The Dupo Transfer comes off the Macarthur Bridge into downtown St. Louis.

Ummmm . . . . just a little bit of a tight clearance. Could they have planted the tree closer? Honestly. Train was CBTMR9 07.

Here coal train CBTMR9 07 bound for the DeSoto Sub runs through industrial South St. Louis on horrible track, speed here is 10 MPH.

Sure, you can get diesel at the 6th Street Scales, but what interests me more are the diesels on YDU50 09 going over the scales. The last one being one of only 3 GP40P-2's built for the SP and use... (more)

Later in the still scorching day, BNSf 9883 patiently waits for a new crew at the hand-thrown crossover at Kingshighway.

On a scorching day, with the temperature at 103*F, with no break in the humidity, a UP SD70M and a CSX SD60 wisk MLENP 24 past a coal drag, and will soon arrive in Kirkwood.

The MRS crew comes off Dorcas Street and heads towards the yard after switching the huge Anheuser-Busch Brewery. From the yard they will then run down 2nd street to access Century Used Brick.

MRS 255 sits smack-dab in the middle of second street as the crew goes about switching Century Used Brick late in the afternoon.

A C&IM SD38-2 working off owed horsepower hours sits on the turntable at the former CB&Q yard. Kodachrome 64, Minolta SRT-101, Rokkor 50mm f2

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At night, one can get a feel for what it must have been like in 1960s, when Union Station was still a major hub. Now RailCruise America calls it home. Here the conductor helps passengers disembark... (more)

With the flip of a switch the resident switcher at Union Station, former T.R.R.A. 2024, jumps to life. In about a half-an-hour, the crew will run out and pull a hot peice of private varnish off Am... (more)

BNSF 6828 pokes its head out of the vegetation as it begins to cross the long bridge over Grant's Trail, Gravois Creek, and Green Park Ind. Dr. at MP12.5.

A BNSF light power move, with a packed cab, full of crew members, heads towards the BNSF yard in N. St. Louis.

Place your bets folks! Who will win the race? My money's on the train. Who ever wins, the "JESUS" billboard will surely see. Train was YSL72R 07.