A 70MAC follows coal loads into the balloon track at the Ameren UE Portage Des Sioux power plant. Canon 350D, 28-80mm.

A standard cab Dash 9 and SD40-2 sit under the stars on a chilly December night with MNLTR 26. Canon 350D 28-80mm. (f/3.5 @ 20 sec.)

A rare CN coal train (C71691-3-21) into St. Louis, with a matched pair of IC SD70s, waits for a crew at IL RT. 157 on the St. Louis Division. The coal is from a recently re-opened mine in central ... (more)

On a little photographed industrial branch in the heart of Evansville, two switchers go about their work switching covered hoppers.

This part of Indiana is basically a flat expanse of flood plain, with visibility for many miles. Here, practically the entire train is visible as it climbs the approach to the Ohio River bridge in... (more)

My first SD70M-2. Here the brand new unit leads a hot stack and rack train out of the NS Princeton Terminal and towards Francisco, IN.

A former C&NW Geep 50, now working for FURX sits coupled to a half painted SD40-2, both are sitting at the NRE Shops in Mt. Vernon.

EMD's are all over the place here, whether in peices, or the whole thing . . .

Several locomotives sit at the NRE Shops in Mt. Vernon. Note the EMD export G12 locomotive in the back ground.

This little SW1000 smokes it up as it goes to work shuffling the colorful array of locomotives around the NRE Shops in Mt. Vernon.

It looks like the Fort Worth Western will be getting new big power in the form of 3 EMD GP50's.

KCS 4801 and GWWR 4096 work a small chemical operation near their E. St. Louis Yards. These GWWR units are becoming increasingly rare.

I'm not sure CN's L54691 local can really be considered a local, sure it switches some industries, but it's the size of a standard manifest, and requires 2 SD40-2's to move it.

One of the few remaining GWWR locomotives sits at the E. St. Louis engine facilities with other KCS power.

The CN-IC local, lead today by a pair of SD40-2's and a GTW geep 38 pulls to a stop at Mousette Lane. The Cotton Belt yard is full so they will have to go through the A&S, which means they will be... (more)