The 57 Local "De Soto Switcher" out of Bismarck departs De Soto after picking up 12 loads.

Hot UPS intermodal train cools down as it waits for loaded coal train to clear the main ahead.

UP 904 in its 5th road #. Built as GP38 L&N 4001 in 1970. To SBD 6223 in 1983, to CSXT 2131. Rebuilt by MPI (Boise, ID) and delivered as UP 2404 Nov 1996 in the short-lived slogan (Apr - Dec '96) ... (more)

KCS Local Roodhouse 101 by Murrayville with Church and Grain Elevator in background.

KCS LRH101 pulling into North Roodhouse, wrapping up another day, returning with 14 cars from the I&M Railroad in Springfield, IL.

KCS GP40s let out a healthy belch of smoke as the engineer "throttles up," by Hazel Dell on the NS.

Neat rock cut, shot from timber overpass south of Barnhart.

Warbonnets rolling through downtown Barnhart.

Northbound Empty Coal Train with two SD70MACs.

Two Santa Fe Warbonnets winding around rock cut near Richardson Road in Arnold.

Southbound BNSF Manifest with two Santa Fe Warbonnets showing some age.

Early afternoon shot of westbound intermodal out of BNSF St. Louis Lindenwood Yard.

Morning glimpse of northbound "Z-Train" going under Interstate 55 and passing by the Pevely City Park. Not such a common sight anymore, is a yellow-nosed "Stealth" GE, leading a string of 28 ft. R... (more)

Leased unit in Utah Railway paint, built originally as SP 9083 SD45 in 1969, rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen in 1990.

Northbound hotshot enroute to Dupo, IL on the lightly travelled "Buffalo Trail," (UP DeSoto Sub) the oldest rail line south out of St. Louis, constructed in 1857 by the St. Louis and Iron Mountain... (more)