Slowing for morning switching at Ayer this set will then head north and return back through again that evening.

A coal train heads west along the Clark Fork over MRL's 4th Sub, with a trio of H2 dash 9's.

The last sunlight of the day illuminates a northbound Kansas City Southern grain train as it rolls across the Illinois River just north of Watts, OK on September 27, 2022.

A warm September 27, 2022 afternoon sees a southbound coal train barreling down the tracks at Asbury, MO.

A westbound coal drag parallels the heads west over the MRL's 4th subdivision.

A northbound empty coal train heads through Gentry, AR on September 25, 2022. On the head end, two Union Pacific engines are running with four Kansas City Southern engines offline. Two more engine... (more)

Portrait of the DF4 #7455 at the Yebaishou shed. In 1998, the diesel locomotives had already replaced many of the steam locomotives on the Chinese railways.

QJ #6414 is resting outside of the Yebaishou maintenance shop.

The sun peeks through the clouds on a warm September 24, 2022 as the day's excursion train on the Arkansas & Missouri heads past fields and across a creek south of West Fork, AR.

On the partly cloudy morning of September 24, 2022, a pair of Alco C420s lead the southbound Arkansas & Missouri excursion train past the George's, Inc. plant in Springdale, AR.

Trenitalia with the trains of the "Frecciargento" brand operates on high-speed lines but also on traditional lines, traveling up to 250 km/h. with various rolling stock, in the photo train ETR.600... (more)

A bright September 10, 2022 morning sees a southbound coal train cruising through Bunch, OK. Though I made it trackside at 7:30 that morning, it wasn't until almost 11 that I saw the first train o... (more)

Steam crane in action at the Yebaishou shed.

Trenitalia with the trains of the "Frecciargento" brand operates on high-speed lines but also on traditional lines, traveling up to 250 km/h. with various rolling stock, in the photo an ETR.700 tr... (more)

Daylight fades as a northbound manifest train cruises below the riverside bluffs of Ozark, AR on a pleasant September 17, 2022 evening.