M45 has just exited the town of Hannibal and is climbing the hill to Rensselear as it passes a field of corn at the 7.3 signal.
297 heads west from Moberly at the Pea Ridge crossing.
The original Norfolk Southern heritage unit brings empty rack train 29M off of the BNSF Marceline Subdivision and through the sweeping curve at Carrollton.
Two Canadian National ES44ACs have 297 well in hand as they crest the hill at Salisbury.
A pair of former Conrail locomotives, SD80MAC 7204 and SD60I 6734, lead a late 223 into Moberly.
The westbound "I-train" bounces over the jointed rail of the KCS Mexico Subdivision on the way to Kansas City behind an Ex-L&N GP38-2.
NS 1003 leads 297 into the setting sun just west of Moberly.
D19 returning to Moberly with empty potash hoppers in tow. The BNSF road power was required to move 52 loads from Moberly to Brunswick early in the morning.
An eastbound BNSF train waits short of the NS Road Crossing for a NS/UP passenger special to leave NS Avondale Yard.
Westbound UPS containers pass beneath the ATSF-vintage signal bridge at Bucklin.
An eastbound stack train grinds its way uphill into the small town of Ethel just before sunset.
NS 6920 drags 33J uphill into Moberly.
Two GP38-2s bring 65 auto racks for storage out of Brunswick, MO. Auto racks are routinely stored during January as auto manufacturers are shut down.
Just moments before sunset, a matched set of BNSF Dash-9s in the heritage-II paint scheme lead a westbound intermodal train through the crossover at Williamsfield.
A CP SD60 leads 398 out of Moberly on the Springfield-Hannibal district to Decatur, IL.