Eastbound Metrolink commuter train departing St. Louis Union Station Metrolink station at rush hour on a very busy Tuesday morning
Northbound Amtrak Texas Eagle and heavily loaded Union Pacific coal train awaiting departure from downtown St. Louis. The Amtrak train departed at 8:49 A.M., 19 minutes late, followed by the UP c... (more)
The "Madison Turn" comes down the TRRA Merchants Subdivision on its way through downtown St. Louis to Lindenwood Yard.
A pair of GEVO's heads this coal train stopped at Branch St. waiting for the signal to proceed onto the TRRA Merchants Subdivision through downtown St. Louis and onward to Lindenwood Yard.
Near 21st street in St. Louis at mp1 of the Jefferson City Sub
After getting the signal to proceed from the TRRA West Belt Dispatcher, the lead unit of this BNSF coal train on the Hannibal Sub peeks out from behind the old shed as it proceeds across Branch St... (more)
Northbound Amtrak Texas Eagle speeding through Cliff Cave Road crossing in far south St. Louis, MO on a very warm late August morning. The hordes of motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists who vi... (more)
Here comes the "Madison Turn" again, passing in front of the old Cotton Belt Freight House north of the Gateway Arch in downtown St. Louis, this time a GEVO (much to my surprise) leading two ex-SF... (more)
Three ex-SF SD's lead the "Madison Turn" in front of the old Cotton Belt Freight House through downtown St. Louis as the sun sets on a brutally hot day. This daily train transfers cars from TRRA's... (more)
A look inside the cab of UP #4006. It is such a shame that one of these locomotives can't be restored back to operating condition.
I thought this was an amusing size comparison between these two modes of transportation.
352 leads a train south into the yard under the the south approach of the MacArthur Bridge, with downtown St. Louis rising behind them.
Leading a west bound UP auto-rack train.
BNSF 703 along with Ferromex 4624 lead U-SEMBIR south over the TRRA's river-front-high line. (U-SEMBIR is an iron ore train.)