The early morning silence of the quiet town of La Plata is broken with the arrival of BNSF 5126 leading a short Z-train eastbound through town and past the old Santa Fe depot still used by Amtrak'... (more)

UP SD70ACE 8424,makes it way through La Plata,MO at very high speeds

What a great way to spend the 4th of July! BNSF 5124 leads a UP stack train West,through La Plata,Missouri.

BNSF 7678, BNSF 6940 & BNSF 4345 leads a westbound stack train across the Mississippi River out of Illinois and into Fort Madison, Iowa on BNSF's Marceline Sub.

BNSF 5126 & BNSF 4937 leads an eastbound trailer train underneath one of the few remaining ATSF signal bridges left on BNSF's Marceline Sub. This train will stop in Fort Madison for a crew change ... (more)

At the time new BNSF ES44C4 6604 leads 11 other units west at a location called Hart on BNSF's former ATSF's Marceline Sub.

UP 8766, UP 4451 & UP 3839 leads a container train east running on trackage rights at Baring, Missouri on BNSF's former ATSF Marceline Sub.

The former Santa Fe mainline across Missouri is certainly not the same as it was during the heyday of the Superfleet in the mid-90's, but it's still a thrilling experience to stand mere feet above... (more)

In a scene repeated time and time again, BNSF 4003 leads a train past the former Santa Fe station in La Plata, now used as a station stop for Amtrak's Southwest Chief.

A BNSF auto rack train moves through CP East Baring where new Safetran signals have been cut in in place of the searchlights being phased out. It was fitting that a former Santa Fe motor would be ... (more)

After waiting on a parade of five eastbound trains to clear a single track work area just west of here, a westbound stack train accelerates through the crossover at East Medill. The new signals f... (more)

A hot Z train behind a fairly new ES44C4 accelerates after cresting the hill in the distance at Wyaconda.

One of BNSF's monster stack trains snakes its way down the undulating track west of Wyaconda with two GE's up front and two more pushing on the rear of the train. Nearly all of the containers are... (more)

Most days the BNSF runs alittle shooter Z-train from Willow Springs to Kansas City. Normally it isn't too big, but stays with the hot status, and usually it is a mid-morning train on the Marceline... (more)

An eastbound stack train passes thru the small town of Norborne on BNSF's Transcon Main. Norborne is located on the joint trackage with the NS between Camden and Carrollton on the Marceline Sub. T... (more)