LES101 returning to the KCS yard in East St. Louis after a run to the CSX in Rose Lake.

Two of Illinois Central RS3's in service. Probably working the Peabody coal trains.

UP 1989 brings its train off the MacArthur Bridge as it approaches the interlocking at Valley Junction and its crew change destination in Dupo, IL.

NS 4322 and UP 7761 wait for a green signal before heading underneath the Missouri Avenue overpass with a northbound manifest train. To the right of this location is the Metro East Industries dies... (more)

HLX 3805 is nestled between UP 635 and UP 637, RVSC 513 (Rio Valley Switching Company) and NCRC 549 (Rio Grande Pacific Industries Rail Service), at the Metro East Industries in East St. Louis, Il... (more)

Alton & Southern 2005 and 2004 begin to pull a manifest train west out of the Gateway yard in East St. Louis.

The Texas Eagle has departed St. Louis and crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois.

An odd pairing of a CMQ SD402-F and a former UP SD9043MAC at the locomotive maintenance facility in the CPKC Yard (previously KCS) in East St. Louis, IL.

CSX train I007, the hot intermodal train from from North Bergen, NJ to Rose Lake Yard in East St. Louis, IL, is arriving on the "mail track" to unload its cargo.

Something I never thought I'd see in my lifetime... the seemingly impossible happened as a dash 8 found itself on the long distance Texas Eagle. Thanks to PTC issues. A easy and fun chase took pla... (more)

Moments before turning south and entering the Chester subdivision, UP 7996 and its hot shot intermodal crawl through the town of East St. Louis with the St. Louis Gateway Arch seen in the backgrou... (more)

Originally Missouri Pacific

TRRA T105 eases down the North Approach of the MacArthur Bridge in East St Louis with a transfer from the Miller Yard. TRRA 2006 / 2010 provide the locomotion for three IC SD70s, 3 malt empties a... (more)

The renumbered and repainted NS F9 A-B-B-A set made an appearance in the St. Louis area shortly before they were retired. Departure towards Louisville via the Southern West District was at sunris... (more)

What looks like a Union Pacific train from the 1980's is actually an Alton & Southern transfer job. The A&S "102" typically runs a turn between Gateway Yard and UP's 12th Street Yard in... (more)