The coaling tower at Marceline stood the test of time back in late 2021, but the rumors would come true in November. The coaling tower was leveled and another part of history was taken off the map... (more)

One of the odd ball trains to transverse the Transcon main is these Eddyville, IA, Cargill sweet bran trains. The train are mainly madeup of retrofitted aluminum coal cars with covers on them. The... (more)

The westbound Willow Springs to San Bernardino Z-train has some room to roam now. The dispatcher has them and the UP G4 Z-train over to main # 2 here at Ethel to round up 2 slower trains before Ma... (more)

April doesn't normally mean snow showers. An unusual wet heavy mid-April snow storm yesterday evening has everything covered in slush and snow this morning. That doesn't stop the endless container... (more)

Pair of old dash 9's are working hard to get back up to speed and pull the grade thru West Ethel. The sand train ahead of them had to slow up for a train in emergency. The snow is falling pretty h... (more)

This loaded 2x1 sand train fight the grade up into Ethel. The snow is falling and the train slowly leads the pack of westbounds. This train and 1 other will take main #1 west of here to Marceline,... (more)

Dynamics howl as 2 GEs blaze thru the small town of Elmer on the Marceline Sub. The 2 units fight snow on the rail as San Bernardino bound vehicles push the train at track speed down a .7% grade. ... (more)

Finding someone with priority isn't easy on the BNSF Transcon anymore. Everyone running main #2 here is barely kicking up any snow as they do all their might to go slow and conserve fuel. However ... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief races off from the station stop at La Plata. An odd mid-April snow storm in northern Missouri has everything coated in white. #3 left Chicago less than 5 hours ago and is ... (more)

UP trackage rights over the BNSF Transcon see this Global 4 to City of Industry, CA, Z-train hammering west on the Marceline Sub. The train is about past thru the small town of Rutledge as they ma... (more)

The Santa Fe built into Marceline around 1887. Marceline, came at the request of a director of the new railway whose wife had the Spanish name of “Marcelina.” This depot was built in 1913, and... (more)

Pretty crazy the amount of container traffic up and down the BNSF Transcon. Here San Bernardino traffic bound for Willow Springs make tracks east on the Marceline Sub. The train passes this cool o... (more)

Westbound Ft. Madison, IA, to Pearland, TX, auto train has a neat treat for the afternoon Transcon. A pair of KCS units head up this train as they make their way west on the Marceline Sub just wes... (more)

Westbound Ft. Madison, IA, to Pearland, TX, auto train has a neat treat for the afternoon Transcon. A pair of KCS units head up this train as they make their way west on the Marceline Sub just wes... (more)

The westbound Blue Island, IL to Kansas City, MO, vehicle train has couple NS motors as they hammer west between Bosworth and Carrollton on the BNSF Marceline Sub. Country Rd 314 bridge here over ... (more)