CSX local pulls into Howell Yard off the former L&N line to East Saint Louis. At the time of the photo, the line no longer connected all the way to East Saint Louis, and has since been cut back mo... (more)

A classy Rio Grande GP30 switches corn syrup cars out of a 7 UP bottling plant near Overland, MO

Eight units head south with a manifest out of A&S's Gateway Yard.

Nashville, AR grain train makes its way southward on an autumn day, passing over what may well be one of the most complete physical representations of the periodic table flowing by in Wood River. ... (more)

EMOSTL 26 passes by KK Road on its way to Sterling, IL, with a group of 22 former SP MK SD40-2s in tow.

An Operation Lifesaver train heads west around the curve at Eureka after doing a few trips in Saint Louis the previous day.

Like Mark Twain himself had done many times, the pilot of this BNSF train negotiates his way up the Mississippi River through a thick fog.

A trio of ex CNW SD40-2s waits at 111 for its turn to enter A&S Gateway Yard. 15 years ago power like this was not too exciting.

NS 111 chugs east through a fairly late snow for Saint Louis, going through a sag over Maline Creek.

The engineer and conductor of this train chat while waiting to move north, part of a long line of trains waiting to be crewed and taken to Alton & Southern's Gateway Yard

The Railcruise America "green train" sits at Union Station, not long for this paint scheme. The train left town a few days later. The F units eventually became part of Norfolk Southern.

Northbound UP passing through the middle of Burleson, TX on a summer evening

A little one waves to the passing train from a gazebo near the Kirkwood Police station.

Illuminated by an approaching southbound, this trackage rights train waits for a signal at North Dupo

Two of TRRA's recently painted red units sit on the East Saint Louis riverfront for a company photo shoot, which I happened to come by. The shot was taken from an observation tower three stories a... (more)