Missouri with plenty of spectators for a Tuesday on its trek to Tennessee.

Historic Hermann: UP 844 departs Hermann, MO about 15 minutes early in order to try to keep schedule. With a short train like this she'll be up to track speed quickly. From the top of Kallm... (more)

UP 844 continues east after a stop in Herman, Missouri on it's Trek to Tennessee on former Mopac rails.

5 big engines from UP and CSX make up the head end consist (with 1 DPU) on QNPCXP 21, shown here heading "down stream" along side the mighty Missouri River. Hermann, a quaint small town ... (more)

Amtrak train #314, the eastbound Missouri River Runner, departs Hermann, Missouri, on October 5th, 2014 - and in the process it briefly drowns out the music from the town's Octoberfest cele... (more)

On their trip home to Omaha after a thorough rebuilding at Paducah, Kentucky, Union Pacific’s set of E9s curves into Hermann, Missouri, on April 27, 1993.

Amtrak's Missouri River Runner skirts its namesake river as it powers away from its stop at Hermann and passes beneath the German town's large courthouse.

Did you know the UP Jefferson City Sub. was a branch line? Allow me to enlighten you. Here's Amtrak 313 pulling into Hermann, MO this afternoon after emerging from a thunderstorm that turned said... (more)

On their trip home to Omaha after a thorough rebuilding at Paducah, Kentucky, Union Pacific’s set of E9s curves into Hermann, Missouri, on April 27, 1993.