Looming high above the remenants of old industrial downtown St. Louis, the Manny transfer to the A&S struggles to the top of the steeply inclined (at least 3%) south approach to the MacAthur Bridg... (more)

What year do we live in again? Here a three man crew works the Manny yard job as it trundles along uneven, jointed rail in the late afternoon.

Parked

This unit was sold a couple of weeks ago

5 PM Brewery run

MRS 255 shoves some SLSC cars into the Anheuser-Busch storage yard on humid St. Louis afternoon.

Can you say L-U-C-K? I was super excited when I realized I was going to get this shot, it had to be timed just right, as all three trains were moving.

Engine House

Never have seen the MRS come down this way.

Interesting load being tugged around the yard today. A pair of ALCO Blunt type trucks (from the roads once large fleet of ALCO switchers) are pushed back into their resting space on a spur. They a... (more)

MRS #256, and T.R.R.A. #1243 share space in the engine house today. 256 is having some minor work done, while #1243 was just painted for the T.R.R.A.

MRS #257, an SW1500, pulls three empty hoppers out of the beautiful and historic Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St. Louis, MO.

MRS #255 and a T.R.R.A. SW1200 sit outside the engine house late this afternoon.

This poor hostler has to be his own engineer and brakeman.