Amtrak 4 passes under one of the last Santa Fe Signals on the Marceline Sub

It's a warm June afternoon as ATSF 646 West prepares to take the diverging route at CA Jct., around the bend from Camden, MO. Three main tracks handle traffic of both BNSF and NS (nee Wabash) bet... (more)

A Beautiful Sunset looks at the old Santa Fe Signals still in service in Bucklin. Not having too much longer for this world.

I was told by an old-timer Santa Fe Engineer once that you could tell on the Marceline Sub when you were going up or down on the hills. The top of most grades were at an overpass, and the bottoms ... (more)

As time marches on and the signal gangs of Class 1's push hard for the PTC deadline for 2018, somehow old time signals can still be found in a few little pockets. Case in point is the 3 intermedia... (more)

For whatever reason the west end of Baring on the Marceline Sub still has ex-Santa Fe signal system in place in 2018. The BNSF went thru in 2012-13 area and replaced all the control points on this... (more)

Westbound Global 4 to City of Industry, CA, hotshot Z-train is fresh off a crew change at Fort Madison. The train makes time as they work towards KC as the UP utilizes trackage rights over the BNS... (more)

Main street is empty and the flag is flying at the Post Office on this quite Saturday morning at Elmer. The peace is broke for a few minutes as this eastbound City of Industry, CA, to Global 4, IL... (more)

Back in 2000, the BNSF had their power spread all over the system. Interesting merger consists would appear many times. Here a BN and a Santa Fe unit are spliced in between 2 newer BNSF Dash 9's o... (more)

Blue Island, IL, to KC vehicle train rolls thru the small town of Ethel in north-central Missouri. the train is working over the Marceline Sub between Fort Madison, IA, and Kansas City. Ethel, is ... (more)

I was working on getting some shots off the track on the Marceline Sub over the weekend. One area I hit was the Chariton River bottoms west of Elmer. As the sun works thru the trees and eastbound ... (more)

In 2002, on the Marceline Sub, we have this westbound empty bare table train blasting thru the west end of Medill on clear evening. The train is sporting alittle bit of everything in this BNSF era... (more)

Just made a trip down to the Marceline Sub in mid-September 2018. New shiny hardware is now in place to replace these aging ex-Santa Fe signal at West Baring. Back in 2017, a happier time was seen... (more)

A Logistic Park, IL, to Long Beach, CA, stack train works ups the .75-.80% grade into New Boston as they pass the approach signal for the Argyle crossovers in southern Iowa. An eastbound vehicle t... (more)

A Logistic Park stack train slow as they approach Ortho as traffic is at a stand still due to bridge issues at Fort Madison. Westbounds are back to back trying to get out of Fort Madison ahead Amt... (more)