In the perfect evening light, BNSF and UP coal trains rest in the Illinois & Midland's Powerton Yard. Locomotives include a dirty UP AC4400CW, an H2 ES44AC, and a freshly painted H3 SD70MAC.

Added to the train in Albuquerque, New Mexico, BNSF 1759 makes all of the track speed as it hauls through Dallas City, Illinois.

A late Amtrak 313 "River Runner" rounds the curve into the Kirkwood, Missouri Amtrak station, which is of MoPac heritage.