A trio of CSX SD70Ms pull out of the siding at Machens, Missouri on the BNSF Hannibal Sub.
A westbound manifest approaches a meet at Machens, Missouri.
A patch of sunlight illuminates an empty coal train as the Portage de Sioux power plant provides a fitting background.
An eastbound manifest coming out of the siding at Machens, Missouri. Shot with a 12 MP Canon Digital Rebel. It was a big improvement in cameras for me.
One of the BNSF 25th Anniversary locomotives takes the main at Machens, Missouri, while a track inspector sits in the siding. You could tell from a long way off that this was a special locomotive... (more)
A westbound BNSF manifest is accelerating after crossing the Missouri River.
A 600 axle westbound coal train approaches Machens, Missouri.
A move of 24 CREX locomotives on the BNSF Hannibal Sub at Machens, Missouri. I had heard that this move was going to occur, but honestly it was just luck that I caught this train today. On a ver... (more)
On a perfect clear and cold day, a BNSF manifest pulls out of the siding at Machens, Missouri. This is in the Mississippi River flood plain near the Portage de Sioux power plant.
A loaded BNSF coal train entering the siding at Machens, Missouri.
The morning sun illuminates a BNSF oil train moving through soybean fields at Machens, Missouri.
A Norfolk Southern trackage rights train heads west on the BNSF Hannibal Subdivision at Machens, Missouri.
A large BNSF manifest (I think this train is H-GALMEM) cruises westbound toward St. Louis at Machens, Missouri.
A BNSF grain train at Machens headed toward St.Louis. This is the BNSF Hannibal Sub, which has just re-opened after spring floods closed the line at several points along the Mississippi River.
A BNSF coal train passes the West Machens Signal, the former junction with the M-K-T.
