CN local L546 heads north on the TRRA Transfer, a NS manifest leaves A&S Gateway Yard, and a UP autorack enters Gateway Yard.

UP 1989 brings its train off the MacArthur Bridge as it nears its crew change destination in Dupo, IL.

On a clear winter afternoon in Barstow, CA, BNSF 533 East crosses a concrete bridge over the Mojave River.

One of only a few ALS units remaining in service switches Gateway Yard. Most of the ALS roster has been replaced with UP units.

Mission accomplished, UP 4141 pulls away from the crew change at Valley Junction at 2117.

An empty Missouri Pacific coal train with a DB equipped 6000 series leader is seen from the Cahokia Airport overpass just south of Valley Junction, IL.

On the morning of Veteran's Day 1991--and shooting with friend Elrond Lawrence--Santa Fe 544 West comes up a ramp out of Barstow Yard onto the North Track and heads for Cajon Pass. In the distance... (more)

ASSRQ is departing the A&S as seen at Valley Junction, IL

Chicago & Eastern Illinois F3(A) (F5A) 1405 with GP9 234 and FP7A 1608 at Danville, Illinois June 1967.

The Reading Company has been gone for ten years, but the many of its bridges, including this one on the Lebanon Valley branch in Reading, have escaped a makeover by the Conrail B&B gangs.

After Waiting for Traffic ahead and around it to clear, This Loaded Coal Train Heads South for Dupo Where it will get a crew change then continue south.

A Busy Time at Valley Junction. 2 Southbound Union Pacific Coal Trains are seen Running Side by side, These Trains Will make Crew Changes in Dupo Illinois, Then Continue their Journeys South.

As a Santa Fe westbound departs the yard in a cloud of exhaust, a short eastbound UP intermodal symbol waits for a signal on the South Track. Valley Junction is now covered by a freeway interchang... (more)

Randy Allard gets his shot of the KCS business car train as it approaches the curved bridge just west of Valley Junction. The sun was almost under the horizon as the train started its evening run ... (more)

Sweet light, sweet train. After a few hour stay at the former Gateway Western yard in East St. Louis, KCS's beautiful A-B-A southern belle F units are on the move back to Kansas City. The t... (more)