A former SP AC4400 leads a coal train south across Lake Moredock.

A C44-9W leads a lengthy freight through some nice fall colors.

A short NS train coming out of the AO Smith yard at Granite City cutting across the UP and BNSF mains.

A Terminal Railroad GP40M-3 and slug are seen sorting cars at the south end of the TRRA yard at Madison, Illinois

A remote controlled MP15DC owned by SCF Lewis and Clark Terminals is positioning grain hoppers for unloading at their facility in Granite City, Illinois.

A single ES44C4 pulls a nice assortment of boxcars along the western bank of the Mississippi River north of St. Louis.

A Herzog ballast train crosses the Cuivre River at Old Monroe Missouri.

A scrap metal hauler passing the lumber mill at Old Monroe, Missouri.

It's a few minutes before dawn at Paradise, Montana where a pair of Montana Rail Link GP9s sit waiting for the local crew to start their day. It was a few years ago, but I can still remember how ... (more)

A massive UP manifest makes its way north to St. Louis at Lake Mordock on the Chester Sub. The train is moving slowly as it crosses from Main 1 to Main 2 at Val.

I'll post this photo, not because it's the best photo ever, but because it tells a story. This is the BNSF Transcon just outside of the BNSF Logistics Park yard. Main 1 and Main 2 are on the lef... (more)

BNSF 7428 is glowing in the morning sun crossing Peruque Creek.

A pair of 60-year-old locomotives still active at Alton Steel in Alton, Illinois. GTW 4614 is a GP9R built in 1957. Gulf Coast Rail Services 1236 is an ex-Terminal Railroad of Saint Louis SW1200... (more)

A lengthy grain train skirts along the Missouri River near West Alton, Missouri.

A southbound UP manifest passing in front of the Mississippi River bluffs on the UP Chester Sub near Fult, Illinois. I'm sure I appreciated an unpatched Southern Pacific locomotive back then, but... (more)