T.G.'s Photography Blog

BNSF 972 at S. Kinghighway Blvd. On a hot summer day, in August 2006, I caught BNSF 972 leading a train eastbound on BNSF's Hannibal Subdivision, at South Kingshighway Boulevard . in St. Louis, Missouri. The train had just left BNSF's Lindenwood Yard, a few miles to the west of here, and was making its way toward Grand Interlocking . BNSF 972 BNSF 972 was built for the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe in August of 1996, and it is a General Electric C44-9W model. At the time when the locomotive was built, the Burlington Northern and the Santa Fe railroads had been merged into the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Corporation, which happened in September 1995. The official merging of the two railroads did not occur until December 1996, at which time the railroad was named the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway. In 2005, the railroad was renamed to the BNSF Railway, however, many people prior to this official name change referred to the railway and the BNSF. ...

Visitors Center at Hoover Dam Looking toward the visitors' center and some of the power line towers at Hoover Dam . In the upper left corner of the image you can see the Mike O'Callaghan - Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge. At the time that I took this image, the bridge was under construction. Before the bridge was completed in 2010, vehicular traffic on US 93 had to cross over the top of the dam, which required a security check fro every car traveling over it. Photo taken: August 18, 2010. Hoover Dam, Lake Mead National Recreational Area, Nevada. Photo © Tom Gatermann

May 23, 2006. St. Louis, MO. BNSF 4562 and UP 8119 pass each other near South Kingshighway Blvd. BNSF 4562 is rolling west on BNSF's Hannibal Subdivision, while UP 8119 is working as the DPU on an eastbound coal train on the UP's Jefferson City Subdivision.

December 11, 2011. St. Louis, Missouri. BNSF 9298 leads an empty hopper train east at South Kingshighway Blvd., on BNSF's Hannibal Subdivision. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

NS 9270 and NS 8687 June 9, 2007. St. Louis, MO. With a bit of Cableicous​ framing, NS 9270 and NS 8687 roll west on the west approach of the McArthur Bridge, near Gratiot Interlocking. The light engine movement was heading to the UP's 12th Street Yard to pick up a string of cars. Meanwhile, the Union Pacific locomotive was on the point of a westbound train that was waiting for clearance to proceed through the interlocking and onto the UP's Jefferson City Subdivision. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

Power line towers on the edge at Hoover Dam Power line towers stand on the edge and top of the canyon surrounding Hoover Dam , on the Arizona side. This view is looking out from the top of the dam's walkway. Photo taken: August 18, 2010. Lake Mead National Recreation Area.