The H-MEMGAL passes the Marais Temps Clair Conservation Area on elevated track as it makes its way to Galesburg, Illinois. The day was brutally cold and windy, with my drone barking "High Wi... (more)
A scrap metal train approaching Barwise Road near Orchard Farm, Missouri.
At almost 700 axles, a massive BNSF manifest passes through open fields as it approaches the Missouri River.
A loaded coal train crosses the low bridge at Island Road before crossing over the Missouri River north of St. Louis.
A BNSF grain train at Orchard Farm, Missouri.
A colorful consist leading a BNSF manifest near the Marais Temps Clair Conservation Area.
Westbound into the setting sun at Orchard Farm, Missouri. Two days ago it was -5 degrees, with snow blowing across this field.
I was hoping to catch this Galesburg to St. Louis train much earlier in the morning, but they went into the siding for every oncoming eastbound train. Here the are trying to make time on the home... (more)
First light on a BNSF coal train near Orchard Farm, Missouri.
The last light of the day catches a nice looking BNSF consist at Orchard Farm, Missouri.
Early morning light on a westbound coal train near Orchard Farm, Missouri.
A BNSF manifest out of St. Louis trundles past at a nice slow pace headed into the low December sun at Orchard Farm, Missouri.
This older Dash 9 is a welcome sight early in the morning at Orchard Farm, Missouri.
A west bound grainer at first light on the Hannibal Sub. It was a cold and damp morning, producing a lot of fog in the river bottoms.
A loaded coal train is passing through the bottoms just north of the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. This is just after dawn on the BNSF Hannibal Subdivision north of St. Louis... (more)
