Rolling through a classic scene of fields and trees, the Mo-Pac and the Katy Heritage units continue towards Pine Bluff.

The Mo-Pac and the Katy Heritage units star in the "must have" trestle shot at Fountain, IL.

The Mo-Pac and the Katy Heritage units leave the St. Louis area and head south through the beautiful Mississippi River bottoms of southern Illinois.

The Mo-Pac Heritage unit leads her train into Valley Jct., with the Saint Louis skyline and the Gateway Arch looming in the background. How appropriate, since the Missouri Pacific had it's corpor... (more)

The Dynamic Duo are reunited again! This time The Katy Heritage unit leads her early morning train along with the Mo-Pac Heritage unit through beautiful southern Missouri.

The Dynamic Duo are reunited once again! The Mo-Pac Heritage unit is in command, along with The Katy Heritage unit, blasting toward the Salem, IL crew change point.

The Mo-Pac Heritage unit leads an old SP tunnel motor through the Mississippi River bottoms. This reminds me of the good old days when Mo-Pac and SP used to share this line.

The Katy Heritage unit reaches the end of it's trip, as it brings it's train past the hump tower and into the main yard of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis.

The local heads back to Centralia, IL.

Illinois Central solid lashup heads for DuQuoin, IL.

Hey! Who put that yellow stripe on there? I guess since CN units have yellow stripes, that's what all of the fallen flags will get too, even if it is wrong and immoral. To see this unit before ... (more)

The Mo-Pac Heritage unit leads it's train northbound along the Mississippi River through Chester, IL, as it's competition pushes some barges south on the river.

The CSX Business train passes a silo in Sumner, IL. We continued this chase to Washington, IN. However, the clouds took over the sky and the sun started backlighting the train shortly after this... (more)

The CSX Business train clears the east end of the siding and the B&O signals at Olney, IL.