T.G.'s Photography Blog

UP's KC Metro Subdivision The view in this image is looking toward the southwest, down Union Pacific's K.C. Metro Subdivision from the old Santa Fe Avenue crossing in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City. The nearest railroad crossing in the photo is Mulberry Street, and the furthest crossing is Hickory Street. In the far distance are two railroad bridges that cross over the Kansas River. The road bridge is the James Street bridge, and it is where the Kansas-Missouri state border intersects the rail line. Photo taken: November 9, 2007. Kansas City, Missouri.

UP 6838 - KCT Highline Bridge - Santa Fe Junction - Kansas City Union Pacific 6838 is on the point of an eastbound coal train that is rolling across the upper deck of KCT's Highline Bridge. The train is crossing over the Kansas River, and is nearing the Kansas-Missouri state border, at Santa Fe Junction. The train is approximately 1,000 feet from the state line, where it will cross into Kansas City, Missouri from Kansas City, Kansas. Photo taken: November 9, 2007. Kansas City, Kansas.

In the spring of 2004, I came across Railroad Switching Service of Missouri's (RSM) newsprint train, which delivered boxcars of newsprint to the St. Louis Post Dispatch in downtown St. Louis. This switching operation utilized the Illinois Terminal's (ITS) former Highline Bridge in North St. Louis, as well as the former ITS subway tunnel under the northern edge of downtown. I was lucky to come across this operation and capture the few images that I did because a few months after I took these images, the delivery of newsprint to the St. Louis Post Dispatch ended in June 2004. I was able to photograph the newsprint delivery operation on a couple of different days, but the following photographs are from only one of those days. RSM 2020 South of Branch Street In the first image, above, RSM 2020 (sometimes referred to as RSSM 2020) shoves a pair of empty boxcars south from Branch Street. The crew would set out the empty boxcars at the southern end of this small rail yard, a...

Southwest Chief at St. Louis, MO Some time ago, on October 17, 2004, Amtrak's Southwest Chief took a detour route through St. Louis, due to a train derailment on its normal route on BNSF's Marceline Subdivision , through central and northern Missouri. The Chief is seen here sitting at the old St. Louis Amtrak Station in downtown St. Louis. This image was captured from the 18th Street bridge, which is just to the west of the station. The highway bridge in the background is Interstate 64/US 40. Today's Routing Usually, the Southwest Chief uses the Marceline Subdivision between Kanas City, Missouri, and Fort Madison, Iowa, and then from Fort Madison heads across northern Illinois to Chicago on the Chillicoth Subdivisoin. For the detour, the Southwest Chief used either Union Pacific's Sedalia Subdivision or River Subdivision , from Kansas City to Jefferson City, Missouri. Then from Jefferson City, the train traveled on Union Pacific's Jefferson City Subdivisi...

Tram 727, running on the number 2 route, rolls by the Vienna Opera House, at the Kärntner Ring Oper tram stop. The tram is going against the flow of vehicle traffic. There is another tram line on the other side of the street for trams going with the flow of vehicle traffic. Photo taken: May 2, 2015. Vienna, Austria.

Here is another photograph from my trip to Prague. This view is looking out over Lesser Town from a walkway leading up to Prague Castle. For some reason, I like the harshness of the lighting in this image. April 29, 2015. Prague, Czechia.

Theater signs - Boston, MA Signs hang on theater row on Washington Street, near the intersection with at Ave de Lafayette. Photo taken: June 2, 2017. Boston, Massachusetts.

OCAD - CN Tower - Toronto, ON This view is looking south on McCaul Street toward the CN Tower , by OCAD University (formerly named Ontario College of Art and Design). Photograph taken: November 22, 2010, at Toronto, Ontario.

June 22, 2005. St. Louis, Missouri. Some of the remnants of the old Chouteau Avenue overpass, at Central Industrial Avenue. The bridge was being torn down to make way for a new one. For some reason when I look at this particular photo of the bridge demolition, it makes me think of how the world might look after Judgement Day (from the Terminator movie series). Photo © Tom Gatermann.

July 6, 2005. St. Louis, Missouri. The old Chouteau Avenue overpass at Vandeventer Avenue has seen its last days. The old bridge is coming down to make way for a new one. Photo © Tom Gatermann

June 2, 2017. Boston, Massachusetts. An old phone booth in Boston's China Town. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

March 5, 2007. St. Louis, Missouri. BNSF 4416 leads a train south on the TRRA's Merchants Subdivision, in front of the old St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) freight depot that is just north of Laclede's Landing. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

June 23, 2008. St.Louis, Missouri. Flood waters from the Mississippi River on the lower level of a parking garage at Laclede's Landing. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

MRS Second Street Trackage - St. Louis, MO Some old Manufacturers Railway street trackage is rusting away in South Second Street, at the entrance to an old chemical plant in South St. Louis, Missouri. Photo taken: January 28, 2012, at St. Louis, Missouri.

A view down an alley way in the early morning, after an overnight snowfall. I was on my way to work, and after the garage door opened and I saw the telephone poles and wires against the sky I thought it was an interesting urban view. Photograph taken: February 1, 2008, at St. Louis, MO.

A Sea of Bridges June 9, 2007. St. Louis, Missouri. An empty Union Pacific coal train sits on the western approach of the MacArthur Bridge (owned by the TRRA), above 1st Street. The lower bridge is Union Pacific's Lesperance Street Yard high line, a connection between Gratiot Interlocking to the west and UP's Lesperance Street Yard to the south. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

String of Hoppers Taken on: June 9, 2007. St. Louis, Missouri. In this view, looking east down Lombard Street, an empty Union Pacific coal train can be seen stopped on the west approach to the MacArthur Bridge. Photo © Tom Gatermann.

Crossing Signals under the 12th Street Viaduct A railroad crossing signal under the 12th Street viaduct in the West Bottoms of K.C. Photo taken: November 5, 2008. Kansas City, Missouri.

Steeple of the Old South Meeting House - Boston, MA The tower of the Old South Meeting House , juxtaposed with a newer building in Boston. Photograph taken: June 2, 2017, at Boston, Massachusetts.

Downtown Boston, MA Looking down Snow Hill Street toward downtown Boston . Photograph taken: June 2, 2017, at Boston, Massachusetts.